I received an email yesterday evening from one of the bloggers from the old-guard. He doesn't blog much anymore but occasionally comments on my posts and he wanted to let me know the news: " MLB will end 70-year deal with trading card company Topps ," the email said. I'm not sure why he sent it to me. Maybe he hoped I'd write about it? Maybe he thought I didn't know yet? In that case I'm assuming he doesn't visit Twitter, because, gracious, beginning late afternoon, Twitter was in an all-out frenzy over the news that Fanatics has pushed out Topps by arranging licensing deals with MLB and the MLB Players Association (as well as the NFL and NBA), effective 2023 (player association) and 2026 (MLB). If you're on Twitter, you know the deal. Everyone was airing their hopes and fears about the future of Topps/the hobby in the form of opinions. But none of them were facts. Because nobody knows what's going to happen. What will cards look like in 20...
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