A Panini America Easter Weekend Preview: 2011 Prime Cuts Baseball (24 New Images)
I couldn’t resist. I journeyed across town again this morning for one more long look at 2011 Prime Cuts Baseball before it finishes packing out in the next few days and begins shipping. Just when I thought I captured everything I could capture earlier this week, I was wrong. Way wrong.
I’m hindsight, I’m thrilled — and quite grateful — that Panini America Baseball Product Development Director Ben Ecklar talked me into making my second trip to our production facility in the span of five days. Otherwise, I may never have had the chance to hold, say, the 1/1 Shoeless Joe Jackson Bat Barrel card . . . or the Jackie Robinson booklet card that includes a cut signature and a prime piece of jersey he wore . . . or the Jimmie Foxx booklet card that includes a cut signature and a massive piece of leather from his fielding glove . . . or . . .
I could go on and on. And in the near future, I will — with a must-see gallery to trump all galleries. But in order to set the table for that, I wanted to share a quick rundown of just some of what I saw today.
For additional galleries of our exhaustive 2011 Prime Cuts Baseball reveal, check out the links below:
Final Cuts: Panini America Offers One Last Pre-Release Look at 2011 Prime Cuts
We’ve shown you the history-making bat barrel cards, including the first for Shoeless Joe Jackson. We’ve shown you the otherworldly booklets that combine cut autographs and game-worn memorabilia from some of the greatest baseball players of all time. We’ve shown you a staggering assortment of prime-memorabilia cards that demands second and third and even fourth looks.
Indeed, we’ve shown you a little bit of everything that 2011 Prime Cuts Baseball has to offer up to this point. But we’re not done just yet. With the product shipping in the next few days, we wanted to offer one final pre-release peek that includes a whole new batch of stage-setting images.
Just when you thought you’d seen it all, we offer the following tantalizing tease that includes, among other niceties, tons of Draft Pick Autographs, even more tradition-rich prime memorabilia cards and a small preview of some of the current MLBPA superstars that dot the checklist.
Enjoy. Here’s hoping the next time you see these gems, you’ll be pulling them from packs.