TOKYO — The business of baseball looks a little different in Japan than it does in the U.S. One of the most popular sports souvenirs? Towels. Many varieties of towels, with printed images of top players or team logos. For Major League Baseball itself, there’s an increased emphasis on businesses other than baseball. Six Pikachu…
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2012 Baseball Card Sets Beckett News
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor | Commentary Fifty years ago, a simple man from Fargo, N.D., reluctantly took his place in the MLB record books not knowing how to deal with the pressure of a nation intently focused on its pastime. It was today, on Oct. 1, 1961, in the fourth inning of…
Base Set Checklist 330 cards. Parallels: Gold Foil – (1:2 hobby jumbo packs, hobby jumbo only) Purple – (2 per Meijer blister) Rainbow Foil – (1:10 hobby packs) Royal Blue – (specially marked Walmart packs only) Yellow – (6 per Walgreens hanger box) Gold – /2021 Green Foil – /499 Advanced Stats – /300 (select…
Player, sport, rarity, and time are friends to value but prove challenging to collectors. In the world of collectibles, the harder to find, the larger the price tag. At Collect Auctions, one of the rarest items in the sports card hobby is up for a bid that could top $1 million. A failed test run…
In partnership with Fanatics, Topps, and Nike, select award-winning players will wear jerseys featuring a gold MLB logo in place of the traditional silhouetted batter on the back. The players receiving these special logos include Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, Paul Skenes, Luis Gil, Chris Sale, and Tarik Skubal — the major award winners from the…
Collectible baseball card sells for $12.6 million at auction Deadspin
What’s the importance of hair past the collar, a beard and sideburns? For some Major League Baseball players over the years – a lot. In 1976, former New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner adopted a policy banning long hair and beards. The strict grooming rules forced many free agent signees and traded for talents to…
If you can’t beat ’em, get bought by ’em. Trading card giant Topps — just a few months after losing out on a deal to renew its longtime licensing deal with Major League Baseball to sports apparel startup Fanatics — is now selling its collectibles and cards business to … Fanatics. Sources close to the…