Upper Deck Debuts a New Collection Straight from the Ballpark

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Get a feel for the game with 2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection memorabilia cards!


North Las Vegas, NV (September 18, 2008) – Every once in a while a product comes along where collectors gather around the one who’s opening the pack and ask: “What did ya get?” This will likely be the case with 2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection. Each five-card pack will include three game-used memorabilia cards or one autograph and two game-used memorabilia cards. Many of the memorabilia cards in the product contain multi-swatch versions with some containing as many as eight game-used memorabilia swatches on one card. Every four-pack hobby box will contain a six and eight game-used memorabilia swatch card on average.



Some of the rare inserts in the set can best be described simply as awesome. The first is the MLB Logo Patch card that includes the actual MLB logo from a game-used jersey of the player featured. The next insert set is the MLB Jersey Tag cards that feature the jersey manufacturer’s tag on the card. The last is the MLB Jersey Button cards that have the authentic buttons from the game-used jersey imbedded on the card front. These are some of the most unique cards to hit the market so collector interest should be extremely high.



“The exciting part for collectors with 2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection is that it is only available in hobby shops and the product is limited,” said Jason Masherah, Upper Deck’s senior brand manager. “That means collectors will have a much better opportunity of pulling some of the more unique inserts like the logo, tag and button cards. These cards really bring sports fans closer to the player as well as the game.”



Also found in the 2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection are the Yankee Stadium Legacy insert cards. With Yankee Stadium getting ready to shut its doors for good, these cards celebrate all the history that’s taken place there. Additionally, 2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection will be the only baseball release of the year that has the ultra-rare “Moments in Time Dual Cut Signatures” cards of famous personalities tied to Yankee Stadium like Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI who both celebrated mass there.



The other great insert in 2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection is the Signs of History exchange cards. This insert set features an authentic cut autograph of a former U.S. President and collectors have hailed these cards as some of the most valuable in today’s market. These cards have been selling for hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars on-line and at shows.





CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS:

o        Three Memorabilia Cards or One Autograph and two Memorabilia cards in every pack, on average!

o        Every pack contains one Dual Swatch Memorabilia Card and one Quad Swatch Memorabilia Card, on average!

o        One Ballpark Rookie Autograph per box, on average!

o        One Autographed Memorabilia card per box, on average!



PRODUCT BREAKDOWN:

  Regular Cards

o        Base Set -100 Cards   

o         Ballpark Rookie Autographs (1 per Box, on average)

o         Ballpark Dual Memorabilia Card (1 per pack, on average)

o         Ballpark Quad Memorabilia Card(1 per pack, on average)

o         Ballpark Six Swatch Memorabilia Card (1 per Box, on average)

o         Ballpark Eight Swatch Memorabilia Card (1 per Box, on average)



        Autograph Cards (1 per box, on average)

o         Ballpark Autographed Memorabilia Card

o         Ballpark Dual Autographed Memorabilia Card

o         Signs of History Presidential Cut Signatures



        Memorabilia Cards

o         Ballpark MLB Logo Patch (Varied #’d)

o         Ballpark MLB Jersey Tag (Varied #’d)

o         Ballpark MLB Jersey Button (Varied #’d)