PSA Mail Day
I mailed all my raw plastic cards to PSA. Today they came back as plastic cards encased in more plastic.
CardBoredom
Jim Abbott at His Finest
The famously one-handed pitcher threw a no-hitter in 1993. So of course, we’re going to talk about his batting skills instead.
Two-Sport Athletes Aren’t a New Development
Sometimes your professional basketball team folds and you just have to find work plying the outfield for the Cubs.
March 2022
I introduced a newcomer to The Sandlot, went to a card show, and added 21 cards to the collection.
Sneaking Into the ’52 Topps Set
He didn’t play in 1952, but that didn’t stop kids who opened packs of cards that year from thinking he did.
Respect Your Elders, They May Be Faster Than You
Adjust his numbers for age and you suddenly get the most prolific base stealer ever.
Sibby Sisti Received One More HOF Vote Than Roy Hobbs
A smiling member of the “one vote for the Hall of Fame” Club.
Yankees Sunk by Hudson
Breaking into Major League Baseball in 1940, the Washington Senators’ Sid Hudson never got to pitch to Babe Ruth. He did, however, do all he could to shut down the Yankees in Ruth’s final Yankee Stadium appearance.
’93 Finest: Tony Fernandez
Tony Fernandez and the possibility of hitting .400 in the COVID-shortened baseball season.