Last Refractor Standing
Ah yes, the existential dread of discovering your favorite “modern” baseball cards are increasingly being seen as vintage. Someone should remind the last guy left in the checklist to hit the lights on his way out.
1993 Finest Profile
1993 Finest Maddux: From An Early Complete Set To The Most Recent
How one of my most frustrating refractor additions became one of the more fun acquisitions. Also, bring on automated umpires.
The Reds’ Greene
The Willie Greene refractor: A rare card seems to be really rare until it’s not.
Junk Wax on Steroids
Everyone knows that Junk Wax cards were printed to the moon. Everyone also has a name that comes to mind when the Junk Wax Era gave way to the Steroid Era. What if we’re wrong on both counts?
Death and Stadium Club
The best baseball cards are the ones you look at when you’re supposed to be in church.
My First Baseball Game and One of My Most Recent Refractor Pickups
Guess who was on the mound at my first MLB baseball game? My baseball card collection includes one of his shiny cards while his collection features some very shiny bats.
Negative Home Runs
Alex Cole could very well be the only MLB player with a negative home run total in a decade defined by the long ball.
LA’s Reigning Home Run King
The guy who hit more home runs than anyone else in an LA Dodgers uniform somehow has less than 20 career WAR and never made an All-Star team.
Interns, Math, and David Justice
I’m looking at a particularly tough baseball card while preparing to welcome the office’s next class of interns.
Brace Yourself for a White Sox Card
This post is about Ozzie Guillen, but if Immaculate Grid results are to be believed many of you already knew that.