Panini Unwrapped: 2013 Pinnacle Baseball

Panini America's Tracy Hackler and Tim Trout sat down late Thursday afternoon for an entertaining, educational and sometimes-absurd episode of Panini Unwrapped starring the new 2013 Pinnacle Baseball, Earlier this week, the product made its long-awaited return to the baseball collecting landscape for the first time since 1997 packing many of the original concepts and technologies that hooked collectors way…

Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks First Box of 2013 Pinnacle Baseball

With the long-awaited return of the venerable Pinnacle Baseball brand now just two days away, it's time to assume full ramp-up mode in advance of Wednesday's official release date. To that end, we grabbed one golden early box of 2013 Pinnacle Baseball earlier this afternoon and opened it to our heart's content. Twenty-four packs, 192 cards and an immeasurably pleasurable…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013 Pinnacle Baseball (97 Must-See Pics)

Next Wednesday, Panini America will triumphantly break the moratorium on a proud brand from baseball's past with the release of 2013 Pinnacle Baseball, a refreshing revisiting of the popular product that's been absent from the collecting scene for 16 years. Although so much has changed since Pinnacle Baseball last released in 1997, Panini America officials have stayed true to those…

Must-See: Revelations Abound Friday at the Panini America Production Facility (45 Pics)

Add this to the miles-long list of things I didn't know: 2013 Momentum Football, which begins packing out next week, will be Panini America's first 2013 product to include headlining team-changers such as Wes Welker, Greg Jennings, Mike Wallace and Danny Amendola in their new NFL duds. That's one of the myriad revelations I discovered on Friday at the Panini…

Cincy Reds Star Brandon Phillips Fields Five Panini America Questions & You Could Win

Little-known fact: Just two days before Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips belted a two-run, sixth-inning homer yesterday in support of teammate Homer Bailey's second career no-hitter, he was rubbing elbows with Panini America Baseball Acquisitions Manager Tone Stakes in a posh Dallas-area resort hotel. Actually, to be fair, they weren't so much rubbing elbows as they were conducting hardcore baseball-card…

Panini America Rushing Dodgers Sensation Yasiel Puig into 2013 Pinnacle, 2013 Prizm

It's been quite a week for 22-year-old Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig. The injury-riddled Dodgers called him up Sunday, no doubt hoping he could offer some much-needed offensive production. Puig made his major-league debut Monday against San Diego with two hits, a tip-of-the-iceberg tease of an impending phenomenon. All he's done in the three games since is take an…

A Legend Returns: Panini America Prepares 2013 Pinnacle Baseball (Preview Gallery)

It's been 15 long years since baseball fans have had the opportunity to collect a Pinnacle Baseball set. But in late July, the legend returns for the first time since 1998 with the release of Panini America's true-to-the-original 2013 Pinnacle Baseball. Boasting a bevy of old-school niceties (including Nufex printing technology, Museum Collection, Artist's Proofs, Team Pinnacle and so much…