In baseball, there is not many times where a player of Albert Pujols switches to a new team and a new league. It happened twice with Alex Rodriguez, and should happen shortly with guys like Prince Fielder and a few others next year. Players just dont stay with the same team for their whole career like Puckett, Ripken and Jeter anymore.

You knew that Topps had a situation on their hands with 2012 flagship coming up just a few short weeks after the signing of Pujols. Personally, after seeing this new card, I have to say their airbrush artist needs a pay raise. Not only is the design of 2012 Topps a home run, the card looks about as awesome as one could hope.

There are already reports of SSP cards in the set, as usual, and I think that collectors will have no problem latching on and chasing the ones of guys like Reyes in his Marlins getup and Pujols in Angels gear.

Dont get me wrong, Topps has had their share of disappointments in baseball this year, but with the Tier One preview and the success that Topps Series One is sure to have, lets hope 2011 was an aberration.