2009 Team USA to be in 2010 Bowman
USA BASEBALL TO MAKE FIRST APPEARANCE IN 2010 BOWMAN
On the heels of announcing that it is now the official baseball card of USA Baseball, Topps is pleased to share the details of the program’s first appearance… Read more
Topps is Exclusive USA Baseball Licensee
USAB announces deal with Topps
Exclusive, multi-year agreement reunites former partners
DURHAM, N.C. — USA Baseball and the Topps Company, the leading creator and marketer of sports cards, today announced an exclusive multi-year licensing deal to make Topps the Official Baseball Card of USA Baseball. Topps will have exclusivity on USA Baseball trademarks, logos and other intellectual property, for use on cards featuring USA Baseball players.
From 1984-93 Topps was the exclusive card manufacturer for USA Baseball, producing cards for the U.S. Olympic Baseball Team. The new agreement calls for cards, autographs and game-used equipment of USA Baseball’s Collegiate, 18U and 16U National Team players to be featured in a variety of Topps products each year.
“Twenty-five years after collectors were first introduced to USA Baseball, our organization is pleased to have Topps, the industry leader, return as the exclusive home for USA Baseball trading cards,” said Paul Seiler, USA Baseball Executive Director/CEO. “We look forward to working closely with Topps as together we provide collectors with a look at the future of America’s game on trading cards.”
“Now we’re the only trading card licensed by Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball and USA Baseball,” said Warren Friss, Vice President – General Manager of Topps Sports and Entertainment. “We are covering the game of baseball at every level.”
Each year USA Baseball selects close to 60 of the best young baseball players in the country to its National Teams, giving collectors the first opportunity to see the future stars of baseball on cards. The first product release with USA Baseball content will be 2010 Bowman Baseball which will be released in May and feature cards of the 2009 Collegiate National Team and 2009 18U National Team.
In addition to the Topps sets featuring USA Baseball inserts, the annual USA Baseball National Teams Box Set will also be manufactured by Topps and will continue to be the exclusive place to get all members of the USA Baseball National Team in one set. The box set is scheduled for a December release in 2010 and in each of the remaining years of the agreement.
Topps reveals Heritage SP list
THE QUIRKS OF 2010 TOPPS HERITAGE BASEBALL
Collectors of 2010 Topps Heritage Baseball are noticing some interesting short printed variations throughout the product. Topps is confirming the following: Read more
Topps Clears up Tribute Relics
Topps has confirmed that the following five memorabilia cards in the recently released 2009 Tribute Baseball include pieces of stadium seat:
Babe Ruth Dual Relic — Bat/Old Yankee Stadium Seat
Babe Ruth Triple Relic — Old Yankee Stadium Seat/Uniform/Old Yankee Stadium Seat
Ty Cobb Dual Relic — Bat/Tiger Stadium Seat
Jackie Robinson Triple Relic — Ebbets Field Seat/Bat/Ebbets Field Seat
Mickey Mantle Triple Relic — Old Yankee Stadium Seat/Uniform/Old Yankee Stadium Seat
Topps will replace any of the above cards with a pack of 2009 Topps Tribute Baseball or comparable product for collectors that are not satisfied with their card(s).
In addition, every card in 2009 Topps Sterling Baseball features game-used bat and game-used uniform except for one subject — Carl Erskine, which features Erskine’s autograph with stadium seat. Topps will replace this card with a pack of 2009 Topps Sterling Baseball for collectors not satisfied with their card.
Moving forward, to ensure no confusion, stadium seat pieces will not be used as memorabilia pieces unless it’s part of a special stadium seat-specific insert.
Please send all items intended for replacement to the address listed below. Please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery.
The Topps Company
ATTN: Seat Relic Replacement
401 York Avenue
Duryea, PA 18642
Jesus Montero Sterling Red Ref from the Vaults.
We wanted to share more images from the Wossamottau collection with our readers. This is another 1/1 of the Yankees Top Prospect that, if it had been seen before, is a rarity. We present you the Jesus Montero Bowman Sterling Red Refractor 1/1.
Topps National Chicle Baseball Preview
TOPPS INTRODUCES ALL-PAINTED SET TO BASEBALL
Topps has commissioned 12 top sports artists to create the upcoming and much-anticipated 2010 Topps National Chicle Baseball.
The gorgeous 330 base-card set will include yesterday and today’s stars and even a fusion of the two. In addition, every box will guarantee 2 on-card Autographs and 1 Relic.
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The first of many cards from Wossamottau’s collection
Due to April’s Fools day last year I became friends with famed EBay big spender and international man of mystery, Wossamottau. I had been bugging him since April to get some images of his collection to share with readers. This is the first of many that we hope to be bringing you, this was received by him today and this is the first place you will ever see the images of the Jesus Montero Autographed Superfractor from 2009 Bowman Chrome Draft Picks and Prospects. Read more
2010 Bowman Images
The first images have come out from Topps of 2010 Bowman, and newest Topps Signee, and #1 Overall Pick Stephen Strasburg is in the product along with other top 2009 Draft picks such as Tate and Ackley in Chrome. Strasburg at this point looks to be a base Bowman Autograph as well as an unsigned Chrome card. Follow the link to see all the images.
Topps Tribute 2009 Review
We got a box of 2009 Topps Tribute Baseball for review from Topps. This set makes it’s return after a few year hiatus from the Topps baseball product line, and is back with the CMG licensees, modern players, and even some rookies. How did we do in our box? Continue reading!
Stephen Strasburg signs with Topps
The Topps Company, Inc., the exclusive producer of Major League Baseball trading cards, has announced that it has signed baseball’s # 1 Draft Pick Stephen Strasburg to an exclusive agreement.
“Unique” game used scenario?
This card hit Ebay in the last few days here. It’s a fantastic looking laundry tag of former Falmouth Commodore, and current Boston Red Sox, Jacoby Ellsbury. The card even has the MLB authentication tag, which you can go to MLB’s authentication site and verify where the shirt was from. Unfortunately when you look it up, it says it came from a team issued jersey. Read more