Nice Catch: Mike Trout’s National Treasures Autographs Land at Panini America HQ
February 08, 2013

Simply put (and with bad puns intended), Los Angeles Angels rookie wunderkind Mike Trout was nothing short of heavenly for the Halos last season. The 21-year-old from Millville, N.J., became the first player in league history to blast 30 home runs, swipe 45 bases and drive in 125 runs in the same season en route to winning — unanimously — 2012 Rookie of the Year honors.

He won a Silver Slugger Award, played in the 2012 All-Star Game and finished second in AL MVP voting to Miguel Cabrera and the first Triple Crown in 45 years. As a result of all of that, Trout has become one of the biggest fish in the baseball collecting ocean. His splash, however, is about to get even bigger.

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