What do you do when someone drops a masterpiece right in front of your eyes? You immortalize it on cardboard, of course. And that’s exactly what Topps did after Brandon Nimmo essentially turned a baseball game into his personal canvass. On a historic evening in late April 2025, Nimmo didn’t just play ball—he orchestrated a one-night-only show so dazzling it called for an immediate transformation into memorabilia.
April 29 became a date to engrave on any Mets fan’s heart when Nimmo galloped through the Nationals’ defense, driving in a jaw-dropping nine runs in what turned out to be a swamp meet of a game—19-5, if you please. It’s not every day that names next to yours in the annals of baseball are legendary, but with this stellar performance, Nimmo joined the exclusive club with only two other members who managed to achieve the same feat within such an exhilarating burst.
As soon as the fireworks fizzled out and the fans were mopping up their beer spills in glee, Topps NOW seized the chance to turn history into a hold-it-in-your-hand collectible. They whipped up a limited-edition card starring Nimmo, a $11.99 priced gem that allured collectors for a slender 24 hours, concluding its brief dance on April 30.
The number “32” marked Nimmo not just in age now, but evidently as the almighty catalyst of New York’s offensive whirlwind that night. Flying off the shelves, the card did exactly what it set out to do—it wrapped up the magic of a record-tying line in one glorious piece of cardboard. A line that included four hits, a duo of home runs, and a quartet of his own runs scored along with those magical nine RBIs. Watching Nimmo work was like witnessing a magician at the top of their game, conjuring runs almost at will in a pivotal three-inning stretch.
This commemorative card isn’t your run-of-the-mill memorabilia, it’s a chase, an adventure of sorts for collectors. Among the garden-variety versions were more unicorn like creations: limited foil parallels, each numbered to /50 and below, daring the most avid collectors to hunt them. Add to that the highly coveted autographed redemptions with variations as rarefied as /25, /10, /5, and that elusive, mythical one-of-one FoilFractor shimmering like a diamond in the sports cards cosmos.
For the devoted card collector, it wasn’t just a card—it was a golden ticket into owning a piece of Mets legacy. Ingeniously crafted over the span of a mere day, it wasn’t just a highlight bookmarked in a fan’s scrapbook but a tangible memento of a franchise story carried forward. Topps NOW, known for its rapid-response to on-field magic moments, clinched the essence of that unforgettable night in Queens, bottling up a game for the ages in a piece of art that couldn’t be more timely.
This picture postcard moment, formalized into stark memorabilia, operates not only as a billet-doux to the fans, purring “I love you” with every glance top to bottom. It’s also a tribute to the majestic meteor of a career Nimmo’s cultivated. A career that adds more pages, more stories, to the storied volumes of baseball. That’s precisely why Topps doesn’t just print cards—they transcribe emotion coded into history—one bat swing, one remarkable occasion at a time, making sure each script stays imprinted.
While it might seem that baseball is ‘just a game,’ here come these moments that, like Nimmo’s whirlwind RBIs, shimmer a little extra. As memorabilia enthusiasts urge others to “grab it while it’s hot,” it’s proof that sometimes life’s perfect snapshots fit in your pocket. With Topps calling it curtains on one of baseball’s illustrious nights commemorated so vividly, it’s easier than ever to appreciate that sometimes, collecting memories goes beyond albums—sometimes, it’s about holding the magic in your palms.
