[Baseball Nut]

First there was the Gold Rush. Then 10... make that 20 Gold Tickets. Now we have the return ofthe Prime 9 Redemption Program.


Last year we had week-to-week announcements for the Prime 9 program, which featured some of the best players at each of the 9fielding positions. This year itis all about swinging lumber. The9 players on this year’s cards will all be Home Run Legends and will featuresluggers such as Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Mickey Mantle.


Inside Hobby and Jumbo boxes of 2012 Topps Baseball Series 1there will be randomly inserted Prime 9 Redemption Cards at a rate of two cardsper box.


Beginning on February 13th, Topps will announce the “Prime 9Home Run Legend of the Week”. Ifyou have the corresponding Prime 9 Redemption card for that week you can bringthe card to your local participating HTA store and redeem it for an exclusivelimited edition Topps Chrome Refractor.


In addition, like last year, the back of each redemptioncard functions as a sweepstakes entry. If you fill out the entry form on the back before you redeem the cards, thestoreowner will submit that entry to Topps. You could win the Grand Prize, which is a VIP package fortwo to attend the 2012 MLB Home Run Derby.


We will have full coverage again this year of the Prime 9player announcements so be sure to check in once the program starts.



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