How the 1974 Topps Pete Rose Baseball Card Steamrolled Me Like Ray Fosse
was The 1974 Topps Pete Rose baseball card was a cardboard embodiment for a man who stood as an...
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1960 Topps Carl Yastrzemski Rookie Card: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
With due apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Edgar Martinez, I know who the real ancient mariner is — it’s legendary Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Yastrzemski.
By the time I started collecting baseball cards in earnest in 1983, Yaz was in his final season with the Sawx, which was totally amazing considering that he was 71 years old at the time. So it wasn’t surprising that he was all over the place that summer, from This Week in 1960 Topps Carl YastrzemskiBaseball to Baseball Cards Magazine to an intriguing 1983 Topps Super Veteran card.
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How ‘Mini’ of These 1975 Topps Herb Washington Rookie Cards Do YOU Own?
The first time I ever heard of Herb Washington was at the exact moment I “discovered” the 1975 Topps Mini set.
It was at a dank but sprawling junk shop (the owners called it an “antique shop”) in one of the towns near where I grew up. The owner’s son had commandeered a dark corner and set up a couple of display cases full of baseball cards he was selling from his personal collection.
1975-topps-407-herb-washington-37849This was about 1983, and the guy was a good 10 years older than me. He had been hitting the hobby hard for most of his life, and his wares stretched all the way back into the 1950s.
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The Best Baseball Card from 1986 Is the Simplest
(This is Day 27 of our series on the “Best Card From” each year, 1960-1989. Read all...
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Is It a Felony to Love the 1964 Topps Pete Rose Baseball Card?
When I was 12 years old, my sixth-grade class took a trip to a local campgrounds as a last fling...
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The Turkey Red Baseball Card that Could Inspire 10,000 Stories
(This is Day 29 of our response to Tony L.’s 30-Day Baseball Card Challenge. See all our posts in...
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Why Eric Davis Is No Ordinary Relic: 2011 Topps Heritage ’62 Mint
(This is Day 28 of our response to Tony L.’s 30-Day Baseball Card Challenge. See all our posts in...
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How 1995 Stouffer’s Legends of Baseball Gary Carter Makes Me Feel Like a Kid Again
(This is Day 27 of our response to Tony L.’s 30-Day Baseball Card Challenge. See all our posts in...
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The Don Mattingly Baseball Card That Was as Multi-Dimensional as Donnie Baseball Himself
In the 1980s, Topps developed a reputation for being the boring, stubborn, old man of baseball cards.
It’s easy to understand why, too.
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How Dan Driessen and Burger Chef Built a Lifetime Cardboard Obsession
(This is Day 25 of our response to Tony L.’s 30-Day Baseball Card Challenge. See all our posts in...
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1968 Topps 3-D Curt Flood Was a Baseball and Hobby Crystal Ball
(This is Day 24 of our response to Tony L.’s 30-Day Baseball Card Challenge. See all our posts in...
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How the 1959 Bazooka Hank Aaron Baseball Card Cinched My Fate
(This is Day 23 of our response to Tony L.’s 30-Day Baseball Card Challenge. See all our posts in...
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