on January 25th, 2010 by danhitt
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on January 25th, 2010 by zman40
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on January 25th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
‘Same Card, Different Paths’ – Card #36
1986 Fleer - Card # – AKA – ‘The Paul O’Neill Rookie Card’
Kal Daniels – Lasting just 7 years in the big leagues, Daniels had some incredible success. Batting .320 and .334 in his first 2 seasons, Daniels was on par with the other top rookies of the Class of 1986. Tallying 104 [...]
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on January 25th, 2010 by T.S.
In last week’s issue of SCD (Feb. 12), I wrote a feature article
about 1963 Fleer Baseball cards, and somewhere in the middle of the undertaking realized
that I was seeing similarities to the current licensing situation involving Upper
Deck, Topps and Major League Baseball.
After Fleer launched its first attempt at a mainstream MLB card set in
1963, Topps promptly took them to court claiming that the cards violated Topps exclusive
contracts with the individual players. The court agreed and 1963 Fleer was finished
after a single series, and the playing field – metaphorically speaking – was abandoned
to Topps alone for nearly another two decades.
Now obviously any such comparisons are inexact by definition, but there
are eerie parallels between the two situations. With the 2010 version of Upper
Deck Baseball expected to hit the streets within a couple of weeks, the almost
complete radio silence from Carlsbad, Calif. about what it’s going to look like prompts
the following bit of speculation.
With Topps now the exclusive licensee for MLB, Upper Deck was faced with
the daunting prospect of figuring out how to produce a card set that doesn’t run afoul
of restrictions on the use of team logos, colors and insignias, etc. While Upper Deck
officials have been mum on the subject, and visits to the company’s website offer
no hint about what the cards will look like, it’s at least possible Upper Deck’s “solution”
could end up being responsible for all this nostalgia about 47 years earlier.
Under the assumption that 2010 Upper Deck Baseball will portray MLB players
in some fashion in their regular uniforms – perhaps with some nominal airbrushing
of logos here and there to provide some legal fodder for a defense – it would seem
that Topps (and MLB) might quickly file suit and set the ball rolling for a rough-and-tumble
tangle in the courts between the two archrivals.
This speculation – and that’s all it really is – fits well with the paucity
of information available about 2010 Upper Deck product thus far. If the idea is to
get the cards out there and significantly distributed before Topps legal talent can
rain on their parade, Upper Deck’s handling of this precarious topic over the last
several months makes perfect sense.
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on January 25th, 2010 by todduncommon
Author: ToddUncommon
I’d like to think of this as a long-time invitation finally fulfilled. Last spring, Mario asked if I would be willing to contribute to Wax Heaven. I’ve been posting as ToddUncommon here and on some popular hobby blogs for over a year, so some of you may recall some comments I’ve made here and [...]
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on January 25th, 2010 by Scott
2009 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection baseball is slated to become available from Upper Deck on January 26th, 2010. This will be one of Upper Deck’s last MLB licensed (remember, they still have an MLBPA license), high-end baseball products. You get one pack per box, with four cards per pack in each hobby box. In each [...]
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on January 25th, 2010 by Ben Henry
Pack 77: Greg Minton, Tim Blackwell, Lloyd Moseby, Tommy John, Cliff JohnsonPack 78: Steve Trout, Richie Zisk, Terry Kennedy, Darrell Porter, Larry BowaPack 79: Dennis Leonard, Tommy John, Gary Matthews, Gary Lucas, Dave ConcepcionPack 80: NL All-Star …
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on January 25th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
I was able to pick up this subset for a very low price. It’s a 6-card set and it highlights some amazing accomplishments that occurred during the 1979 baseball season.
1980 Topps – ‘1979 Highlights’ – Card #6
Headline – ‘Del Unser’s 3rd Consecutive Pinch Homer Sets New Big League Standard’
Text on the back – Philadelphia, July [...]
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on January 25th, 2010 by Rod
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on January 25th, 2010 by Spiff
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on January 25th, 2010 by Dan
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on January 25th, 2010 by chemgod
Over the weekend, the Astros were able to avoid arbitration with Hunter Pence. Surely he wanted more than $3.5 million after the past 3 seasons where he has averaged (0.289 with 22 homers, 75 RBIs and 13 stolen bases). A classic 2nd or 3rd hitter in any lineup. By getting him signed and avoiding arbitration, [...]
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on January 25th, 2010 by ManOfSteal
When the 2010 Topps SP’s started popping up, I didn’t really think twice about a Rickey being included in the set. Since he was just included as an SP in 2009 Topps U&H, I didn’t hold out much hope of him being included once again. Luckily, I was proved wrong!Unlike the Yankees card from U&H, the 2010 SP has Rickey playing with the A’s in the early 80′s. I can’t wait to add one of these to the
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