CONFIRMED BASE, NOT A PARALLEL

Panini marks every colored Prizm parallel with a PRIZM wordmark on the card back. This one has none, which under the Panini identification rule makes it definitively base.

Why This Card Matters

The back of this card carries Tony La Russa's 2001 spring-training verdict on a 21-year-old Pujols — that he should not make the club — before he went on to win NL Rookie of the Year unanimously. He finished with 703 home runs, 2,218 RBI and a .296 career average across 3,080 games. Panini Prizm is the flagship chromium brand, and #97 is the Cardinals-uniform Pujols card in the 2025 checklist, photographed from behind on a home-run curtain call.

Market-Informed Pricing

Priced from three base Buy It Now sold comps on the Market Movers Comps tab: $1.89, $1.39 and $1.90. The eBay sub-$1 filtered search returned no base #97 sales at or under a dollar, so the $0.99 override does not fire.

Professional Imaging

High-resolution scans and photos so you can inspect corners, edges, surface, and centering yourself. What you see is what you get.

Secure Shipping

Penny sleeve, top loader or card saver, team bag, and rigid protection in every shipment. Packed right, shipped fast, from a smoke-free environment.

Best Offer Enabled

Any reasonable offer is accepted automatically. Ships in a penny sleeve and top loader inside a rigid mailer with tracking.