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On March 29, I wrote a blog about Jack “Lucky” Lohrke, one of the luckiest guys in baseball.
I am sad to say he passed away yesterday at the age of 85.
The Associated Press ran his obituary which can be found here.
We have all heard the stories about superstars like Ruth and Mantle but there are so many other great stories that we haven’t heard. Stories that, one by one, are departing this earth headed for the big “diamond in the sky.”
You probably didn’t know who Lohrke was until reading my post and from what I’ve read he didn’t talk about his baseball days that much. It took me some research to discover him.
Filed under: BSCM, Beckett Baseball, Beckett Basketball, Beckett Football, Beckett Hockey, Upper Deck | Tags: baseball cards, basketball cards, football cards, hockey cards, non-sports cards, Upper Deck, Upperdeckblog.com
Upper Deck announced on Thursday that it has joined the blogosphere to bring collectors and sports fans a unique look into the hobby and the sports world through the eyes of its employees.
Oh, and it promises that it’s “not a ‘corporate blog’ by any means.”
The blog can be found at UpperDeckBlog.com and already includes several entries showing some behind the scenes action for the company including news commentary and access to athletes.
“We’re passionate about sports here, and this blog reflects that passion,” said Toby Wachter, Upper Deck’s online media content manager. “There’s a whole audience out there that reads sports blogs regularly, and collected cards as kids, but probably lost track of the cool things our industry is doing now.”
Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.
Filed under: BSCM, Beckett Hockey, Memorabilia, NHL, Non-sport, Upper Deck | Tags: 2008-09 Champ's, dinosaur bones, fossil collectors, hockey cards, NHL cards, trading cards, Upper Deck
Upper Deck has released several scans of the fossil cards that can be found in packs of its new Champ’s hockey card set.
The cards will be shipping to the lucky redemption holders soon.
See several of them after the jump.
Filed under: Autographs, BSCM, Beckett Baseball, MLB, Upper Deck | Tags: 2009 Upper Deck SPX Rookie Signatures redemptions, Autographs, Baltimore Orioles, baseball cards, Colby Rasmus, Koji Uehara, MLB, rookie cards, St. Louis Cardinals
Upper Deck has announced its second 2009 SPx Rookie Signatures redemption card and it’s St. Louis Cardinals rookie Colby Rasmus.
Rasmus signed 25 copies of card No. RR2 with the inscription above, the rest were signed with a standard autograph.
The first autograph (previously announced) was Baltimore Orioles pitcher Koji Uehara, who signed 25 of his cards in Japanese.
Upper Deck will reveal the remainder of the cards ever few weeks during the season until all of the cards have been announced.
The redemptions can be found two per 14-box case.
Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.
Filed under: Autographs, BSCM, Beckett Baseball, MLB, Memorabilia, Upper Deck | Tags: 2009 Goudey baseball cards, autograph collecting, baseball cards, Beckett Media, Goudey, Memorabilia, MLB, Upper Dedk
Join Beckett Baseball’s Chris Olds and Brian Fleischer as they open boxes of 2009 Goudey baseball cards from Upper Deck, a set in its third year that emulates the 1933 set of the same name.
What will they find? Watch and see by clicking here.
Filed under: BSCM, Beckett Football, Beckett Media, Donruss, Memorabilia, NFL, Panini, just for fun, video games | Tags: Donruss, football cards, Free stuff, Madden NFL, Madden NFL 08 cards, Panini, video games
We’ve found some factory sealed 2007 Donruss Gridiron Gear EA Sports Madden 08 card sets while doing some spring cleaning and we want them to be yours.
Each set includes 28 cards and a Vince Young promo (top). A full checklist and the list of winners is after the jump.
How can you win one of them? Be one of the first six collectors to answer this question in an e-mail to Chris Olds at colds@beckett.com:
According to Beckett.com, what is John Madden’s most valuable football card?
Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Filed under: BSCM, Beckett Football, College Football, Memorabilia, NFL | Tags: College Football, Memorabilia, Orlando Sentinel, NCAA, Tim Tebow, Teebows, Florida Gators, Florida football
Apparently they’re all the rage — or at least have someone with the NCAA raging — as yes, the Teebows underwear apparently inspired by Florida QB Tim Tebow are in danger of no longer being produced, according to my former peeps at the Orlando Sentinel.
Does that mean they’ll be collectors’ items? Perhaps, though technically there isn’t a Florida logo involved so maybe they won’t go away. For those of you who care, they are available in three colors (one with a No. 15 football on the back) for roughly the price of a couple packs of football cards.
Anyone who has spent any time in Central Florida the last few years knows how big the Cult of Tebow has become (and, really, plenty of people outside the area know that, too).
I’m sure plenty of fans will pass on these, but just wait until he has football cards …
Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.
Filed under: Autographs, BSCM, Memorabilia, NASCAR, Press Pass | Tags: auto racing, Autographs, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Memorabilia, NASCAR, NASCAR cards, Press Pass, Press Pass Showcase, Sprint Cup Series
Press Pass announced its first high-end NASCAR set on Tuesday in Press Pass Showcase, a product that will arrive on July 15 packing plenty of thunder and high-speed punch.
Every five-card pack will include an autograph or memorabilia card from a top driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and there will be only three packs per box (six boxes per mini case) with a $225 suggested retail price.
The set will include multi-signed teammate autograph cards, oversized autographed memorabilia cards, and the first autographed memorabilia cards of this year’s four top rookies. Every card is sequentially numbered and there are four parallel versions of each base card.
Every mini case will include redemption cards for race-used memorabilia items, Dale Earnhardt autographs, autographed 50th Anniversary lithographs, exclusive Four Wide cards or vintage autograph hot packs.
Filed under: Autographs, BSCM, Beckett Basketball, Memorabilia, NBA, Upper Deck | Tags: 2008-09 Exquisite Collection, Autographs, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers, Memorabilia, Michael Jordan, NBA, Upper Deck basketball cards
Upper Deck released additional preview images and basic set information on Tuesday for 2008-09 Exquisite Basketball, which is scheduled to arrive in June.
Each five-card box contains one autographed rookie, one additional autographed card, one more memorabilia or autographed card, one base set card and one more autographed, memorabilia, parallel, or base card.
There will be three boxes per case and all autographs were signed on-card.
New this year are the Career Portfolio booklet cards that combine autographs and memorabilia pieces into one showcase card, and there will also be signed diecut 1 of 1’s for Upper Deck spokesmen Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett and Michael Jordan.
But the big chase will be Player Exclusive signed boxes including only cards of that specific player. There are 15 Player Exclusive boxes to be found, including Bryant, Jordan, Magic Johnson, LeBron James and Derrick Rose among others.
For a closer look at more cards from the set, including some sweet inscription cards, click on the images below.
Filed under: BSCM, Beckett Baseball, MLB, Non-sport, Political memorabilia, Upper Deck | Tags: barack obama, baseball cards, First Puppy, MLB, Political memorabilia, Upper Deck baseball cards
Upper Deck announced on Tuesday that it, too, will produce a trading card for The First Puppy, Bo.
While we’re sure that political pundits will pounce on this one (oh, wait… ), we present to you the short-printed card of the Obamas’ Portuguese Water Dog. It will be found in packs of the 2009 Upper Deck Series 2 baseball set, which is scheduled for a May 19 release.
Filed under: Autographs, BSCM, Memorabilia, Pro wrestling, TNA wrestling, TriStar | Tags: Pro wrestling, TNA Knockouts, TNA Knockouts cards, TNA wrestling, TriStar, women's wrestling, wrestling, wrestling cards
Join Beckett Media’s Tracy Hackler, Bryan Hornbeck and some dude in a cowboy hat (Chris Olds, who bought the hat in Nashville, the home of TNA) as they open boxes of the new TRISTAR TNA Knockouts card set, which focuses on the female competitors in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
They crack open one Knockouts box and one of the rarer Knockouts Revealed boxes … what will they find?
Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.
Filed under: BSCM, Beckett Football, College Football, Memorabilia, NFL, mcfarlane toys | Tags: Adrian Peterson, College Football, Georgia football, Hines Ward, JaMarcus Russell, LSU football, mcfarlane toys, Miami football, Michigan football, Oklahoma football, Peyton Manning, Ray Lewis, sports toys, sportspicks, Tennessee football, Tom Brady
It seems Todd McFarlane is going back to school and he showed us all how on Monday afternoon.
You see, his popular line of SportsPicks action figures are going collegiate as the company unveiled a line of six 6-inch college football-focused toys that will arrive in stores in August.
Among the McFarlane Toys throwbacks are …
Peyton Manning, Tennessee Vols (above)
Tom Brady – Michigan Wolverines
Ray Lewis — Miami Hurricanes
Adrian Peterson — Oklahoma Sooners
Hines Ward — Georgia Bulldogs
JaMarcus Russell — LSU Tigers
See them all after the jump.
