05.16
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
Now, all we need is a little patience.
When Topps announced in February that Axl Rose‘s first certified autograph was coming in 2013 Topps Archives — a retro-styled look at baseball cards with a bit of pop culture also infused — more than a few collectors and rock fans took notice.
The arrival of the next installment of the reigning Beckett Baseball Product of the Year is just 13 days away with Rose’s signatures sure to have a few people saying “you could be mine.”
Beckett Media got the first look at the unsigned version of the card on Thursday — a release that will have a standard autograph version as well as a version of the card printed on metal. It’s not going to be so easy to pull that one as just 25 copies of that version will be made.
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05.15
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
Heritage is headed down to the minors for the third straight season.
Topps offered its first glimpses at the this year’s edition of Topps Heritage Minors on Wednesday, a 1964-style look at life before the big leagues that arrives on Sept. 11 with two autographs and one Relic in every 24-pack hobby box. (Need a past Heritage Minors checklist or OPG? Click here.)
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05.14
Join Beckett Baseball‘s Brian Fleischer and Chris Olds as they rip into boxes of 2013 Bowman in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
Need a checklist or OPG for Bowman? Click here.
05.13
Update: Originally published on April 3 — now has new details and images
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
Pinnacle is back on the diamond.
Panini America‘s 2013 baseball slate will include a revival of the Pinnacle brand as 2013 Pinnacle is scheduled to arrive on July 31.
Packing two autographs in each 24-pack hobby box, it will carry a suggested retail price of $2.99 a pack and include a meaty lineup of inserts and parallels to go with a 200-card base set that includes 50 Rookie Cards.
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05.10
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
For the eighth consecutive year, Major League Baseball‘s stars will take to the field this Sunday with a new color in their uniform mix and in many cases a new color of Louisville Slugger in their hands.
It’s pink, which is to raise awareness — and funds — for breast cancer awareness on Mother’s Day, and it’s an effort that has raised more than $1 million with MLB since 2006.
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05.09
Posted on May 9, 2013 – 1:14 pm | Author: chrisolds
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By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor | Commentary & Opinion
When Texas-based journalist Josh Trudell took a recent assignment for Beckett Media, there were plenty of potential highlights for a guy who, deep down, is a passionate baseball fan.
(Trust me … he’s a Red Sox fan.)
But one extra perk of the job? Well, it just resonated more than documenting the experience of watching a dad be a minor leaguer for a day. You see, while Trudell’s story and photos will appear in an upcoming issue of Beckett Sports Card Monthly there was something else about that day’s work that will be special for other reasons long after the freelance money is spent and the magazines have come and gone from the racks.
One of Trudell’s photographs will be used on an upcoming Topps baseball card — on Tim Kane‘s memento of his experience becoming a member of the Corpus Christi Hooks. It’s a card Kane shares with his 8-year-old son, Peyton, and it will be coming soon in packs of 2013 Topps Pro Debut.
“My father and I, like Tim and Peyton, collected cards together – our biggest prize was a rookie Nolan Ryan 1968 Topps card that I still have,” said Trudell, a 1999 Northeastern University graduate. “Dad passed away three years ago, but I think he would have been just as excited about this as I am.”
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05.08
Beckett Baseball‘s Chris Olds watched the first 2013 Bowman HTA Jumbo box ripped at Nick’s Sports Cards in Dallas, Texas. Here’s what was found … in highlights fashion.
Click here to see our Box Busters Preview video.
What big pulls have been found in Bowman so far? Click here …
(For more on the product, including prelim and final auto/Relic checklists, click here.)
05.08
Join Beckett Baseball‘s Chris Olds as he rips into a box of 2013 Bowman in this Box Busters Preview video.
What will he find inside? Watch and find out …
What big pulls have been found in Bowman so far? Click here …
(For more on the product, including prelim and final auto/Relic checklists, click here.)
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