Topps Tribute releases on April 16th, and will, for the first time ever in Mariners uniforms, feature a dual autographed card of Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. The announcement was made today by Topps on X (formerly known as Twitter). RELATED: PSA Announces New Turnaround Times, Rates FIRST LOOK: Ken Griffey Sr. &…
A cornerstone in the vintage baseball card hobby, the 1972 Topps Carlton Fisk Rookie Card celebrates the debut of one of the game’s great catchers to play the game. The card itself, which features a young Fisk alongside Cecil Cooper and Mike Garman, was just three short years before his iconic 1975 World Series home…
Unlike today when every exciting new feature or “hit” in a set is telegraphed to collectors in advance through social media, streamers, or Hobby news sites like this one, the springtime arrival of cards on shelves was filled with surprises back in the early 1980s. While every new card (even base!) was prized back then,…
The game may have its flaws, but baseball cards help tell the stories Beckett
We’re just a few weeks into the new Major League Baseball season, and that means we’ve also got a new season of MLB’s Carded — MLB.TV’s premier show for the cardboard obsessed. Just as the players need Spring Training to get ready, so, too, did players need to rip into packs of cards before Opening…
1984 will always be a year that holds special significance to fans of dystopian fiction and Van Halen alike, but there was nothing Orwellian about the “Jump” Dick Perez took with his Donruss Diamond Kings that year. If anything, the level of artistry went up a notch, keeping pace with an overdue design overhaul to…
For never having made the Major Leagues, Brien Taylor sure is talked about a lot both in the hobby and in the sport of baseball. A cautionary what-if tale. Brien Taylor was a presence on the mound as a 6-foot-3 high school fireballer when the Yankees took him No. 1 overall in the 1991 Major…
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By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor | Commentary What’s vintage?The answer to that might vary depending on how old you are or when you started collecting. Or, it might vary depending on what you collect. To me, that’s an interesting thought. Our next issue of Beckett Sports Card Monthly is going to focus on…
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor Bowman Chrome. Minis. Prospects. Rookies. Factory Set. Bonus Refractor parallels. Those few words should sum up it all when it comes to Topps‘ latest release — a test-run if you will — that will take the 2013 Bowman Chrome set, modify it into a 330-card prospect and rookies…