This is the second installment of my annual look at the current market environment for the famed 1993 Finest Refractor baseball card set. Transaction and grading trends, card availability, and other insights are explored and tracked over time.
A short nickname for a short career. This is the second in a series of profiles of the nicknames appearing in the 1949 Leaf baseball card checklist.
It’s that time of year again! Get ready for the annual look back at the ways my baseball card collection has changed. There’s a smaller number of cards and even a white whale that smells faintly of hot dogs.
A Houston Astros power pitcher, a similar story from a guy who dished out shutouts at the same rate as Nolan Ryan, and the image from the 1951 World Series used on a 1952 Topps baseball card.
The first in a series of 98 explorations into how seemingly every player depicted in the ’49 Leaf Baseball set earned their nicknames. Before the advent of Rapper’s Delight, Hippity Hop carried a decidedly baseball flavored meaning.
Get out your boom sticks and prepare to chant your favorite player’s name. It’s time for the crossover between Japanese baseball and 1952 Topps baseball cards.
With an ambitious set collecting project finished and my 1952 Topps project well into the later innings, it is time to explore an even more demanding effort.
For a guy who made his debut at 26 and struggled to get full playing time after turning 30, Wally Westlake sure has some interesting baseball cards. How many other players can claim to share their rookie card with Shoeless Joe Jackson?
In the summer of 1990, a seemingly ordinary baseball card emerged that would forever alter the collecting landscape, yet few understood its true significance at the time. Beneath its pristine white borders lay a concept that would shape the way checklists are constructed to this day. What made this card so different, and why did it become the catalyst that changed everything about modern baseball card collecting?
Richie Ashburn was a man of extremes: Excelling in the polar opposites of base hits and putouts.
