Upper Deck to Add Cut Signatures of Celebrity Icons to 2007 Sweet Spot Classic Baseball
Carlsbad, CA – (July 10, 2007) – Anticipation has already been building for 2007 Sweet Spot Classic Baseball, given the new pack configuration featuring one autograph and two memorabilia cards in each five-card tin. Dual autograph Sweet Spot cards and cut autographs of deceased MLB legends with current day superstars are just some of the new components to the set. The product will also feature Lettermen patches of some of the greatest players in baseball history like Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth.
Upper Deck is pleased to announce hundreds of celebrity autograph cut cards will be included in 2007 Sweet Spot Classic Baseball. Over 150 different celebrities will make up this unique subset, with many who have never had autograph cards of any type included in a mainstream release before. Orson Wells, John Lennon, Rosa Parks, Norman Rockwell, Bob Hope and Johnny Cash are just some of the famous celebrities to be included.
“The addition of these celebrity cuts will insure collectors are receiving substantial value from case purchases,†said Chris Kollmeyer, Upper Deck Associate Brand Manager for Baseball. “Now each twenty tin case will yield a Sweet Spot autograph of a deceased baseball legend or one of these special celebrity cut autographs.†2007 Sweet Spot Classic Baseball is set to release on August 15 with each five-card tin having a suggested retail price of $120.