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Bartolo Colon’s home run gets its own baseball card

Hurry, hurry, hurry. This is a limited-time offer: Mets pitcher and social media icon Bartolo Colon will get his own baseball card honoring his home run from Saturday.

Colon, 17 days shy of his 43rd birthday, became the oldest player to hit his first career homer when he lined a fastball from the Padres' James Shields into the left-field seats.

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Now, the moment is captured as part of the Topps Now line, in which the card company takes memorable current MLB moments and turns them into instant cards available for only 24 hours.