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Here's our list so far of gifts given to selected essay winners and other Sportscardfun.com participants:
2 hobby boxes of 2008 Topps Baseball Cards
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Chrome Baseball Cards
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Hobby Box of 2009 Topps Baseball Cards
Hobby Box of 2007 SP Authentic Baseball Cards
Hobby Box of 2010 Upper Deck Baseball Cards
Numerous packs of baseball cards!
Be sure to check out our previous baseball card essay contest
entries. These essays are full of great ideas and useful information about
baseball cards:
This writing contest was an easy one. Participants just had
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Baseball card collections come in many different shapes and sizes. Read about
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passionate baseball card
collectors. What's so fun about collecting baseball cards?
Our members share their baseball cards stories with you!
This is a great group of essays about collecting
baseball
card sets. There are so many reasons why collectors decide to
build the sets that they do.
Innovative and creative ideas for
Upper Decks new line of baseball cards.
The Sports Card
Collectors Guide to Trading on the Internet
My favorite
baseball cards
Baseball
cards on Baseball Tonight
Baseball card show or a
good baseball card shop?
I'm going to save the baseball
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Why Should a kid
start collecting baseball cards?
| Baseball
Card of The Week |
The Sports Card of the Week (or sports card story) is provided by our members. The Sports Card of the
Week is not selected based on cash value or rarity. Rather, it's simply a card
or story that has some sort of personal value to the person who owns it. We hope to show
you the wide variety of reasons that people collect or find certain cards
appealing. It's just our way of providing a way for collectors to share some of their
passionate for this awesome hobby.
This sports card of the week is provided by J.
Miller (aka Jx2reds) from, Madison IN:
Ive been into the baseball and the hobby since 1986. Living just a few hours
outside of Cincinnati I heard all the storys of the great Big Red Machine. So it
just seemed to be that I became a Reds fan. In 2006 I had a son, and this year
he begins his first year of tee ball. Since then he's taken some intrest into
the hobby as well, but at 4 years old it doesnt hold his attention past a hour
or so yet. I had him help and we sent several cards to Cincinnati a few months
back trying for some autographs. Ive done this over the years, but hadnt in a
few. I knew he'd forget about it before if we got one back. Last week we got our
first one back. It was personalized to by son by Micah Ownings. Ive obtained
about 50 TTM autographs and this makes the first personalized Ive seen. Its even
sweeter in eyes that he signed it to my son. To me this is a fine example of
just what kind of athletes are still out there!
Read more cool stories about baseball cards, football cards, basketball cards
and hockey cards in our
previous sports cards of the week.
All cards and stories were submitted by our members!
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7/16/2010
Topps announces the player redeemable for the 2010 Topps Baseball Series 2 RED
HOT ROOKIE Redemption # 4 is Florida Marlin Mike Stanton.
7/14/2010
* Topps announces the player redeemable for the 2010 Topps Finest Baseball
Rookie Redemption # 7 is Chicago Cubs Pitcher Andrew Cashner. And it's an
autograph!
* Topps unveiled the third of its 2010 Red Hot Rookies on Wednesday morning and
this one’s Detroit Tigers outfielder Brennan Boesch.
7/9/2010
Upper Deck Wants You to Join the Volunteer Alliance. Fans of Upper Deck’s
trading card and memorabilia products are encouraged to enroll to earn special
items from the
trading
card giant.
7/2/2010
Visitors to the 2010 National Sports Collectors Convention will have an
opportunity to see an exhibit of rare Babe Ruth baseball cards and also have an
opportunity to receive a free magazine and book from Professional Sports
Authenticator (www.PSAcard.com). The show will be held in the Baltimore,
Maryland Convention Center, August 4-8, 2010.
630/2010
* Topps announces the player redeemable for the 2010 Topps Finest Baseball
Rookie Redemption # 6 is Washington Nationals Pitcher Stephen Strasburg.
*
SuperFractor mania!
Ubaldo Jimenez’s 2007 SuperFractor sells for $4,200
6/29/2010
Have you caught the
Stephen Strasburg rookie
card fever yet? His rookie cards are HOT! Chances are we'll be seeing some
Bryce Harper rookie cards
in the not to distant future as well!
6/24/2010
Upper Deck Announces Wrapper Redemption Plans for 31st Annual
National Convention! Trading card leader reveals event-exclusive wrapper
redemption card sets for Baltimore
6/17/2010
Topps announces the player redeemable for the 2010 Topps Baseball Series 2 RED
HOT ROOKIE Redemption # 1 is Carlos Santana, Catcher, Cleveland Indians.
6/11/2010
Mounted Memories, the sports memorabilia manufacturing division of Dreams, Inc.,
announced that it has signed an exclusive deal with Detroit Tigers pitcher
Armando Galarraga, to commemorate his nearly perfect game on June 2, 2010.
6/10/2010
Reds pitcher Mike Leake is fourth Finest Rookie Redemption baseball card.
6/9/2010
Check out the Mickey Mantle
baseball card that sold for
$11,668.99 on ebay today.
6/7/2010
Big Business Brings
Baseball Cards to India.
6/4/2010
On June 4, during a press conference at a Philadelphia Modell’s sporting goods
store, Phillies players Cole Hamels, Raul Ibanez, Jimmy Rollins, Shane Victorino
and Jayson Werth unveiled the Players Choice Signature Series ™ jerseys,
T-shirts and caps they designed exclusively for their fans, with each product
expressing their unique personalities and attitudes.
6/1/2010
Upper Deck Lands Paul Meyer as Company’s New President. Seasoned operational
executive to lead trading card company.
5/19/2010
Upper Deck Releases 2010 Soccer Set Featuring MLS Standouts David Beckham and
Landon Donovan! Top players from Major League Soccer are included with special
insert cards highlighting top women’s stars like Heather Mitts and Hope Solo!
5/17/2010
Upper Deck Signs Exclusive with Major League Lacrosse to Launch Limited-Edition
Trading Card Set. Top players from all six teams in the league will be featured;
L.I. Lizards Attackman Matt Danowski will serve as spokesman!
5/14/2010
Topps announces the player redeemable for the 2010 Topps Finest Baseball Rookie
Redemption # 3 is Chicago Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro.
5/5/2010
Topps Announces cards 276-329 in the recently released 2010 Topps National
Chicle Baseball are short printed and can be found 1:4 packs. The short printed
cards are part of three unique subsets…Retired Stars Revisited, Vintage Veterans
and Rookie Renditions.
The all-painted Topps Chicle features 2 on-card Autographs and 1 Relic card in
every box!
4/22/2010
New York Mets 1B Ike Davis is Topps’ second 2010 Finest Rookie Redemption.
4/16/2010
Check out the Cal Ripkin baseball
card that sold for $12,999.99 on ebay today.
4/14/2010
Topps announces the player redeemable for the 2010 Topps Finest Baseball Rookie
Redemption # 1 is Atlanta Braves slugger Jason Heyward. And to spice to up the
offer, 10% of the Jason Heyward cards redeemed will be AUTOGRAPHED! (on-card
that is!). Collectors will be immediately notified if their version is
autographed once they unlock their code online.
4/12/2010
The 2010 "Deck of the Decade" Edition of Jewish Major Leaguers Baseball Cards. A
card for every Jewish player from 2000-2009, plus highlights of the decade as
well as the 2009 season, along with decade stats, Career Leaders, and our usual
assortment of "oddball" cards.
http://www.jewishmajorleaguers.org.
4/7/2010
Upper Deck Authenticated Unveils New Tiger Woods Memorabilia Items for Sale! As
Tiger returns to competitive play this week in Augusta, Upper Deck readies
itself for the world’s No. 1 player’s reception out on the links
3/29/2010
IPL and Topps Partner to Introduce Exciting Range of Collectables. Michael
Eisner, Chairman, Topps further added, "Topps trading cards and stickers are,
around the globe, an integral part of the history and heritage of many sports.
Our relationship with the IPL today marks the start of a new era for IPL cricket
fans that will enable them to connect with their sport, their team and their
heroes through the medium of Topps products. The IPL is the most successful and
exciting sports league to have been launched in the last 20 years and I am
thrilled that Topps will be part of it".
3/24/2010
* Upper Deck Unveils New Social Media Awards Aimed at Recognizing Online
Efforts. Industry leader is looking to spotlight the best online trading card
communities, most influential bloggers and favorite video box-breakers.
*
To celebrate the approach of baseball season, Topps started offering cards today
from the eTopps Minor League Baseball collection and will continue offering
additional cards during the baseball season (while of course also offering MLB
cards as well)! The collection will include Minor League stars including
established prospects like Jesus Montero and hot young stars like Pedro Alvarez
as they make their pro debuts.
3/22/2010
An update from our March 12th news...Three more rare Lincoln baseball cards
featuring Cubs players -- Tyler Colvin's card has Lincoln watching from the
dugout, Jeff Samardzija's card has Lincoln watching from the stands and Ryan
Dempster's card has Lincoln as an umpire in the background.
3/21/2010
Check out what a Jason Hayward
rookie baseball card just sold for on ebay.
3/16/2010
Upper Deck’s ‘Million Pack March for the Troops’ Donation Drive Revs Up! In
partnership with ‘Operation Gratitude,’ Upper Deck will match donations
pack-for-pack of any Upper Deck cards to U.S. military in combat.
3/14/2010
*
See what baseball card sold today
on ebay for
$90,000.00
3/12/2010
A rare 2010 Topps baseball card has surfaced. Yes that's right, Topps is at it
again! Rare versions of card No. 306 has the words “Baseball Abe” and Abraham
Lincoln’s face on the scoreboard, this is instead of the standard card’s words
“baseball notes” on the scoreboard behind Milton Bradley who is diving for a
ball.
3/9/2010
The award winning Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Cards will ship this June and it
looks like it will be out-doing itself once again with more innovation,
curiosities and uniqueness. On top of all the usual fun and surprises in this
product, here is what’s new:
· Cabinet Relic Cards (1 of 1) The biggest relic cards ever seen
in the hobby! Get a giant piece of Tony Hawk’s skateboard. Also look for giant
Baseball relics with whole name plates from game-used jerseys.
· Book Cards (1 of 1) The popular Topps book cards come to the classic Allen &
Ginter brand.
· Monsters of the Mesozoic Relics (#’d to 10) Remember the first of these cards
(Mammoth Hair and Dinosaur Teeth) Allen & Ginter introduced in 2008? They’re
back!
The unique inserts continue…Lords of the Olympus, World’s Greatest Wordsmiths,
National Animals, Sailors of the Seven Seas, This Day in History, Baseball
Highlight Art and more.
And for those Allen & Ginter treasure hunters, don’t forget to keep your eyes
out for unannounced inserts, autographs, relics and the GINTER CODE.
And like last year, every hobby box guarantees 3 hits (Autographs, Relics, Cut
Signatures, Rip Cards, and Printing Plates)
3/5/2010
*
USA Baseball to Make it's First Appearance in 2010 Bowman baseball cards - 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…The much anticipated and completely revamped 2010 Bowman will include
both the 2009 National Team and 2009 18 & Under National Team.
3/4/2010
* USA BASEBALL AND TOPPS ANNOUNCE DEAL MAKING TOPPS THE OFFICIAL BASEBALL CARD
OF USA BASEBALL. Exclusive, multi-year agreement reunites former partners from
1984 - 1993. 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.
* The Upper Deck Company is pleased to
announce that Upper Deck ad Major League Baseball have mutually agreed to settle
the lawsuit brought by Major League Baseball against Upper Deck. Per the terms
of the settlement agreement, Upper Deck has agreed not to use MLB trademarks
including team names and/or logos on its trading cards going forward. However,
as part of the settlement, Upper Deck can and will continue to sell three
recently released baseball card products currently on store shelves: 2009
Signature Stars, 2009 Ultimate Collection and 2010 Upper Deck Series One.
3/3/2010
* There's a movie in theaters right now about a baseball card - have you seen
it?
It's called Cop Out and here's the plot...it's a comedy about a veteran NYPD cop
whose rare baseball card is stolen. Since it's his only hope to pay for his
daughter's upcoming wedding, he recruits his partner to track down the thief, a
memorabilia-obsessed gangster.
2/28/2010
Have you seen this? It's from tuffstuff.com...
Nothing like a little voting – bracket style – to get you fired up for March
Madness, otherwise known as the NCAA Tournament. Tuff Stuff is creating a
bracket of the best 16 rookie cards from the 1980s and '90s in baseball,
basketball, football and hockey, titled "Bracketology 2010" and pitting them
against each other until there is one left standing – all determined by your
votes.
Voting is underway (on www.tuffstuff.com Homepage) and run through the NCAA
title game on April 5 when we'll announce the voting results, announce a RC
champion and announce the winning voters.
Those who vote are eligible to win some of the great rookie cards featured in
the pairings, including a 1984 Topps Dan Marino, 1981 Topps Joe Montana and 1989
Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr., among others. The Grand Prize Winner will receive a
PSA 6 Wayne Gretzky RC with the RCs listed above being giving away to voters as
runner-up prizes.
2/25/2010
UFC's President Dana White just announced via Twitter that Topps has randomly
inserted 10 special cards in its most recent release that will win one lucky
fight fan the opportunity to sit side-by-side with the UFC Boss!
The first collector to pull this special triple autographed card featuring Dana
White, Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz from packs of the all-new Topps UFC Main
Event will win the ultimate UFC behind the scenes access and a once in a
lifetime opportunity! The winner and a friend will be flown to Las Vegas, NV and
be Dana White's personal guests at the UFC Training Center. There, they will
tour the gym, meet the coaches and fighters of TUF 12 and sit cages-side with
Dana during one of the closed to the public TUF preliminary matches.
There are a total of 10 of these special cards randomly seeded in packs. The
other 9 lucky UFC fans pulling this card will receive a pair of UFC gloves
signed by Dana, Chuck and Tito.
Visit www.topps.com/ufc for full details.
2/19/2010
Upper Deck Reveals Super-Rare, Short-Print Cards Sprinkled in 2010 UD1 Baseball
Release. Look for short-printed cards of Sarah Palin, Pete Rose and Joe Jackson,
along with highly coveted cut signature cards of Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio!
2/15/2010
* Buy packs of 2010 Topps Baseball for a chance to receive special code cards to
unlock original, vintage Topps Baseball cards. Code cards are inserted 1 in
every 6 packs of 2010 Topps Baseball Series 1, available in stores now! You OWN
the card and can get it shipped to you! These Cards Are Originals.
* Free Pack of baseball cards on March 6th! That's right March 6th is "2010
National Pack Time" brought to you by Upper Deck. Packs will be available while
supplies last exclusively at participating baseball card hobby shops throughout
the United States.
2/10/2010
* Topps recently announced the appointment of Ryan O’Hara as president and chief
executive officer. O’Hara, the president of TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com,
will assume the new role on March 1.
* ‘Double Take’ Variation Cards in Upper Deck Series One Baseball Will Keep
Collectors Hunting through June. First baseball card set for 2010 contains
unique variations of select base-set cards; cool prizes await lucky collectors
who complete 25-card set!
2/8/2010
* Upper Deck Unveils 2010 Series One Baseball Set; New Year
Kicks Off with 600-Card Base Collection. Loaded with first wave of rookie cards,
every hobby box packs one autograph card and two memorabilia cards.
2/3/2010
Imagine being able to advertise your baseball card shop on television during the
Super Bowl - it's "only" like 3 million bucks for 30 seconds. For one lucky shop
owner he doesn't have to imagine it, thanks to Miller highlife he's doing it!
(read more here http://www.millerhighlife.com)
1/21/2010
With the release of Elite Extra Edition this week, Panini wanted to let
collectors know that the autographs of the players listed below have now arrived
in-house and redemptions for all remaining autographs will be fulfilled soon:
* Mychal Givens (Autographed Rookies – all other cards packed out in product)
* Jason Kipnis
* Tyler Matzuk
* Chad James
* Colton Cain
1/20/2010
Topps announces that because of a manufacturing error, some of the Jed Lowrie’s
2008 Topps Finest Baseball Autographed Cards (Rookie Redemption # 10) did not
include a 3M Authenticity sticker on the card’s back. Any collector in
possession of this card can send it to the following address to have the sticker
applied.
Topps
401 York Ave
Duryea, PA 18642
Attn: Jed Lowrie Redemption
1/19/2010
*
Calling All Baseball Card Shops: Join Upper Deck in Celebrating ‘National
Packtime’ on Sat., March 6 - Honoring the start of the upcoming baseball season,
Upper Deck will distribute FREE packs of baseball cards to fans around the
country
* The initial group of Autograph guests for the 31st National Sports Collectors
Convention, August 4-8, 2010 in Baltimore has been announced. A great list of
Baseball Hall of Famers make this group one of the strongest in National
history. Cal Ripken Jr will sign and the Ironman along with Oriole Legends
Brooks Robinson, Jim Palmer, Eddie Murray and Frank Robinson.
1/14/2010
Upper Deck Teams with USA Baseball to Launch Limited 2009 USA Baseball Box Set -
Sought-after collection releases this week; only 6,500 sets produced!
1/8/2010
Upper Deck Inks Autograph Deal with
Pete Rose for its 2010 Baseball Card Sets! Trading card company to
provide autographs and game-used memorabilia cards of baseball’s all-time hits
king inside upcoming lineup of products
12/23/2009
Stephen Strasburg Rookie
Baseball Card - coming soon to a Topps baseball card near you!
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