Although far from being his best three-game stretch in his young career, Cody Bellinger did more than enough to ink a series victory for the Dodgers last night. Not only did he belt his first postseason homer of his career, to break Seager's franchise record for being the youngest to have done so, but also made several spectacular defensive plays to keep the diamondbacks at bay. As you might have guessed, a 2017 Topps Now card has been issued to commemorate his fantastic evening. Go here to check it out and order. Per AJ Cassavell at MLB.com:
When he popped up with men in scoring position in his second at-bat, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pulled Bellinger aside and had some advice: "Don't do too much."
"I was pressing a little bit, trying to do too much with every pitch," Bellinger said. "They were pitching to my aggressiveness. It's hard to hit like that."
As you can see, the reverse of the card (on the right) features his life-defying catch over the railing of the Dodgers dugout to record the third out of the fifth inning.Sure enough, Bellinger was patient enough to work himself a 3-1 count against Zack Greinke, who left a pitch on the outer half of the plate. Bellinger crushed it to the opposite field, giving the Dodgers a 2-0 lead.
BTW, there were six different game-used base and autograph Cody Bellinger relic cards available from Topps Now. Unfortunately, as of this writing they are all now sold out. You can check out pics of these cards at the very bottom.
