搶先看: 2016 Elite Extra Edition Baseball

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In early December, one of baseball collecting’s favorite prospecting pursuits, a product known affectionately throughout the hobby by three simple letters, will return for the 2016 season boasting a streamlined, hit-filled packaging configuration and new enhancements across the board.

Indeed, 2016 Elite Extra Edition Baseball, or “EEE” for short, is a different-by-design proposition this year that includes a five-pack, 25-card configuration with each box hobby box delivering a minimum of 10 autograph or memorabilia hits. A striking new base-set design features numbering on each card and eight unique parallels including the popular Status and Aspirations chases numbered to 200 or less.

The highlights of the new-look 2016 Elite Extra Edition Baseball are many and include . . .

• New Contenders Tickets bolstered by Contenders USA Baseball and College Tickets featuring players from the current 2016 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, 18U National Team and 15U National Team as well as current prospects and draft picks in their college uniforms.

• A multitude of autograph inserts including Base Set Autographs, Future Threads Silhouettes Autographs, USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Silhouette Autographs, USA Baseball Tickets and College Tickets.

• Memorabilia inserts that include Future Threads Silhouettes, Future Threads Silhouettes Dual Players, Dual Materials, Triple Materials, Quad Materials and USA 15U and Collegiate National Team Quads.

• On average, each hobby box of 2016 Elite Extra Edition Baseball will deliver one Silhouette Material Autograph, two to four memorabilia cards, four numbered parallels and between six and eight autographs.

• USA Baseball Playoff Tickets feature the first autographs of all 64 members of the Collegiate, 18U and 15U National Teams. Find seven parallels including Cracked Ice and Printing Plates numbered to 24 or less.

• Future Threads Silhouettes Autographs include five Prime parallels including Brand Logos, Brand Tags, Laundry Tags, Sleeve Patches, Nameplates, Jersey Numbers and Team Logos.

We’ll have plenty more on 2016 Elite Extra Edition Baseball in the coming weeks right here on The Knight’s Lance. Until then, enjoy this extended sneak peek:

All information is accurate at the time of posting – content is subject to change and approval. Card images are solely for the purpose of design display. Actual images used on cards to be determined.

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The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016 Elite Extra Edition Baseball




Seemingly everything about Panini America’s popular prospecting product known as Elite Extra Edition Baseball has changed for 2016. New look. New logo. New content. New configuration. Indeed, when 2016 Elite Extra Edition Baseball arrives in hobby shops across North America next Wednesday, it will deliver a refreshing departure from the EEEs of the past while still delivering some of the first trading cards and autographs of baseball’s most potential-packed fresh faces (including the first baseball autograph cards of the Mets’ Tim Tebow).

The completely revamped product (five cards per pack, five packs per box) will deliver two autograph or memorabilia cards per hobby pack and each five-pack hobby box will yield eight autograph cards and two memorabilia cards. As you’ll see in the revealing Quality Control Gallery that follows, there’s a lot to like aesthetically about the new-look Elite Extra Edition. But there’s also a lot to like from a content perspective.


Every card made for 2016 Elite Extra Edition Baseball is numbered and the usual chase-worthy arsenal of parallels (Status and Aspirations in a rainbow array of die-cut and colored versions) looks better than ever. Each hobby case (20 boxes) contains three Prime Silhouette Autographs and 11 boxes per case will include an 11th autograph or memorabilia card.


Take a deep dive into the new and improved 2016 Elite Extra Edition Baseball in the gallery that follows and be sure to stick around after the imagery to checkout out the complete product checklist. Stay tuned for continued coverage.