Looking Back: 1991 Topps Stadium Club Baseball
Topps’ answer to the new, slick-look 1989 Upper Deck baseball card product came two years later as 1991 Stadium Club. The first “premiere” set from Topps, 1991 Stadium Club also was the first true set to be broken up into series. I say “true” because in years past, Topps not only produced “Traded” sets that included rookies and traded players, but also “high-number”...
Looking Back: 1989 Upper Deck Baseball
Perhaps never has one individual card anchored a set more than Upper Deck’s inaugural foray into the sports card business in 1989. Everybody knows the card. Everybody has seen one. Most collectors now are in possession of one. Card No. 1 in the 1989 Upper Deck set is the famous Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card. I earned my Griffey rookie card by working in a card shop, sorting and...
My Matsui Conversion
One of the most wonderful things about being a sports fan is the undying loyalty that exists. Everybody has their favorites and everyone wants to believe that their favorite teams and players are the best – even if they’re nowhere near the top. And just like those we cheer are those we love to hate. For every favorite player I have in every sport, I have just as many athletes...
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Ken “Hawk” Harrelson Traded to Cleveland in ‘69, Predicts Indians Will Win Pennant
When Boston Red Sox slugger Ken “The Hawk” Harrelson, who led the American League in RBIs in 1968, was traded to the lowly Cleveland Indians during the second week of…
Looking Back: 1977 Topps Baseball
For my second “Looking Back” segment, I thought I would take a peek at the 1977 Topps Baseball set, because that was the first year I began collecting baseball cards….
Parts Unknown: Collecting Action Figures
My collection of action figures is nearly as impressive as my collection of cards. Among them are dozens of McFarlane figures, along with Starting Lineups, the smaller, plastic figures that…
Looking Back: 1964 Topps Baseball
For my first “Looking Back” column, I thought I would take a peek at my most desired set of all time: the 1964 Topps baseball set. What makes this my…
The Mystery of Steve Blass
The Pittsburgh Pirates had high hopes for Steve Blass, a young right-hander with pinpoint accuracy, when they signed him straight out of high school in 1960. Blass pitched in the…
George Brett: A World Class Jerk
My first foray into the world of autograph collecting didn’t go so well. I was at what was then known as Baseball City, FL, just south of Orlando, for a…
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