2013 Hometown Heroes Baseball Shines in a Panini Unwrapped Saturday Image Hunt
During an otherwise average Friday afternoon inside Panini America HQ yesterday, Tracy Hackler and Tim Trout made the time to bust one utterly entertaining box -- hey, aren't they all? -- of the new 2013 Hometown Heroes Baseball for this special episode of Panini Unwrapped. With Hackler fittingly festooned in a throwback, circa-1994 Vance Johnson Denver Broncos jersey and Trout supporting…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Early Box of 2013 Hometown Heroes Baseball
The abundance of old-school collecting qualities inherent in Panini America's 2013 Hometown Heroes Baseball has been well-documented over the last few weeks here on The Knight's Lance. Finally, after the autograph sneak peeks and the revealing Quality Control Gallery, we finally got the chance this afternoon to break open one thoroughly entertaining 12-pack box. This particular box unexpectedly over-delivered on…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013 Hometown Heroes Baseball
Over the last month or so we've shown you extended glimpses of the old-school charm at the very heart of the throwback-tinged 2013 Hometown Heroes Baseball set. And while the nostalgia may be most noticeable on the design and checklist of the hard-signed Hometown Signatures insert, the product is a bona fide blast from the past from the first card to…
Panini America Peeks Latest Batch of Autos for 2013 Hometown Heroes Baseball
If he played professional baseball in the Seventies, Eighties or Nineties and left an indelible impression on you for any number of reasons, chances are he has an on-card autograph in Panini America's upcoming 2013 Hometown Heroes Baseball. MVPs, World Series winners, saves leaders, home run champs and some of the most colorful characters the game has ever known are…
Panini America Previews the On-Card Autos Coming to 2013 Hometown Heroes Baseball
Some of the most beloved baseball players from the last 45 years -- cult heroes, fan favorites, flashes in the pan, Hall of Famers and more -- are sure to command interest from all walks of baseball fandom when Panini America's appealing, throwback-themed 2013 Hometown Heroes Baseball set releases in early October.Popular names from the frolicking, more-recent past of America's…
Panini America Offers Extended First Look at 2013 Hometown Heroes Baseball
Boasting a breadth of old-school design quirks, timeless throwback collecting nuances and an abundance of good, old-fashioned fun, Panini America's 2013 Hometown Heroes Baseball looks to jettison collectors back in time when the product releases in early October. Each hobby box of 2013 Hometown Heroes Baseball (12 packs per box, 24 cards per pack) will deliver three autographs, three SportDiscs (yes,…