They called Charlie Gehringer The Mechanical Man. “You wind him up in the spring, turn him loose, he hits .330 or .340, and you shut him off at the end of the season,” Lefty Gomez famously said of the Hall of Fame hitter. Jeff Bagwell was cut from the same productive cloth. Over the course of 15 big league seasons, Bagwell was the model of … [Read more...]
Topps Markets New NOW, Throwback Cards for 2017 Hall of Famers
There's no such thing as an off-season for Topps' baseball anymore. The company continues to crank out online exclusives on a regular basis under its NOW and Throwback Thursday platforms. A new group of cards featuring members of the newly enshrined Hall of Fame class went on sale Thursday afternoon. There are NOW cards for Tim Raines, Jeff Bagwell and Ivan … [Read more...]
Hall Calls 3: The Market for Raines, Bagwell, Rodriguez
If you collect Hall of Fame rookie cards, adding the members of the 2017 class isn’t going to break the bank. If you collect autographed baseballs, the price for Tim Raines, Jeff Bagwell and Ivan Rodriguez is about to go up. Such is life for collectors in the wake of Wednesday’s news that the 2017 Hall of Fame Induction ceremony will feature three players—and just … [Read more...]