First look: 2009 TRISTAR PROjections Series I
TRISTAR released the first images and preview information for its 2009 PROjections Series 1 minor league baseball set on Wednesday.
Only 75 24-box cases will be produced with each including 96 autographed cards and 24 Tailor Made game-used jersey cards (limited to 144 copies apiece) along with 96 serial-numbered parallel cards limited to 50 or less. That breaks down to be four autographs, one jersey and four parallels per 20-pack box.
Among the autograph lineup are Orioles prospect Matt Wieters, Red Sox prospect Lars Anderson, Cubs prospect Josh Vitters, Cleveland prospect Chuck Norris Matt LaPorta, Royals prospect Mike Moustakas and several others. There also are autographed memorabilia cards limited to 10 or less in the set.
But that’s not all for big-name prospects…
Each 12-box mini case will include a Tim Beckham TRISTAR OBAK History of the Game preview card limited to only 150 copies. Each 24-box master case also will include a Beckham T212 Mini OBAK card.
As with past sets, there will be parallels on the autograph cards with greens limited to 50, yellows limited to 25, oranges limited to five and purples being 1/1s.
The standard set consists of 100 cards and the suggested retail price per pack is $4.99 and the officially licensed Minor League Baseball set is scheduled for a March 16 release.
Here’s a checklist of the Tailor-Made game-used cards:
TM-1 Jarrod Parker P South Bend Silver Hawks
TM-2 Carlos Gutierrez P Forty Myers Miracle
TM-3 James Leverton P Boise Hawks
TM-4 Brett Wallace 1B Quad Cities River Bandits
TM-5 Cesar Valdez P Mobile BayBears
TM-6 Blake Tekotte OF Eugene Emeralds
TM-7 Lance Lynn P Batavia Muckdogs
TM-8 Sean Danielson OF Pawtucket Red Sox
TM-9 Josh Vitters 3B Boise Hawks
TM-10 Jeff Beliveau P Boise Hawks
TM-11 Shane Peterson OF Batavia Muckdogs
TM-12 Nick Hagadone P Greenville Drive
Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.
