When Topps released its 2013 base set, there was a lot of commotion about the card numbers on the back. Some card numbers matched up with the respective player's uniform number. Also, the "hero numbers" of 100, 200, etc., usually designated for superstars, now featured average players. We were all asked how we felt about this. Some folks didn't like it. I didn't really care. Topps had done all these things before, maybe not to this degree, but it's been seen in the past. I did notice that Bryce Harper was card No. 1, though, and that seemed different to me. Harper's rookie season was in 2012. The first card in the set usually had gone to a more established player, some with more than a year of big league experience. Here is the list of the No. 1 card in a Topps flagship set, updated from this post : 2013 - Bryce Harper 2012 - Ryan Braun 2011 - Ryan Braun 2010 - Prince Fielder 2009 - Alex Rodriguez 2008 - Alex Rodriguez 2007 - John Lackey 2006...
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