Vintage cards take us back in time, revisiting the past and learning about players that gradually fade as the years pass. The beauty of these cards is that they document history. For baseball, that means providing collectors with a timeline of the game’s integration. The road through the destruction of baseball’s color line wasn’t a straight shot. In some … [Read more...] about Rookie Cards of the First Black Players for Each Big League Team, Part I
Monte Irvin
Arizona Collector Finds 1959 Mexican League Cards with Josh Gibson
An Arizona collector who enjoys Negro Leagues cards hopes a trove of rarely seen cards from Mexico that he bought is the real deal. Andy — who asked that his last name be kept anonymous — bought 10 cards on eBay from Estrellas Del Diamonte: Coleccion de Cromos a Color, a baseball tribute set issued by the Mexican publication La Aficion in 1959. The cost was $614, but one … [Read more...] about Arizona Collector Finds 1959 Mexican League Cards with Josh Gibson
Historic Photo Captures Giants’ 1949 Integration
From the chronicled statements of his former colleagues in the Negro Leagues, Monte Irvin was the player many thought would be the best choice to break baseball’s color barrier. A star in the late 1930s and early 40s, Irvin was a multi-tooled player with the proper temperament to handle the difficulties that might come the way of such a pioneer. It turned out that … [Read more...] about Historic Photo Captures Giants’ 1949 Integration