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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Upper Deck Attempts to Give Us a Reason to Collect MLS Cards
So you aren’t excited enough by watching thrilling, white knuckle 0-0 draws between the Chicago Fire and Sporting Kansas City? You need some additional reason to want to collect Major…
The Art of Autograph Collecting
I still kick myself when I think back to my youth in San Bernardino, CA, when a rookie phenom named Ken Griffey, Jr. would routinely stop and sign autographs after…
Professional Football Starts Tonight (Sorta)
For those of you still worried about a lack of pro-football in 2011, you can stop worrying. That’s right… the Canadian Football League kicks off their season I know very…
Upper Deck Moves to New Headquarters
On Wednesday I got an email from Upper Deck’s Public Relations Manager informing me that the company was moving offices and would be without phone and Internet service for about…
‘Pistol Pete’ — A Performance of a Lifetime
Pete Maravich, the most prolific scorer in college basketball history, could really put on a show. In three seasons at LSU, “Pistol Pete” scored 3,667 points, averaging 43.8, 44.2 and…
Richie Hebner: The Left-Hitting Gravedigger
Known as the “Gravedigger,” former Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Richie Hebner had a remarkable major-league career spanning eighteen seasons from 1968 until 1985, when he retired as a pinch-hitter for…
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