搶先看:Panini 2015 Diamond Kings Baseball

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For the first time in a decade, baseball collectors who’ve long felt America’s pastime is a true work of art have reason to celebrate. The iconic Diamond Kings brand, absent from the industry as a standalone product since 2005, will make a regal return to the market in late April — and it’s bringing the Great Bambino with it.

Indeed, 2015 Diamond Kings Baseball will mark a most historic return — for both the legendary brand and the legendary Babe Ruth, who will make his first appearance in a Panini America product. We’ll have much more on Ruth’s Ruthain presence in 2015 Diamond Kings Baseball in the coming days right here on The Knight’s Lance. But today, we’re previewing preliminary details of the 2015 Diamond Kings Baseball product.


Each 12-pack hobby box of 2015 Diamond Kings Baseball (eight cards per pack, 12 packs per box, 16 boxes per case) will deliver two autograph or memorabilia cards and two Framed Diamond King parallels. The product also will be bolstered by the familiar artistic renderings of the game’s hottest rookies, top current stars and all-time greats that have come to define the brand.
Highlights of the product include . . .

• A larger-than-life presence for Ruth, who will be featured on memorabilia cards in the Base Materials, Hall of Fame Materials, Timeline Materials and Framed DK Minis Materials inserts. He’ll also be featured in the set’s Diamond Cuts cut-signature insert.

• Panini America’s first autograph memorabilia cards of the 2015 rookie class including Rusney Castillo, Brandon Finnegan, Dalton Pompey, Javier Baez, Joc Pederson and Jorge Soler.

• Cut signatures of the game’s greatest players can be found in the Diamond Cuts insert, which features a legendary checklist headlined by the likes of Warren Spahn, Richie Ashburn, Lou Boudreau, Larry Doby, Harmon Killebrew and Stan Musial.

• Autograph memorabilia cards of the game’s most beloved Hall of Famers in Hall of Fame Heroes, featuring Cooperstown’s newest members in Randy Johnson and Pedro Martinez, as well as Cal Ripken, Nolan Ryan, George Brett, Ryne Sandberg, Barry Larkin, Frank Thomas and more.

• Some of today’s most intriguing player combinations in the Timeline Materials, a 20-card insert featuring matchups like Ruth/Lou Gehrig, Jose Abreu/Jacob deGrom, Clayton Kershaw/Mike Trout, Masahiro Tanaka/Ichiro and more.

• The Sovereign Signatures insert features a supreme lineup of autograph memorabilia cards including Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, Miguel Cabrera, Stephen Strasburg and more.

• The Masters of the Game Material insert features the biggest current stars and all-time legends such as Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, Steve Carlton, Dwight Gooden and more.

We’ll have plenty more on 2015 Diamond Kings Baseball in the coming days right here on The Knight’s Lance, including a must-see look at the triumphant return of Babe Ruth in all of his collectible forms. Today, though, we offer the following sneak peek.
All information is accurate at the time of posting – content is subject to change. Card images are solely for the purpose of design display. Actual images used on cards to be determined.

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Ruthian Return: Babe Ruth’s Presence Packs Wallop in 2015 Diamond Kings Baseball



As monumental as it may have seemed at the time, Panini America’s announcement last week that the fabled Diamond Kings brand would be making a triumphant return to baseball after a decade away may have obscured even bigger news. Indeed, not only is Diamond Kings returning, but baseball’s most powerful diamond king is, too. Babe Ruth is back.

For the first time since 2005, the Great Bambino will have trading cards in a Panini America product. Base cards. Minis. A cut autograph. Epic memorabilia cards. In late April, the Sultan of Swat will become the Sultan of Swatch.



In the must-see gallery that follows, we showcase the resplendent array of regal Ruths coming to 2015 Diamond Kings Baseball, including his base card, his Mini, his Red and Blue Framed Materials cards, his Framed Mini Materials card, his spectacular Diamond Cuts cut autograph, the Timeline Materials card he shares with fellow Yankees legend Lou Gehrig, and his Also Known As and Sluggers inserts.

Enjoy this Ruthian first look and stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance for continued coverage of 2015 Diamond Kings Baseball.

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Panini America Initiates Packout Process for 2015 Diamond Kings Baseball (Gallery)



At this very moment, several members of the Panini America Baseball Product Development Team are at the company production facility across town diligently preparing for a most regal return. Cue the trumpets: 2015 Diamond Kings Baseball began packing out today. As a result, we have the distinct opportunity today to showcase some of the first live cards from this landmark reintroduction.

I ventured over to the production facility yesterday to grab some images of the epic Babe Ruth cards in the product. We’ll get to those in the coming days. Today, however, we want to provide just a taste of what this landmark release will offer when it arrives April 29. Each hobby box of 2015 Diamond Kings Baseball will deliver two autograph or memorabilia cards, two Framed base cards, two DK Originals, two Also Known As, two HOF Sluggers and 24 Rookie Cards.


As you’ll see in the gallery that follows, the product is steeped in historic memorabilia and artful renditions of the game’s greatest legends, biggest current stars and most promising rookies. We’ll have plenty more to preview in the coming days right here on The Knight’s Lance. But for now, we present an eye-candy feast fit for a king.

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The Hottest Babes: Appreciating Babe Ruth’s Presence in 2015 Diamond Kings Baseball



You can tell by the box. You can tell by this blog. You can tell by the buzz. For the first time in a decade, Babe Ruth is returning to a Panini America product. In a comeback performance for the ages, Diamond Kings Baseball returns to the marketplace this week — and it’s packing the game’s most legendary diamond king in the heart of the order.

Ruth’s resplendent array of Diamond Kings includes cards that are suitable for framing . . . and some that already are framed . . . miniature masterpieces . . . memorabilia cards that majestically transform the Sultan of Swat into the Sultan of Swatch . . . and one epic cut-signature card.


Over the course of the last several weeks, we’ve showcased bits and pieces of 2015 Diamond Kings Baseball’s potent, Bambino-powered lineup. Today, we present them in their finished glory. The Diamond Cuts card that features a pencil-signed autograph from the 1928 World Series. The pinstriped splendor of memorabilia cards in both traditional and miniature format. The bold base cards. They’re all shown in the must-see gallery that follows.

Enjoy the gallery and stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance for continued coverage of 2015 Diamond Kings Baseball.