Fernando Valenzuela made an incredible impact on baseball card collectors
On the 40-year anniversary of Fernandomania, we take a look back at Fernando Valenzuela’s impact on the baseball card hobby.
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One rookie to collect on each MLB team: AL East
Franco vs. Arozarena in Tampa. Rutschman vs. Mountcastle in Baltimore. Which AL East rookie cards are we collecting this season?
One rookie to collect on each MLB team: NL Central
Pirates star Ke’Bryan Hayes is the obvious choice, but what other NL Central rookie cards are we collecting in 2021?
One rookie to collect on each MLB team: AL Central
Despite basketball and football getting a vast majority of the headlines across the hobby, there will always be a magic feeling around baseball cards. Something about ripping into Topps Baseball, reading all the stats on the back of the cards, and collecting that year’s newest rookies while the winter turns to spring is something all …
1981 was the wildest year for baseball cards
In 1981, a court ruling eliminated Topps’ exclusivity on MLB cards. This is the story of how chaos reigned as several manufacturers jumped in on the fad.
Topps Baseball: 30 years in the rearview mirror
As Topps celebrates its 70th anniversary, we take a look back at another time when it saw unprecedented success: 1991 and the height of the junk wax era.
Dad’s old sets: A look back at the sports cards of 1971
Gas was 40 cents a gallon. Stamps were 8 cents. The average monthly rent was about $150. A new house? In the Midwest, you could still snare a decent one for less than $25,000. A pack of sports cards cost pennies unless you could nab a 25-cent cello pack or a rack pack (54 cards for 39 cents!). …
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Starting Five: Most popular vintage baseball card sets of all-time
Major League Baseball has been dubbed as “America’s pastime”, and for good reason. Every era has produced iconic hall of famers and larger than life figures like Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, and Willie Mays. The sport has been embedded into the fabric of our culture which is in big part due to the …
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Our favorite Topps Project 2020 designs so far
As Topps Project 2020 nears 400 cards, we pick out some of our favorites of the year.
Thinking outside the jersey: Some of the coolest baseball card relics ever
The standard in sports cards is (and maybe always will be) a jersey relic. That’s fine, but there are a lot of interesting ideas out there other kinds of relics. It feels like card manufacturers are just scratching the surface. Here are a few of our favorites.