The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012 Prime Cuts Baseball (85 Images)

Imagine my surprise on Monday morning when Panini America Product Development Director Ben Ecklar shared with me 35 revealing images from the 2012 Prime Cuts Baseball quality-control process he'd just completed. Somewhere between Black Friday madness and the launches of 2012-13 Totally Certified Basketball and 2012-13 Prizm Basketball,  I had completely lost track of where Prime Cuts was on the…

Different By Design: Panini America Peeks 2012 Prime Cuts Baseball (Gallery)

High-end baseball collectors, know this: The 2012 Prime Cuts Baseball product that is slated to arrive in late October should not be confused with the 2011 Prime Cuts Baseball product that released in April. This new installment has been revamped, redesigned and re-engineered. The result, as the product solicitation sheet boldly proclaims, is a "prospect-free set comprised entirely of Hall…