Mike Napoli Discusses Beards, World Series at 2014 Panini Spring Training Road Trip
By any measure, Panini America's recently completed 2014 Panini Spring Training Road Trip was an unabashed success during a two-week run that included three stops in Florida and one in Arizona before coming to a close last Thursday. During the trip, Panini America officials caught up with 38 of baseball's biggest stars and brightest young prospects -- for autographs, for…
iCollectPanini.com Updates Product Mix on 2013 Fall Heroes Baseball Promo (Gallery)
Just in time for tonight's pivotal World Series Game 5 between the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals, iCollectPanini.com has decided to change up the product offering on its exclusive 2013 Fall Heroes Baseball promotion. Gone are bundled-product options. In their place are two simple choices: Boxes 2013 Prizm Baseball and heavily discounted boxes of 2013 Hometown Heroes Baseball. While…
Panini America Sheds Light on Fall Heroes Checklist, Autographed Yasiel Puig Bat
With Game 2 of the World Series set to begin later this evening between St. Louis and Boston, Panini America officials released additional details on the company's special Fall Heroes promotion that began yesterday exclusively at iCollectPanini.com. Yesterday we shared just a few preview images to whet the appetite of baseball fans everywhere. Today, we're going to share a lot…
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…
Panini America Baseball Fan Rick Hutnak Shares Some Contenders to Remember
The second we saw Rick Hutnak's Tweet trumpeting his rather impressive collection of 2011 Contenders Baseball autographs, we knew we had to dig deeper into the collecting habits of the Massachusetts native now living in Clearwater, Fla. So we reached out to him -- via Twitter, of course -- to see if he'd be interested in sharing the story behind…
On the Road Again: Panini America's Great Spring Training Signature Tour of 2012
While young folks across the country are descending upon comparably exotic locales this week in the name of spring break, Panini America Baseball Acquisitions Manager Tone Stakes his own dream trip right now -- and he's getting paid for it. Stakes, you see, is up to his elbows in sun, swings and signatures, tracking the best players in the game on…