I remember going to baseball games with my dad like it was yesterday. My three older brothers would run around like escaped mental patients while I held his hand struggling just to keep up. I can still remember thinking how long his stride was and how it took me two steps to match his one. […]

If there is one thing collectors love, it is hard-signed trading cards. Maybe it’s just something about the athlete having actually handled the cards or maybe they just don’t like the look of some of the label autographs. Whatever it is, I know that collectors prefer hard-signed trading cards over label autograph cards. And that’s […]

When SP Legendary Cuts first came on the scene, it gave the industry a much-needed shot in the arm by packing out some amazing new content. It marked the first time a collector could open a pack of cards and pull an autograph of a deceased Hall-of-Famer. Upper Deck worked to get in authenticated cut […]

One of my favorite events every year is the Las Vegas Industry Summit. It’s an amazing opportunity for manufacturers like Upper Deck to spend time with the retailers who are on the front lines of the hobby talking with our customers every day. The information and insight we glean from spending time with these shop […]

A year ago this month, I met my three brothers – Tom, Tim and Pat – in Phoenix to catch our first glimpse of Cactus League Spring Training action. Four days and three nights of bouncing around various ballparks ensued as we ate, drank, watched and laughed our way into Spring Training heaven. It was […]

By now you’ve heard about some of the big pulls in Upper Deck’s 2011 World of Sports series. You’ve probably also heard about the amazing giveaway we are doing with the product as well. You’ve probably even tried some packs of it. If you pulled an autograph however, you may be in the dark about […]

When we first previewed some of the cards in Upper Deck’s new World of Sports set, there was a lot of excitement about it from collectors because there just is not anything else like it. Thanks to Upper Deck’s strong stable of athletes and coaches, we are poised to bring some really incredible new cards […]