The 1982 Fleer set contains 660-card standard-size cards, of which are grouped in team order based upon standings from the previous season. Cards numbered 628 through 646 are special cards highlighting some of the stars and leaders of the 1981 season. The last 14 cards in the set (647-660) are checklist cards. The backs feature…
Baseball has given so much to the world, both the wider sporting world and the daily lives of ordinary citizens, that it is difficult to know where to begin. Phrases and concepts like “three strikes and you’re out” and “touch all the bases” have made their way into jurisprudence and boardrooms worldwide, even in countries…
Sentencing set for 2 men in $2M baseball card theft at hotel WJW FOX 8 News Cleveland
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Two men convicted of stealing over $2 million worth of baseball cards from a Best Western in Strongsville are scheduled to be sentenced in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Monday. Jacob Paxton, 28, was an employee for the hotel. He pleaded guilty to aggravated theft. Jacob Paxton((Source: Strongsville police)) The…
Ask today’s collectors about the great rookie cards of 1983 and you’ll hear the same three names over and over: Wade Boggs, Tony Gwynn, and Ryne Sandberg. And why not! We’re talking about the Chicken Man, Mr. Padre, and Ryno after all, three of the most popular players in the history of the Red Sox,…
Shohei Ohtani’s initial run with the Dodgers resulted in a World Series ring and the National League MVP. Now, he’s hoping he can add hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of baseball cards to that collection, too. The Los Angeles supernova issued a legal filing into the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California…
After 376 cards, baseball’s Topps Living Set has shifted from a solo project to a dynamic duo. Artist Jared Kelley has joined the set and will split duties with Mayumi Seto. Topps and Seto launched the project in 2018 with three different cards per week in a set that has no defined completion point. That…
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor The photograph shows Eleanor Engle sitting alone on a dugout bench, with enough room for at least two people to sit beside her. Her Harrisburg Senators teammates grouped on an adjacent bench. They couldn’t be bothered by the skirt-wearing shortstop. Soon, professional baseball would take a…
2016 Topps Stadium Club Baseball isn’t likely to wow you with its hits — at least as far as quantity goes. It doesn’t have a lot of ground-breaking technology either. As a matter of fact, little has changed over last year. And that set only had a few tweaks from 2013. That said, this is…
The MLB All-Star Game. – the unofficial midpoint to the baseball season. Every year there is some controversy around the voting. Some fan bases put in a lot more effort than others, and get a not-so-deserving player elected as a starter. A high performer gets snubbed and doesn’t earn a selection. It happens, but I…