Announcement from UD

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Carlsbad, CA – (December 21, 2007) – Sweet Spot Classic Baseball was the winner of a variety of awards in Beckett Baseball’s Best of 2007 category. The product won Best Retired-Theme Product, Best Upper Deck Product, Best Cut Signature Set, and Best Game-Used Retired Card Set. The product also won accolades with collectors regarding the Mystery Cut exchange cards.



Upper Deck has been working with a variety of vendors and James Spence Authentication to provide those lucky collectors who redeemed the cards a very solid list of deceased personalities to be included in the set. There will still be some additional personalities added, but the list is very close to final and production is scheduled to begin in early January. The core list of personalities included in the set is listed below:



AL JOLSON
GENE KELLY
LEONARD BERNSTEIN

ALBERT EINSTEIN
GENERAL PERSHING
LIBERACE

ANDREW W. MELLON
GEORGE BURNS
LLOYD BRIDGES

ANN LANDERS
GEORGE GERSHWIN
LOUIS ARMSTRONG

ANSEL ADAMS
GERALD FORD
LOUIS B MAYER

ART CARNEY
GILDA RADNER
LUCILLE BALL

ARTHUR ASHE
GINGER ROGERS
MARILYN MONROE

AVA GARDNER
GRACE KELLY
MARLIN PERKINS

BARRY GOLDWATER
GROUCHO MARX
MARLON BRANDO

BENJAMIN HARRISON
HARRY FIRESTONE
MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN

BENNY GOODMAN
HARRY TRUMAN
MEL TORME

BETTE DAVIS
HENRY FONDA
MILLARD FILLMORE

BILL BIXBY
HOWARD COSELL
NATALIE WOOD

BING CROSBY
INGRID BERGMAN
NORMAN ROCKWELL

BOB HOPE
IRVING BERLIN
P. T. BARNUM

BUDDY EBSEN
J EDGAR HOOVER
PATRICIA NIXON

BURGESS MEREDITH
JACK BENNY
PAYNE STEWART

BURT LANCASTER
JACK DEMPSEY
PERRY COMO

CARMEN MIRANDA
JACK HALEY
PETER SELLERS

CARY GRANT
JACK LEMON
RED BUTTONS

CESAR CHAVEZ
JACK LONDON
RED GRANGE

CESAR ROMERO
JACKIE KENNEDY
RED SKELTON

CHARLES LINDBERGH
JAMES CAGNEY
RICHARD NIXON

CHICO MARX
JANIS JOPLIN
ROBERT KENNEDY

DAVID NIVEN
JEFFERSON DAVIS
RODDY MCDOWALL

DeFOREST KELLY
JIMMY DURANTE
RONALD REAGAN

DESI ARNAZ
JIMMY HOFFA
ROY ROGERS

DINAH SHORE
JIMMY STEWART
SAM SNEAD

DON ADAMS
JOE BARBERA
SANDRA DEE

DONALD O'CONNOR
JOE DIMAGGIO
SPANKY MCFARLAND

DONNA REED
JOHN DENVER
STEVE ALLEN

DOROTHY LAMOUR
JOHN HUSTON
STEVE MCQUEEN

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
JOHN LENNON
THOMAS MITCHELL

DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
JOHN PAUL GETTY
TOM LANDRY

DUKE ELLINGTON
JOHN WAYNE
TONY CONIGLIARO

DWIGHT EISENHOWER
JOHNNY CARSON
TONY RANDALL

ED SULLIVAN
JOHNNY CASH
VIVIAN VANCE

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
JUDY GARLAND
WC FIELDS

ELVIS PRESLEY
KATHERINE HEPBURN
WILL ROGERS

ETHEL MERMAN
LADY BIRD JOHNSON
WILLIAM BRENNAN

FDR
LANA TURNER
WILLIAM HALSEY

FLIP WILSON
LAWRENCE OLIVER
WILLIAM HOLDEN

GARY COOPER
LEONA HELMSLEY
ZEPPO MARX




All of these cards will be very limited, but not necessarily 1 of 1 cards. They should be completed in early February and shipped out randomly to lucky collectors from there. 2007 Sweet Spot Classic Baseball is currently available in most hobby stores.