Beckett's Best of 2007: Top Stories

Dec 24 2007 1:30PM

UPDATE: Ooops! Don't know how we missed this story, but we did -- and we apologize. The Mother of All Cards!

If you missed it, you missed out. In 2007, Beckett Digital Media was there to track the sale of a $10,000 football card, a hair-razing George Washington discovery, an explosive Michael Vick situation and some good, old-fashioned back-and-forth between rivals Topps and Upper Deck.

Follow the links below for the Top 10 Best of Beckett Digital Media for a history-making 2007 (links will open in a new browser window). Enjoy.

-- Tracy Hackler

	10. Phillip Hughes: Beckett Message Board Member Highly touted Yankees prospect Phillip Hughes created quite a stir this year with his posts on the Beckett.com Message boards.
	9. 'Hey, Look What I Found' Finds a Home Beckett's own Andrew Tolentino draws clicks by the thousands with new weekly column.
	8. Asterisk = Controversy Upper Deck presumably took a position on Barry Bonds' 756th home run with a controversial card in 2007 Sweet Spot.
	7. The Remarkable Ascent of Tom Brady The most valuable quarterback of the modern era did the unthinkable this season: He became even more valuable.
	6. Coming Out on Topps Ultimately, Upper Deck withdrew its offer to purchase Topps, leaving the company to former Disney honcho Michael Eisner. But the drama was well read.
	5. Jeter, G-Dubya and The Mick A peculiar card released by Topps early in the 2007 season sent baseball fans across the country flocking to find it.
	4. Bazooka Joke UD lampoons Topps' Michael Eisner with a controversial card in 2007 Sweet Spot.
	3. eVICKted! The unparalleled demise of former hobby kingpin Michael Vick started when Donruss, Upper Deck and Topps one by one removed him from their products.
	2. Hair-Razing Discovery The inside scoop on a history-making hair card honoring one of American history's most famous citizens.
	1. The $10,000 Football Card A legendary, once-nameless single becomes the most valuable football card in existence.