Robin Roberts was a master at completing what he started. During his Hall of Fame career, the right-hander started 609 games and completed 305. He led the National League in complete games for five consecutive seasons, from 1952 to 1956, and that includes an amazing streak of 28 consecutive complete games that spanned parts of the 1952 and 1953 seasons with the Philadelphia … [Read more...] about Robin Roberts Cards Help Tell the Story of a Pitcher Who Usually Finished What He Started
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New Brittney Palmer Art of Fergie Jenkins, Jermaine Dye Will Raise Money for UChicago Medicine’s GI Research
New artwork featuring Baseball Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins and retired MLB veteran Jermaine Dye is being turned into baseball cards with proceeds going to charity. Jenkins and Dye are the subjects of the works created by artist Brittney Palmer and the paintings have been turned into Topps Project 70 styled encased cards. The cards are numbered to 200 and signed by … [Read more...] about New Brittney Palmer Art of Fergie Jenkins, Jermaine Dye Will Raise Money for UChicago Medicine’s GI Research
5 Key Short Print Cards From The 1966 Topps Set
Fifty years later, the 1966 Topps set still is a hit with collectors but completing it means your want list gets a workout. The issue includes a straight forward design with the player's name and position at the bottom with the team name printed diagonally in the upper left corner. Featuring a few key rookie cards (Jim Palmer, Fergie Jenkins, and Don Sutton lead the way) as … [Read more...] about 5 Key Short Print Cards From The 1966 Topps Set
1966 Topps Insert Rubbed Collectors The Right Way
In the 1960s, you could wear your baseball heroes on your sleeve. That was possible with the 1966 Topps Rub-Offs set, which was inserted into wax packs of the main baseball product that year. I lived in Brooklyn when this product was released, and many of my friends wore white T-shirts when not attending school. It was not unusual to see the images of Yankees slugger … [Read more...] about 1966 Topps Insert Rubbed Collectors The Right Way
8 Fun Jim Palmer Baseball Cards to Own
Jim Palmer’s pitching motion was easy and fluid, with a compact delivery and a high leg kick. Opposing batters, who initially were jockeying for position to hit against the right-hander, found out that hitting against Palmer wasn’t easy as cake. Or, Cakes, as Palmer was called, because of his habit of eating pancakes on the day he pitched. Palmer's work on the mound … [Read more...] about 8 Fun Jim Palmer Baseball Cards to Own
Heritage Minors 2015 Box Break/Review
The baseball card release calendar Topps has followed includes a few standards. Series One arrives just before players first report for spring training followed within a few weeks by Heritage and Opening Day. All three of those products do contain inserts like autographs and relics but are much more geared toward set builders rather than those looking for hits. And then … [Read more...] about Heritage Minors 2015 Box Break/Review
2015 Topps Heritage Includes Scratch ‘n Sniff Cards
2015 Topps Heritage Baseball is set for release Wednesday, March 4 with the design focused around the company's 1966 card set. You might feel like you're back in '66 if you are lucky enough to pull what are 'scratch 'n sniff' variations to certain cards. In the hours ahead of the official release, some dealers were opening cases of the product and came across card backs … [Read more...] about 2015 Topps Heritage Includes Scratch ‘n Sniff Cards
Ramblings: “Other Guy” on the Seaver Rookie Card Has Place in History
As we have discussed, in the days of card being issued in series, Topps was especially adept in making the final baseball card series almost a “living set” in which information about players was updated if something occurred in spring training or a minor leaguer surprisingly made a major league team. That is one reason why over the years many better rookie cards are in the last … [Read more...] about Ramblings: “Other Guy” on the Seaver Rookie Card Has Place in History
1966 Topps Koufax and Drysdale Recall Important Moment, What If Scenarios
Recently a nice little story appared about how Sandy Koufax's involvement with investing in a West Coast motel helped to spark the famed 1966 holdout that he and fellow future Hall of Famer. Don Drysdale jointly participated in during spring training that season. Some historians believe that although only two players were involved, it was the first instance of the potential … [Read more...] about 1966 Topps Koufax and Drysdale Recall Important Moment, What If Scenarios
Rich Klein’s Ramblings: Tracking Scarcities
by Rich Klein Recently, there was a great thread on the Net 54 Message Boards about some 1948-1973 cards that were tough to obtain and believed to be undervalued by Beckett. One of the years that was touched upon was 1961 and those very difficult high numbers. When I was building my 1961 set back in the late 1970’s and early 80’s, the high numbers were real tough and all … [Read more...] about Rich Klein’s Ramblings: Tracking Scarcities