Week 3 is here and gone. The rookies performed okay this week. There weren’t quite as many quality performances from rookies. We still had a few nice games like Newton, Daniel Thomas and how about Torrey Smith? Wow, he went off. The rookies have still been very productive through 3 weeks though. The rankings were [...]
# 9 of THE PRIME 9 Announced
September 16th, 2011SANDY KOUFAX CONCLUDES POPULAR PRIME 9 HOBBY SHOP PROGRAM The final PRIME 9 subject to be announced is Redemption card # 9…Sandy Koufax. For the past 9 weeks, Topps and Major League Baseball has designated a “Prime 9 Player of the Week” to celebrate the “prime” players at every position in MLB history. Collectors holding [...]
2010-11 Panini Dominion doesn’t let us down.
September 15th, 2011I don’t often talk of being in love with a product. Normally I think something got screwed up with the checklist or the design. Normally I don’t like the size of the patches or the sticker autographs. Normally I think there is a superior product that “could” have been made. Normally the product isn’t Panini [...]
**BREAKING NEWS** Mike Trout wins Minor League Player of the Year. **JUST BREAKING NEWS** – I can name 10 guys who deserved it more.
September 7th, 2011From BA.com: If you’re a scout, you log your miles and rack up your Marriott points. You sit through the rain delays and sweat in your khakis. You miss your family and worry about your kid’s cough from afar. You spend night after night watching baseball because every now and then you see something you’ve [...]
Atlanta Sports Cards Presents: “The Very Hot Sheet,” Sept 07. 2011
September 7th, 2011“Humble Pie” By Jamie Kennedy 1. 2011 Bowman Paul Goldschmidt Blue Refractor /250 (non-auto). After his multi homer night on Sept 3rd, these jumped from $11.50 (at 7pm) to a whopping $38.99 (at midnight). Basically on Goldy, I’m eating crow and am not ashamed to admit it. No one is perfect in anything; picking baseball [...]
2011 Bowman Draft Picks + Prospects Baseball- “An Initial Look: Part 1 of 2″
September 5th, 2011Atlanta Sports Cards Presents “2011 Bowman DP+P”: An Initial Look (Part 1 of 2) Written By Jamie Kennedy Information gathered by Josh Pankow The adjacent card, if numbered to 99, which would complete their replication of last year’s Stephen Straburg’s Bowman nmbering, would certainly make this the toughest Harper of the 3 Bowman look-a-likes so [...]
Topps Prime 9 / Week 7…The Mick!
September 2nd, 2011TOPPS ANNOUNCES CARD # 7 OF PRIME 9 HOBBY STORE PROMOTION The PRIME 9 subject redeemable for week 7 (Redemption card # 7) is the famous # 7 Mickey Mantle. On a weekly basis, there will be a designated “Prime 9 Player of the Week”. Collectors holding the corresponding Prime 9 Redemption card for that [...]
Topps Prime 9 / Week 6…Hammerin’ Hank
August 26th, 2011TOPPS ANNOUNCES CARD # 6 OF PRIME 9 HOBBY STORE PROMOTION The PRIME 9 subject redeemable for week 6 (Redemption card # 6) is the one and only Hammerin’ Hank Aaron! On a weekly basis, there will be a designated “Prime 9 Player of the Week”. Collectors holding the corresponding Prime 9 Redemption card for [...]
Topps Prime 9 / Week 5
August 20th, 2011TOPPS ANNOUNCES CARD # 5 OF PRIME 9 HOBBY STORE PROMOTION The PRIME 9 subject redeemable for week 5 (Redemption card # 5) is Mike Schmidt. On a weekly basis, there will be a designated “Prime 9 Player of the Week”. Collectors holding the corresponding Prime 9 Redemption card for that week can bring the card [...]
Topps Baseball / High School All-American Game
August 15th, 2011PLAYERS AND FANS TREATED TO ALL-AMERICAN CARDS As it has been since 2006, Topps was on hand at the High School All-American Baseball Classic this past weekend in San Diego to give some of the top amateur ballplayers in the country some Major League treatment. Topps photographed the 46 top high school baseball players, made [...]