Topps Baseball Cards "Pride and Perseverance" Honors Players with Disabilities

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The 12-card set features current and former Major Leaguers, including:
– Chicago Cubs pitcher Jon Lester and first baseman Anthony Rizzo, who are both cancer survivors
– San Francisco Giants pitcher Jake Peavy, who is legally blind without his corrective lenses
– Houston Astros outfielder George Springer, who has overcome stuttering– New York Mets reliever Buddy Carlyle, who was diagnosed with diabetes in 2009
– Oakland Athletics outfielder Sam Fuld, who has dealt with Type 1 Diabetes
– Jason Johnson, a diabetic former pitcher who was the first MLB player to wear an insulin pump during regular season games
– Jim Abbott, who won a gold medal for the 1988 U.S. Olympic baseball team and threw a no- hitter for the New York Yankees in 1993, despite being born without his right hand
– Jim Eisenreich, who played 15 years in MLB and won the 1997 World Series with the then- Florida Marlins, who was born with Tourette’s syndrome
– Curtis Pride, a former 13-year MLB player, who was born deaf
– Pete Gray, a former outfielder who played for the St. Louis Browns in 1945 and spent six seasons in the minor leagues, despite having lost an arm in a childhood accident
– William Hoy, a former center fielder was one of the first and most accomplished deaf players in the major leagues, having played from 1888-1902