The 2022 Topps Heritage High Number Baseball variations continue with what was started earlier in the year with the brand’s first series. That means a wide range of short prints and SSPs including different images, color changes and manufactured errors. Within those, are some quirks to look for. There not tough to spot but based…
In the summer of 2008, a soon-to-be senior in high school named Mike Trout arrived in Cary, N.C. as one of 144 ballplayers vying for a spot on the USA Baseball 18U National Team. Trout had traveled from his hometown of Millville, N.J., where he was a standout at Millville Senior High School, mostly as…
2001 Stadium Club #168 Shawn Fagan SP RC – NM-MT – Baseball Card Connection Beckett
2023 Topps Series 2 Baseball Team Set Checklists Want to know what cards your favorite team has in 2023 Topps Series 2 Baseball? Here’s the checklist broken down by team. Scroll through or click below to go directly to that team. Please note that parallels are not included here. Please check the main checklist in…
1992 Impel U.S. Olympic Hopefuls #70 Tom Jager/Swimming – NM-MT – Baseball Card Connection Beckett
2023 Topps 206 Baseball came just two releases, Low Series and High Series. That was a change from previous years, when Topps released many different waves. For instance, 2022 featured five different waves, all with different checklists. Low Series features a 150-card base checklist. There are some decent rookie names included, such as Corbin Carroll,…
Some moments in life require hindsight to understand how special they are. But last night, I knew something was unfolding that I would never forget. There I was, seated between two, and I truly mean these, legends of both baseball and the city of St. Louis. Two men whose baseball acumen is unmatched and have…
The idea of holding onto a player’s rookie card and waiting for it to go up in value has been around since the early 1970s when Mickey Mantle rookie cards were selling for $50. But the rookie card bonanza took off with the 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr., a historic card for various reasons….
Tarik Skubal cards haven’t exactly been burning up the hobby. Prior to 2024, his first seasons in Detroit didn’t bring the type of numbers that would get collectors clamoring except, maybe, outside of the Tigers faithful. That changed during Skubal’s fifth MLB season. He earned the American League Triple Crown on the mound en route…
Tarik Skubal cards haven’t exactly been burning up the hobby. Prior to 2024, his first seasons in Detroit didn’t bring the type of numbers that would get collectors clamoring except, maybe, outside of the Tigers faithful. That changed during Skubal’s fifth MLB season. He earned the American League Triple Crown on the mound en route…