While many Panini America officials were putting the finishing touches on another show-stealing appearance at the 2013 Industry Summit in Las Vegas on Wednesday, the company's Baseball Acquisitions specialist, Tone Stakes, was busy in Arizona meeting with Panini America's newest exclusive athlete: Washington Nationals superstar Stephen Strasburg.
While many Panini America officials were putting the finishing touches on another show-stealing appearance at the 2013 Industry Summit in Las Vegas on Wednesday, the company’s Baseball Acquisitions specialist, Tone Stakes, was busy in Arizona meeting with Panini America’s newest exclusive athlete: Washington Nationals superstar Stephen Strasburg.
On this particular day, Strasburg and Stakes were putting the finishing touches on what promise to be some of the most sough-after baseball cards on the market when they release next month: Strasburg’s on-card-signed USA Baseball gems slated to appear in April’s highly anticipated release of 2012 Prizm Baseball, an already-sold-out product that has generated intense industry-wide buzz since it was announced in late February.
When Strasburg finished his first signing with Panini America yesterday, he conducted a must-see exclusive interview with Stakes that will appear right here on The Knight’s Lance in the coming weeks. So stay tuned for that. Meanwhile, back at the office yesterday, Production Manager Jeremy Johnson was on the receiving end of some extremely precious cargo: Uncut sheets fresh from the Panini America printing facility showcasing 2012 Prizm Baseball’s spectacular Gold Prizm and Black Finite Prizm inclusions.
Johnson was nice enough to provide the following images from his time spent scrutinizing the sheets, providing visual evidence of a juggernaut product in the making that certainly justifies all of the hype. Enjoy these golden glimpses and stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance for additional coverage of 2012 Prizm Baseball.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can’t wait for this to be released. Freaking awesome looking. I can see me having to get a second job just to fund my addiction.
Oh man I LOVE THIS! I am going to have to get some of these! Love the designs- ALL of them! This is going to be a GREAT PRODUCT to bust into! I would love one of those gold uncut sheets to display on my wall! Any way I can get one! Just asking – the most you can say is no right lol 🙂 Have a GREAT DAY There at Panini! S/O To Tracy! Have a GREAT DAY Brother!
Gotta have that USA Baseball Auto! Congrats again Panini on signing Stephen Strasburg!
Simply awesome! You guys never cease to amaze me with high quality products and great card designs. Even without the MLB logos, these cards are awesome. Very well done! I will be buying some of these for sure!
Bring on the gold. I love it
Wow thats GOLDEN excellence! Congrats again for signing one of the top pitchers.
Panini’s got quite a lineup of exclusive athletes. Some of the best out there.
How happy were Tracy and Scott when Stephen pulled on that t-shirt.
Well done boys!
Extremely!
Phenomenal preview! I hope to see these in stores and collector’s hands soon, those gold parallels are sure to light up the secondary market. Thanks Tracy!
I think I’m sold! About to go preorder a box now! And let me tell you, I rarely buy boxes since I’m on a tight student budget. Can’t wait for this. It’s gonna be awesome!!! Keep up the awesome work
Wow, those look awesome. Nice and shiny with great pictures. Can’t wait to put some of those in my hands.
Panini has more styles of t-shirts than I have science themed ties!! Looking forward to Prizm baseball!!
We know how to rock the T’s!