Remember the boxed set boom of the 1980s and early 1990s? It was all the fun of baseball card collecting without the hassle of opening packs and wondering who you were going to pull. Alright, so maybe it’s not hard to see why they fell by the wayside… Still, while most of those sets hold…
At the turn of the 20th century, the Sporting Life Publishing Company initiated the production of cabinet cards featuring baseball players as a promotional tool and to compete with their rival, The Sporting News. This concept of advertising was much the same as had been used by the tobacco and candy industries little more than…
PublishedJanuary 24, 2025 1:37 PM EST|UpdatedJanuary 24, 2025 1:37 PM EST Facebook Twitter Email Copy Link An 11-year-old who had the opportunity of a lifetime to hang with Olivia Dunne in her private Pittsburgh Pirates suite, as well as be given two season tickets for the next 30 years has turned it down in order…
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The young collector who scored a one-of-a-kind baseball card featuring National League Rookie of the Year Paul Skenes has turned down a trade offer from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Topps announced Friday that the 11-year-old from the Los Angeles area had declined the deal and instead was going to put the card — which features Skenes’…
This set is an abridgement of the 1987 Topps set. The 396 standard-size cards comprising the 1987 O-Pee-Chee set differ from the cards of the 1987 Topps set by having a higher ratio of cards of players from the two Canadian teams, a practice begun by O-Pee-Chee in 1977 and continued to 1988. The fronts…
Recently I was picking up a couple of things at the local Walmart. Of course, as a sports card collector, swinging by the card aisle was a must. Some 2020 Topps Series 2 Baseball had made its way to Canada so I grabbed a hanger box to see how it compared to the couple of…
2021 Bowman Chrome Mega Box Baseball Team Set Checklists Want to know what cards your favorite team has in 2021 Bowman Chrome Mega Box 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…
Set Description from Beckett Database The 1989 Donruss Baseball’s Best set contains 336 standard-size glossy cards. The fronts are green and yellow, and the backs feature career highlight information. The backs are green, and feature vertically oriented career stats. The cards were distributed as a set in a blister pack through various retail and department…
In sports, there are superstars and legends. And then there are kings, all-time greats against which all others are measured. Hank Aaron is one of baseball’s kings. His 755 home runs was the MLB benchmark for decades. Aaron’s 2,297 RBI and 6,856 total bases are records that still stand. More than his accomplishments on the…