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1998 Leaf Rookies & Stars “Standing Ovations”: A significant serial number
Since the late 1990s, serial numbered cards have become a staple in our hobby. Prior to their introduction, collectors were left wondering just how scarce scarce was. With a serialized print run,...
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For McGwire, the past has become the present and future
Mark McGwire and Roger Maris rookie cards will forever be linked. 1999 Topps HR Record, No. 61 My jaw dropped, my heart skipped a beat; for a few seconds I wondered if someone had sent the Associated...
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Cards of Little Leaguers are cool, but of babies? Not so much.
When I was a Little Leaguer, I thought the coolest thing in the world was to have my own baseball card. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, my league didn’t offer such things in the picture package. But...
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Thrift Treasures Part XXVII: Bash Brothers Autograph Edition
We all grew up baseball fans, but few of us really had a chance to be raised around excellence. Fortunately for me, I was one of the few (relatively speaking) who lived, breathed and witnessed the...
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A lot of cards that speaks volumes about baseball, our hobby
Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds. If there was a Mount Rushmore of the Steroid Era, these guys would take up three of the spots on the side of the mountain. All three at one point were...
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Did Topps make the original gimmick card … in 1988?
Errors used to be all the rage, and there certainly was no shortage of them in 1988 Topps. There were the two versions of the Al Leiter rookie card, one of which didn’t even picture him. You had the...
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Thrift Treasures XLIV: The Taste of a New Generation
There was a time when I’d go grocery shopping with my mother and would ask her to buy certain products simply because the item contained a free promotional baseball card. Kellogg’s brand cereals? yep....
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Thrift Treasures 88: Return of the Bash Brothers
Given my geographic location it’s pretty common that during my thrift store hunting I come across Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants items. While nothing moving forward likely won’t ever match a find...
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