GTS Employee Road Trips Support Topps National Baseball Card Day – The official hashtag for this year’s Topps National Baseball Card Day was #ToppsBaseballCardDay. At one point during the day, this past Saturday, August 11th, it was a trending topic on Twitter with well over 700 Tweets. Clicking on the link above will take you to all of them. Many include pictures from store owners and collectors alike enjoying the special day.
Over 650 stores throughout Canada and the United States participated in what has now become an annual event. This promotion was brought back by Topps in 2016, and has grown to include more stores every year. In addition to the free packs handed out at hobby shops, each MLB team had a designated game for an in-stadium promotion. Attendees received packs of cards containing that team’s players as well as a promo card advertising the official in-store promotion.
To say that the program was a resounding success would be an understatement. Many stores quickly went through their allotments. The fun continues in two weeks as collectors returning to their local card shop on August 25th, can pick up the final card in the set, which happens to be Rhys Hoskins.
Several GTS employees hit the road to visit participating stores to show the company’s support to Topps for sponsoring such a great promotion and the stores themselves for helping to promote and grow the hobby.
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- Stephanie Padilla with Average Joes Joe Fennell Buena Park California
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- Arturo Moreno at the Bartlett Coin & Collectibles Shop in Bartlett, IL
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- Arturo Moreno with Dean Bapes at Dean’s Dugout, Naperville, IL
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- Charles Schutt with Dick and Jane Enterprises Vince Filipkowski Jacksonville Florida
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- Guy Kitagawa with S & A Collectibles Shawn Lemas Newark California
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- Stephanie Padilla with Three J’s Joe Shelton Anaheim California
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- Blake Conklin with Triple Play Sports Cards Ron Florey Westerville Ohio
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- Arturo Moreno with World Champs Sports Cards Pete Lisle Illinois
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- Matt Kraker at Lou Brown Cards in Grand Rapids, MI
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- Sammy Ng with Joe Fennell of Average Joes Sports Cards in Buena Park, CA
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- Arturo Moreno with Baseball Card Kings Bryan Plainfield Illinois
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- Arturo Moreno with Baseball Card Kings Bryan Plainfield Illinois
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- Kevin Branvold at Big Nick’s in Fargo, North Dakota
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- Arturo Moreno and Phil Miller at Bleachers Sports Cards owner Keith Winnetka Illinois
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- David Reel at CGM Emporium Anthony & Brittany West Chester Ohio
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- Heroes Sports Cards North Riverside Illinois
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- Chicagoland Sports Cards Buffalo Grove Illinois
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- Arturo Moreno Wendys Creative Collections Peoria Illinois
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- Triple Crown Trading Company Naperville Illinois
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- Philll Miller at Heroes Sports Cards in North Riverside, IL
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- Phil Miller at Triple Crown Trading Cards in Naperville, IL
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- Jacksonville Sports Cards Frank Bray Jacksonville Florida
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- Karyn Caryl at Showtime Sports Cards Pete Liu Tempe Arizona
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- Charles Schutt with Dans Sports Cards Dan Williams Jacksonville Florida
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- Karyn Caryl at Box Seat Collectibles Mike Dingwell Phoenix Arizona
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- Matt Kraker at All-Star Sports Eric Purnell Grand Rapids Michigan
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