If she hadn’t already, Kate Upton pretty much stole the crown of Queen of the Internet this week with the incredible video of her doing the Cat Daddy that YouTube actually deemed too inappropriate – thankfully, they wised up. But now comes the news that Topps is recognizing Upton’s fame with a limited edition, autographed trading card in their upcoming 7th series of Allen & Ginter’s World Champions set.

Move the f*ck over, Honus Wagner.

The 350-card base set, which will arrive in July, will feature a myriad of baseball stars from today and yesterday, special ‘mini’ insert cards, and framed ‘Relic’ cards of MLB legends. Also included, are autographed cards of famous baseball players (Stan Musial, Albert Pujols, Willie Mays) and numerous non-baseball celebs including Upton along with other notable celebrities including Bobby Knight, Erin Andrews and Arnold Palmer.

(Via Sports Business Digest)

Knight and Palmer, whatever. But Erin Andrews? Look, we’ve always appreciated the fact that Andrews was the ultimate package of sports brains and beauty, but that train has left the station. It’s time for the Samantha Steele era to arrive already.

As for Upton’s card, this news couldn’t come at a better time, because, honestly, I just wanted to post this new batch of outtakes from her photo shoot with world famous (allegedly pervy) photographer Terry Richardson. Yerrrrrrr welcome.

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I’m apparently going to be one of the “honored champions” in Topps’ 2007 line of Allen & Ginter cards. I wonder if there’s ever been a game show winner on a baseball card before, or I’m some kind of Jackie Robinson of nerds here.

Wait, help me out here.  Is Ken saying he was the first black man on Jeopardy!? (ahhhh so much punctuation)  Wait, no.  I understand now.  I didn't realize that baseball card industry had a nerd barrier.

I like where he's going here.  If Ken is Jackie Robinson, then Michael Larson is Babe Ruth, and that dude from Quiz Show is Shoeless Joe Jackson.  And Will Leitch on Win Ben Stein's Money was Carlos Beltran in Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS facing the Adam Wainwright breaking ball of Jimmy Kimmel.

And that wasn't very nice and I'm sorry.  I feel especially bad about writing anything complimentary about Kimmel.  Adam Wainwright isn't nearly smarmy enough to warrant that comparison.

(Big ups to Monday Morning Punter of KSK for filling in for 289 in the imagery department)