Some baseball players won't sign trading cards. Others refuse to put their name on a bat. Sonia Sotomayor has a baseball phobia, it would seem. U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor is known for helping end the devastating 1994 baseball strike, a decision that may have scored a lot of points at the time, but also may have led to her queasiness about … [Read more...]
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Upper Deck Earns Court Victory
After losing a couple of high profile cases recently, Upper Deck earned a legal victory when a panel of judges ruled in its favor over the invention of the memorabilia card. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. ruled 2-1 that the company did not violate any laws. The long-running case dates back to the strike-shortened 1994 baseball season when a man named … [Read more...]
NFL’s Pink Sunday
NFL game-used collectors are intrigued by the league's somewhat dramatic decision to allow pink cleats, wristbands and gloves for this month's games. The league tried to commit to a similar event last year, but nothing was really that visible and they took some heat for it. Apparently, they wanted no such questions this year because the pink was everywhere. Of course, … [Read more...]
