A Small Dust-Up: Panini America Addresses Powder Mystery in Prizm and Crusade
With 2014 Prizm Baseball and 2013-14 Crusade Basketball releasing this week, many collectors opening those products are discovering what it must feel like when NBA superstar LeBron James tosses talcum powder into the air at the scorer's table just before tip-off. Indeed, there's a distinct powdery residue adhering to many of the Prizm-technology cards in both of those products that has…
Glove Story: Panini America Appreciates the Golden Leather of 2014 Prizm Baseball
OK, so I figured I'd use this particular blog post to not just preview what I believe to be the sweetest insert set in Panini America's new 2014 Prizm Baseball; I thought I'd also use it to lobby the powers that be inside professional baseball to perhaps at least consider adding tiers to the game's annual fielding award. And I'd use…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Early Boxes of 2014 Prizm Baseball (63 Pics)
There's really not a bad way to start the work week here at Panini America. But some Monday mornings are better than others. Today's was one of those. Awaiting our entrance into the office earlier today were a few fresh boxes of 2014 Prizm Baseball, quite possibly the best Prizm Baseball yet featuring 12 packs, two autographs and six Prizm…
Boxes of Prizm Baseball, Crusade Basketball Offered in Panini's 'Where Is It? Weekend'
Another weekend here on The Knight’s Lance brings with it another chance for loyal Panini America collectors to win some sweet cards. For this exciting installment of “Where Is It? Weekend,” we’ve hidden four smaller, perhaps-somewhat-manipulated versions of the Panini America knight that appears at the top of this post — and we’re giving you all weekend to find them and submit your answers. To be…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2014 Prizm Baseball (117 Must-See Pics)
After months of buildup and bubbling anticipation, 2014 Prizm Baseball is on the verge of releasing. As a result, the product packed out late last week and based on the results of that process, it's clear that 2014 Prizm Baseball is easily the most colorful edition of the popular brand. It just might be the most collectible, too. Featuring a…
The Best Prizm Yet? Panini America Offers a Sneak Peek at 2014 Prizm Baseball Autos
As you read this, Panini America's baseball brand team is steadfastly working on what just might be the most impressive Prizm-branded release to date. And when you consider just how strong the Prizm brand has become in a few short years, well, that's saying something. When 2014 Prizm Baseball arrives next month, it will benefit immeasurably from all the things…
Pirates Top Prospect Jameson Taillon Talks Incubus, Marisa Miller and More
Jameson Taillon, the top pitching prospect in the Pittsburgh Pirates' organization, was born in Florida, raised in Texas and claims dual citizenship in the U.S. and Canada because both of his parents were born north of the border. To be sure, the 6-6, 235-pound righthander is a well-traveled young man who cuts a rather imposing figure on the mound. Off…
Michael Wacha, Travis d’Arnaud Lead First Panini Spring Training Road Trip Video
TAMPA, Fla. -- Over the course of three sun-soaked days during the just-completed Florida leg of Panini America's premiere Panini Spring Training Road Trip, company officials interacted with 18 of professional baseball's young stars and promising prospects in a laid-back atmosphere riddled with laughs, Tweets, autographs, good times, pics and lots of discussion. Over the course of the next several days,…
Go Behind the Scenes on the Panini America Spring Training Road Trip (Gallery)
FT. MYERS, Fla. -- Two days into the inaugural Panini Spring Training Road Trip and here is just a smidgen of what we've learned so far: 2014 Prizm Baseball is as mesmerizing to the players on the cards as it will be to the collectors collecting them. World Series champion Mike Napoli's beard is way more impressive in person than…