National Baseball Card Day will return in 2017. This year’s promotion will take place in hobby shop
s on August 12.
The announcement was made last spring at the annual Industry Summit conference in Las Vegas and on Monday, Topps revealed a little more about the promotion.
The usual free six-card packs are slated to be given away at hobby shops and at ballparks. Shops will have to pay 50 cents each for the packs they hand out. Based on Topps promotional literature, the checklist will include Kris Bryant, Bryce Harper, Noah Syndergaard, Francisco Lindor and Corey Seager.
If collectors sp
end $10 on Topps products at their local store, they’ll also get a free Mike Trout card, exclusive to National Baseball Card Day.
Look for players making promotional and autograph appearances in conjunction with the event. Online retailer Blowout Cards has promised to shut down its storefront on August 12, encouraging collectors to visit the shop closest to them instead of ordering online.
Major League teams will again host stadium trading card giveaways in the days leading up to the event.
Four-card packs featuring team specific players will be distributed to fans as they enter the ballpark. Each team has 10 current and former players in the sets, except for the Mets (9) and Phillies (20).
TEAM GIVEAWAY DATE
Seattle Mariners – 7/20/17
San Diego Padres – 7/30/17
New York Yankees – 7/31/17
Houston Astros – 8/3/17
Boston Red Sox – 8/4, 8/5, 8/6
Minnesota Twins – 8/4/17
San Francisco Giants – 8/5/17
Colorado Rockies – 8/5/17
Chicago Cubs – 8/5/17
Atlanta Braves – 8/6/17
Baltimore Orioles – 8/6/17
Kansas City Royals – 8/6/17
L.A. Angels – 8/6/17
Cleveland Indians – 8/6/17
New York Mets – 8/6/17
Pittsburgh Pirates – 8/7/17
Cincinnati Reds – 8/10/17
Washington Nationals – 8/11/17
Chicago White Sox – 8/11/17
Oakland Athletics – 8/11/17
Los Angeles Dodgers – 8/11/17
Texas Rangers – 8/11/17
Tampa Bay Rays – 8/12/17
Toronto Blue Jays – 8/12/17
Detroit Tigers – 8/12/17
Milwaukee Brewers – 8/12/17
Miami Marlins – 8/12/17
St. Louis Cardinals – 8/12/17
Arizona Diamondbacks – 8/13/17
Philadelphia Phillies – 8/13/17
Topps also unveiled the cards it’ll be giving away to those who buy VIP passes for this year’s National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago. It’ll be a 30-year anniversary nod to the 1987 Topps design with Nolan Ryan, Cal Ripken, Ted Williams, Ken Griffey Jr. and Johnny Bench featured. The cards will carry the NSCC logo.
Collectors who buy the Super VIP pass will receive a second set.
You can see a gallery below.
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