Topps has announed that it has made two additional to the 2007 Topps Triple Threads lineup.

• Daisuke (Dice-K) Matsuzaka will have three Triple Relic cards.   One card will feature a spring training used game ball piece.  It pays tribute to his “Gyro Ball” pitch.  There will be parallels of each card that will be numbered: Sepia (#’d 27), Emerald (#’d 18), Gold (#’d 9), Sapphire (#’d 3) and Platinum (1 of 1).
• Barry Bonds will also have three different Triple Relic cards.  He recently renewed his exclusive contract with Topps.

[tags]Topps, Triple Threads, Dice-K, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Barry Bonds[/tags]

In 2003 Barry Bonds become the only player in history to not sign the standard Players Association licensing agreement that allows the trading card companies to use a player in their different sets.

Bonds later signed an exclusive 2-year contract to appear in Topps trading card products.  That contract expired at the end of last season and until now Bonds has been missing from all 2007 baseball trading card products.

Topps has announced that they have now signed Bonds to a new contract for 2007 and he will appear in future Topps releases such as Topps Baseball Series 2.

[tags]Topps, Barry Bonds[/tags]