Esteban German - 2009 Topps

Overheard by a fly on the wall at Topps headquarters sometime last year:

"Hey I am looking at the proofs for next year's base set and I have come across card # 559, Esteban German of the Royals.

Is this the only shot that we have of him?

There are no posed shots anywhere on file?

I know he is on the Royals and not a regular player but still this is all that we have?

Is this the only action shot we have of him?

How can that be?

No, I don't think it looks good at all.

Why? Because it is blurry and amateurish and it looks like the photographer was using some type of special psychedelic lens when he took the picture?

I know that is how the scoreboard lights are sometimes but looking at it gives me a headache. Remember all those kids in Japan that were getting sick playing that video game with all the weird colors and shapes. We don't need that.

You need to do something on this now.

I don't know but this cannot go to production as is.

I just told you why. We have standards you know.

Maybe next year if we get that exclusive contract with MLB we could get away with this but as of right now we have some competition in the market and this just won't do.

I don't know but you better do something.

Bye."