Baseball lost a lot of legends in 2020. The new year isn't starting off much better. Hall of Famer Don Sutton died in his sleep early Tuesday morning at the age of 75. A consistent, durable starting pitcher, his name adds to the sad list of pitching greats who've passed away recently including Tom Seaver, Whitey Ford and Bob Gibson. Sutton's career spanned … [Read more...] about 6 Career-Chronicling Cards of Don Sutton
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Hall of Fame Adds to Shoebox Treasures Exhibit
The Baseball Hall of Fame’s collection of more than 2,000 baseball cards exhibited in its Shoebox Treasures exhibit has some new additions. Opened in May of 2019, the permanent exhibit showcases the history of baseball cards with displays and pullout drawers featuring some of the game’s memorable players and their cards. It’s now been updated to include 29 key new cards, … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame Adds to Shoebox Treasures Exhibit
Rookie Cards for 10 Sabermetric Favorite Hall of Fame Candidates
When the Baseball Writers Association of America voted Bert Blyleven into the Hall of Fame in 2011, it arguably marked the first selection of a candidate primarily on the basis of sabermetrics. While Blyleven's enshrinmement didn't exactly open the floodgates, there are similar candidates whose day for Cooperstown might be coming as newer age analysis becomes more … [Read more...] about Rookie Cards for 10 Sabermetric Favorite Hall of Fame Candidates
Ernie Banks Baseball Cards: 14 Great Ones to Remember Him By
For 18 seasons, his face was somewhere inside those wax wrappers, perched below a powdery stick of bubble gum. Ernie Banks baseball cards were as certain in summer as cookouts, cutoffs and car washes. His career began just three years after Joe DiMaggio’s ended and wrapped up a year before Mike Schmidt’s began. To heck with Honus Wagner. For Cub fans, his … [Read more...] about Ernie Banks Baseball Cards: 14 Great Ones to Remember Him By