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APBA (pronounced "APP-bah") is a game company founded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.It was created in 1951 by trucking firm purchaser J. Richard Seitz (1915-1992). [1] The acronym stands for "American Professional Baseball Association", the name of a board game league Seitz devised in 1931 with eight high school classmates. [2]
The following is a list of nicknames used for individual playing cards of the French-suited standard 52-card pack.Sometimes games require the revealing or announcement of cards, at which point appropriate nicknames may be used if allowed under the rules or local game culture.
In 2012, Topps began creating digital sports cards, starting with the Topps Bunt baseball card mobile app. [16] After releasing Bunt in 2013 and finding success with it, [17] they expanded their sports card market into other apps including the Kick soccer app in August 2014, Huddle Football app in April 2016, and Skate hockey app in 2017.
The rookie card logo shows the words "rookie card" over a baseball bat and home plate with the Major League Baseball logo in the top left corner. Baseball cards garnered national media attention again in early 2007, when it was found that Topps' new Derek Jeter card had allegedly been altered just prior to final printing.
Leaf Trading Cards, founded in 2010, is a private company that produces trading cards and sports collectibles. Based in Dallas, Texas, it was best known as a producer of sports cards and other lithographic products. The sports range covered by Leaf include American football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, soccer, Professional wrestling and ...
The company continued to use the "Donruss" name on baseball cards, which now benefited from Leaf's established distribution network. The Leaf brand was used from 1985 through 1988 on specially made baseball cards distributed in Canada, and in 1990 on a premium series of cards distributed in the U.S. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
The company was established in 1986 under the name "Optigraphics, Inc". It specialized in multiple image trading cards using lenticular printing . [ 2 ] After producing 3-D cards for Kellogg's for several years, they first released a set of nationally distributed baseball cards called Sportflics in 1986.
Impel Marketing changed its name to SkyBox International Inc. in April 1992. [2] That same year, the company appointed Magic Johnson as its spokesperson. [3] In June 1993, SkyBox started making milk caps under the name SkyCaps beginning with DC SkyCaps. [4] Later that year, Brooke Group, Inc. spun SkyBox off as a NASDAQ traded public company. [5]