Award Winning Set Ends With an Encore
Carlsbad, CA – (December 21, 2007) – Sweet Spot Classic Baseball was the winner of a variety of awards in Beckett Baseball’s Best of 2007 category. The product won Best Retired-Theme Product, Best Upper Deck Product, Best Cut Signature Set, and Best Game-Used Retired Card Set. The product also won accolades with collectors regarding the Mystery Cut exchange cards.
Upper Deck has been working with a variety of vendors and James Spence Authentication to provide those lucky collectors who redeemed the cards a very solid list of deceased personalities to be included in the set. There will still be some additional personalities added, but the list is very close to final and production is scheduled to begin in early January. The core list of personalities included in the set is listed below:
AL JOLSON |
GENE KELLY |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN |
ALBERT EINSTEIN |
GENERAL PERSHING |
LIBERACE |
ANDREW W. MELLON |
GEORGE BURNS |
LLOYD BRIDGES |
ANN LANDERS |
GEORGE GERSHWIN |
LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
ANSEL ADAMS |
GERALD FORD |
LOUIS B MAYER |
ART CARNEY |
GILDA RADNER |
LUCILLE BALL |
ARTHUR ASHE |
GINGER ROGERS |
MARILYN MONROE |
AVA GARDNER |
GRACE KELLY |
MARLIN PERKINS |
BARRY GOLDWATER |
GROUCHO MARX |
MARLON BRANDO |
BENJAMIN HARRISON |
HARRY FIRESTONE |
MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN |
BENNY GOODMAN |
HARRY TRUMAN |
MEL TORME |
BETTE DAVIS |
HENRY FONDA |
MILLARD FILLMORE |
BILL BIXBY |
HOWARD COSELL |
NATALIE WOOD |
BING CROSBY |
INGRID BERGMAN |
NORMAN ROCKWELL |
BOB HOPE |
IRVING BERLIN |
P. T. BARNUM |
BUDDY EBSEN |
J EDGAR HOOVER |
PATRICIA NIXON |
BURGESS MEREDITH |
JACK BENNY |
PAYNE STEWART |
BURT LANCASTER |
JACK DEMPSEY |
PERRY COMO |
CARMEN MIRANDA |
JACK HALEY |
PETER SELLERS |
CARY GRANT |
JACK LEMON |
RED BUTTONS |
CESAR CHAVEZ |
JACK LONDON |
RED GRANGE |
CESAR ROMERO |
JACKIE KENNEDY |
RED SKELTON |
CHARLES LINDBERGH |
JAMES CAGNEY |
RICHARD NIXON |
CHICO MARX |
JANIS JOPLIN |
ROBERT KENNEDY |
DAVID NIVEN |
JEFFERSON DAVIS |
RODDY MCDOWALL |
DeFOREST KELLY |
JIMMY DURANTE |
RONALD REAGAN |
DESI ARNAZ |
JIMMY HOFFA |
ROY ROGERS |
DINAH SHORE |
JIMMY STEWART |
SAM SNEAD |
DON ADAMS |
JOE BARBERA |
SANDRA DEE |
DONALD O'CONNOR |
JOE DIMAGGIO |
SPANKY MCFARLAND |
DONNA REED |
JOHN DENVER |
STEVE ALLEN |
DOROTHY LAMOUR |
JOHN HUSTON |
STEVE MCQUEEN |
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS |
JOHN LENNON |
THOMAS MITCHELL |
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR |
JOHN PAUL GETTY |
TOM LANDRY |
DUKE ELLINGTON |
JOHN WAYNE |
TONY CONIGLIARO |
DWIGHT EISENHOWER |
JOHNNY CARSON |
TONY RANDALL |
ED SULLIVAN |
JOHNNY CASH |
VIVIAN VANCE |
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT |
JUDY GARLAND |
WC FIELDS |
ELVIS PRESLEY |
KATHERINE HEPBURN |
WILL ROGERS |
ETHEL MERMAN |
LADY BIRD JOHNSON |
WILLIAM BRENNAN |
FDR |
LANA TURNER |
WILLIAM HALSEY |
FLIP WILSON |
LAWRENCE OLIVER |
WILLIAM HOLDEN |
GARY COOPER |
LEONA HELMSLEY |
ZEPPO MARX |
All of these cards will be very limited, but not necessarily 1 of 1 cards. They should be completed in early February and shipped out randomly to lucky collectors from there. 2007 Sweet Spot Classic Baseball is currently available in most hobby stores.
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