
Congratulations to Trenton Thunder players Matt Tracy, Ben Gamel, Peter O’Brien and Gary Sanchez who were selected for the Eastern League All-Star Game on Monday. The Altoona Curve will host the game on Wednesday, July 16, at Peoples Natural Gas Field in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
I picked up the 2014 Trenton Thunder baseball card team set last week when I went to see the Portland Sea Dogs play the Thunder.
Several of the New York Yankees’ top prospects are included in the 36-card set, including Sanchez, Mason Williams, Slade Heathcott, Tyler Austin, Manny Banuelos, Bryan Mitchell, and O’Brien. You also get a card featuring Trenton Thunder mascots Boomer, Derby and Rookie, and a tribute card for the team’s original bat dog, Chase, who died last year.
The cards again feature action photos with the original background removed and replaced with a generic gray background featuring the Thunder logo. While this is a very striking look the first time you see it, the concept gets a bit tired after using it for several years in a row. How about a more traditional design next year, guys?

At first glance, it appears that Trenton went with a new company to produce their baseball cards in 2014, but a Google search reveals that Brandt Sports Marketing is the new name of MultiAd Sports that had been making the cards for Trenton (and many other minor league teams) for a number of years. And Cedar Graphics acquired certain assets of Brandt Sports last month, so I guess we’ll be seeing their logo on next year’s baseball cards.
This year’s set again features a glossy finish, but my friend Bart reports that it’s a lot more autograph-friendly than the 2013 cards were. All of the 2014 cards are set up in a vertical layout, even though some of the photos cry out for a horizontal format. Most of the photos look ok, but I think the set design would actually work better with posed shots.
The card backs are printed in full color, with a small, cropped version of the main photo, some biographical information and stats going back to 2011.

Here’s the full checklist:
- Tony Franklin – MGR
- Tommy Phelps – Coach
- Marcus Thames – Coach
- Orlando Mercado – Coach
- Lee Meyer – Trainer
- Orlando Crance – Coach
- Manny Banuelos – LHP
- Manny Barreda – RHP
- Jeremy Bleich – LHP
- Caleb Cotham – RHP
- Aaron Dott – LHP
- Taylor Garrison – RHP
- Jairo Heredia – RHP
- Fred Lewis – LHP
- Bryan Mitchell – RHP
- Graham Stoneburner – RHP
- Matt Tracy – LHP
- Pat Venditte – P
- Taylor Webb – LHP
- Tyson Blaser – C/1B
- Peter O’Brien C/OF
- Gary Sanchez – C
- Carmen Angelini – INF
- Tyler Austin – INF/OF
- Ali Castillo – INF
- Dan Fiorito – INF
- Rob Refsnyder – INF
- Rob Segedin – INF
- Taylor Dugas – OF
- Benjamin Gamel – OF
- Slade Heathcott – OF
- Yeral Sanchez – OF
- Mason Williams – OF
- Boomer/Derby/Rookie – Mascots
- Chase – tribute card
- Checklist
You can order the Trenton Thunder’s 2014 baseball card team set through TrentonThunder.com for $10 plus shipping.
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First I’ve see this years set. Cool!
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I think they’ve been out for a few weeks, but a lot of Trenton fans were still working on getting them signed when I was last there on June 30.
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I was just thinking the other day that it’s about time for the minor league team sets to come out. Guess I was right.
…And thanks for the info about Brandt Marketing and Cedar Graphics. I know I would’ve been confused, and wondering what happened to Multi-Ad.
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