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Baseball Moving Forward
I’ve been sitting at my desk here in sunny Carlsbad this morning, browsing over what the card collecting community has to say about today’s developments. That’s one of the many positives of modern media and a strong community of passionate people: you can gauge reactions to developments, and see how people respond. Overwhelmingly, the response […]
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Legendary Pioneers Signature Card: Doubleday, Naismith, Rockne and Lord Stanley
One of the things I’ve tried to do with this here blog since we launched earlier in the year is to bring sports fans and collectors a bit closer to Upper Deck, and let you in on what we do, and what it’s like to be here. So in the interest of full disclosure, I’ll […]
READ MOREBrag Photo: The Yankee Stadium Legacy Collection
If you’ve been following our blog the last few weeks, you know that five obsessive collectors completed our Yankee Stadium Legacy collection (well over 6,000 cards, one for each game played at the old stadium), and got to meet Derek Jeter before a game as a reward for their hard work. Now, aside from these […]
READ MOREMLB FanFest: Something to Sing About!
This year’s FanFest gave me a whole new meaning to the popular musical title, “Meet Me in St. Louis”. I was fortunate enough to be in New York last season for the All-Star game that commemorated Yankee Stadium’s last year: an experience that is hard to beat. However, the city of St. Louis rose to […]
READ MOREThe Diamond Club Summit: From a Member’s Perspective
This past weekend, I had the privilege of attending the 2009 Upper Deck Diamond Club Summit in Huntington Beach, CA. The club meets for an annual summit that offers members the opportunity to meet Upper Deck staff, other like-minded collectors and usually a premier athlete or two. I was honored in 2008 when I was […]
READ MORETony Romo Meet and Greet Highlights the Upper Deck Diamond Club Summit
This weekend Upper Deck held its fourth annual Diamond Club Summit in Huntington Beach, CA. The Diamond Club was started as a loyalty program to help engage and retail passionate Upper Deck collectors who open high volumes of the company’s trading card product. “For us creating the Diamond Club wasn’t just about making sure end-user […]
READ MOREPacks to the People!
In case you haven’t seen Andrew Long’s work on YouTube, the guy is a maniac. This is his latest video, where he brings “packs to the people”, encouraging random people off the street to open packs and show off what they get. As your standard disclaimer, this is not officially produced by Upper Deck. But […]
READ MOREUpper Deck Locks Up MLBPA License
In case you haven’t been following this blog much, we’ve got a handful of writers with various specialties here in the building. For example, Sean LaFavor is a wealth of hockey knowledge, and Patrick Sullivan can analyze basketball matchups like no one else. I happen to be the baseball geek. Five years removed from New […]
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