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TOPPS ANNOUNCES THE 52nd ANNUAL TOPPS MAJOR LEAGUE ROOKIE ALL-STAR TEAM
Nov 30th
New York, NY – Nov. 29, 2010 – The Topps Company announces the 52nd annual Topps Major League Rookie All-Star Team. The Summary: 1B Gaby Sanchez, Florida (151 games, 19 HR, 85 RBI, .273) 2B Neil Walker, Pittsburgh (110, 12, 66, .296) 3B Danny Valencia, Minnesota (85, 7, 40, .311) SS Starlin Castro, Chicago (N.L.) (125, 3, 41, .300) OF Austin Jackson, Detroit (151, 4, 41, .293) OF Mike Stanton, Florida (100, 22, 59, .259) OF Jason Heyward, Atlanta (142, 18, 72, .277) C Buster Posey, San Francisco (108, 18, 67, .305) RHP Stephen Strasburg, Washington (68 IP, 5-3, 2.91, More >
Topps Wrapper Redemption Program
Nov 24th
Topps pleased collectors today by announcing that it is extending the deadline to submit a request for a wrapper redemption in their Chrome Baseball and Bowman Chrome Baseball products to 31st July 2011. This should give collectors ample time to collect and submit the requested number of wrappers and obtain one of the highly sought after redemption packs. For Chrome Baseball, the redemption packs include 3 cards and for Bowman Chrome, the redemption packs include 5 cards. For the former, 24 wrappers must be submitted and for the later, 18 of them are necessary. To claim your redemption pack, send More >
Bowman Platinum Baseball Gets Bonus Hit
Nov 24th
Topps Press Release
Topps is pleased to announce that the upcoming 2010 Bowman Platinum Baseball will include an additional autograph per hobby box than originally solicited. Each hobby box will now include 4 Autographs (1 Autographed Relic & 3 Autographs). To ensure this bonus autograph, Platinum will have a revised hobby release date of January 7th. The additional hit, which will be in the form of a redemption card, will be inserted as a box loader and will feature 11 new subjects including Atlanta Braves top prospect, Freddie Freeman. The following subjects, which will be revealed once collectors have entered the More >What Is the Future of this Hobby?
Nov 21st
By Michael Barton aka MonticelloCards
Please allow me a few moments of your time, as there are a number of different subjects I would like to discuss that – as a 25+ year collector – have been weighing heavily on my mind as I look into the future of this great hobby that I love.As a player collector, specifically of Dustin Keller, I have been able to amass quite a nice little collection of his cards within a relatively short period of time. Recently, I was looking at my bounty so far, and I noticed a trend within all of the More >
Bring Back Big Sets
Nov 13th
By *censored* aka Drew Pelto
Not all of us want more cards overall, just more cards per set…
I’ll admit it, I’m an old-school collector. I’d rather spend my money on a bunch of base cards of nobodies than cards serial numbered with pieces of jersey in them.
My first packs of cards came in 1990, with the first one I truly remember being a rack pack of 1991 Donruss baseball that I got in April of 1991. You remember those ones with the borders that look like the producers of Tron met with Jackson Pollock and threw something on blue and green More >
Topps Announces Special 2010 Bowman Chrome Wrapper Redemption
Nov 12th
Topps announces for every 18 wrappers (HOBBY ONLY) of 2010 Bowman Chrome Baseball sent to the company, collectors will receive an exclusive 5-card pack of exclusive BLACK-BORDERED PARALLELS of 2010 BOWMAN BASEBALL cards . All 110 prospect subjects from 2010 Bowman Baseball will be included. In addition, randomly inserted into these packs will be: · 37-card USA Baseball Bowman Chrome Black Bordered Autographs #’d to 25…featuring the 2010 Collegiate National Team and the 2010 18U National Team. · 5-card Bowman Chrome Rookies & Prospects Autographs #’d to 100… Featuring Buster Posey, Mike Stanton, Mike Moustakas, Miguel Sano and More >
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