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Topps announces that the recently released 2005 Topps Turkey Red Baseball features 15 variations (Gee, this is exactly what the hobby needs...more variations!) and several short printed cards (1:4 packs). The variations not only feature a picture change, but each variation includes a Turkey Red advertisement on its back. The subjects are as follows:

VARIATIONS 1 Barry Bonds – Road uniform 5 Roger Clemens – Orange / Yellow sky 10 Sammy Sosa – Blank nameplate 16 Mike Piazza – Blue jersey 75 Ichiro – Blank nameplate 83 Eric Chavez – Night sky 100 Alex Rodriguez – With glove 120 Vladimir Guerrero – Swinging 125 Randy Johnson – Night sky 130 Ivan Rodriguez – Batting helmet 160 Johan Santana -- Throwing 225 Mark Prior – Blue sky 230 Derek Jeter – Night sky 270 Todd Helton – Night sky



SHORT PRINTS

1 Barry Bonds – Road Uniform Variation 5 Roger Clemens 5 Roger Clemens 10 Sammy Sosa 10 Sammy Sosa 16 Mike Piazza – Blue Jersey Variation 20 Manny Ramirez 25 Carlos Beltran 28 Rich Harden 30 Richie Sexson 55 Roy Oswalt 59 Wily Mo Pena 60 Magglio Ordonez 70 Jim Thome 75 Ichiro 75 Ichiro 78 Troy Glaus 83 Eric Chavez – Night Sky Variation 85 Scott Rolen 87 Joe Mauer 90 Alfonso Soriano 100 Alex Rodriguez 100 Alex Rodriguez 102 Adrian Beltre– Road Uniform Variation 106 Miguel Tejada 110 Hideki Matsui 115 Curt Schilling 120 Vladimir Guerrero 120 Vladimir Guerrero 125 Randy Johnson– Night Sky Variation 130 Ivan Rodriguez – Batting Helmet Variation 132 Carlos Delgado 149 Jason Bay 150 Albert Pujols 155 Pedro Martinez 160 Johan Santana 160 Johan Santana 170 Tim Hudson 175 Nomar Garciaparra 181 Gustavo Chacin 184 Felix Hernandez 185 Zach Day 193 Jose Capellan 195 Steven White 199 Joel Guzman 214 Mike Gonzalez 220 Scott Kazmir 225 Mark Prior 225 Mark Prior 230 Derek Jeter 230 Derek Jeter 233 Brandon Backe 266 Steve Finley 270 Todd Helton 270 Todd Helton

The oversized cabinet cards also include two short printed variations: Barry Bonds (swinging) and Alex Rodriguez (with glove).