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One of the biggest free-agent baseball signings in recent*history — and perhaps of all time — took place earlier this morning when former St. Louis*superstar Albert Pujols signed a massive 10-year, $254 million*contract with*Los Angeles.*The signing*sent shock waves throughout*the sports world and will be just as huge*in*the sports card world as well.
As a result, Panini*America*responded*quickly to the move, nearly stopping*the presses to*update*the planned and already-in-production Pujols trading cards for its*first two MLBPA-licensed products — 2011 Donruss Elite Extra Edition and 2011 Playoff Contenders*– to reflect Pujols’ new workplace.
2011 Donruss*Elite Extra Edition, which ships later this month, will include*updated Pujols*base cards as well as parallels numbered to 200, 100, 25 and 1, respectively. 2011 Playoff Contenders*will follow closely on the heels of Donruss Elite Extra Edition with base cards, a 1/1 Season Tickets Championship Tickets card and Artist’s Proof (numbered to 49) and First Day Printer’s Proof (numbered to 10)*parallels.
Stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance in the coming days*for more details on that release.
Read more over at the Panini Blog...
