Rafael Palmeiro’s Most Memorable Baseball Card
A card nobody in 1993 would give a second thought to came back to haunt Raffy’s image a dozen years later.
Set Collecting
Playing Beisbol Got Max Lanier Banned from MLB for Half a Decade
MLB banned nearly two dozen ballplayers for joining a rival league in the 1940s. Not since the expulsion of 8 players in the Black Sox scandal of 1919 had the sport kicked out so many players.
Remember Kevin Brown? He Was Pretty Good.
A temperamental pitcher from the steroid era is generally overlooked from lists of the game’s best players. His refractor card is low-key hard to find too.
Playing the Role of Duke Snider
Snider’s career was seemingly dreamed up by a group of Hollywood writers. This card was picked up in my first card show since the 1990s.
Probably the Best Baseball Player Ever Named After a Car
Marquis Grissom’s parents were running out of ideas when naming their 16 children.
Hand Over the Batting Crown and Nobody Gets Hurt
John Kruk roomed with a crew of bank robbers in the late 1980s, then tried to hide while maintaining one of the highest profile jobs one can have.
Orel Hershiser Takes Baseball Cards Very Seriously
The subject of one of the most hoarded 1993 refractors is an accomplished baseball card collector himself. Just don’t ask him to sign one.