DECEMBER 2008 – JANUARY 2009 GIVEAWAY
"RECRUIT A MILLION MEMBERS" CAMPAIGN
1st Prize – 1 Winner
Legends of the Negro Leagues Signature Series Autographed Trading Card Set:
These trading cards were personally autographed by our very own NLB Living Legends. *In several cases, the men whom we had hoped to have sign his card had perished (in these instances a rubber stamp was created to manually apply his replicated signature)
2nd Prize – 3 Winners
Legends of the Negro Leagues Signature Series Foil-Stamped Trading Card Sets:
While still in press sheet form, these trading cards were foil stamped using black foil – Upon completion, they were cut down into individual cards and boxed accordingly.
3rd Prize - 5 Winners
Uncut Press Sheets – Autographed by the first player on our roster; Pedro Sierra
These full size sheets (28” x 40”) display the complete collection of the trading cards bearing foil stamped signatures pulled from the lot before they would be taken to the cutters to be trimmed down to trading cards
4th Prize - 1,000,000 Winners
“Rickwood Field of Dreams” 4x12 Photo Presentation
This presentation is a compilation of many images. It places every NLB Living Legend (in their trading card format) in the outfield sky of Rickwood Field (the oldest active ball field in America – Once Home of the Negro Leagues’ Birmingham Black Barons)
-All Team Members will be notified by email with downloading instructions-
Winners will be mentioned in the next issue of the "THE SCORE".
JANUARY 2009 GIVEAWAYS
Item 1) SAM ALLEN AUTOGRAPHED BASEBALL CARD
An Original Sam Allen NLB Living Legend Signature Series Autographed Trading Card – Personally Autographed in February of 2002 as BLC GM Jim Burgess carried the entire trading card inventory across the country to gather every participating player’s autographs…
Item 2) An Original Senior Line-up Presentation
This photo tells a story: The men that appear in the foreground of this picture are some of our programs oldest members. Their careers spanned from mid 1920’s through mid 1940’s. Their effort in the early days of the Negro Leagues established a venue to which younger men of color could aspire. Rickwood Field (in the background) is the oldest active ball field in America and is located in Birmingham, Alabama. This field was in fact a “Field of Dreams” for the men whose dreams of playing professional baseball were fulfilled by reaching the roster of the segregated ball clubs that played here. The baseball cards that fill the skyline represent the remaining men of our program - each of whom shares a significant part in Negro Leagues Baseball’s monumental effort to integrate Major League Baseball.
Item3) An Autographred Congressional Resolution
This Document came from the event held at the United States Capital to honor all Negro Leagues Baseball Veteran’s on September 18, 2002. This particular piece has been autographed by Pedro Sierra – The first NLB Living Legend to take his place on the Baseball in Living Color Roster.
