Elvis Didn’t Die — He Became the 1977 Topps Chuck Hartenstein Baseball Card
So, officially, Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977. You know the story by now … 74...
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1983 Topps Super Veteran Dave LaRoche Spurred a Storm-y Trade
We all get funny ideas sometimes, and we find heavy influence in things we ought not to let affect...
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1971 Topps Greatest Moments Ernie Banks Lets Collectors ‘Play Two’ with His Final Baseball Cards
Beginnings and endings. They’re all around us, all the time, whether we are able to or want...
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1981 Donruss Dave Kingman — Behold Kong in His Natural Habitat!
You ever wonder what happens at a Big League park when the lights go down? If you’ve ever...
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1984 Topps Carmelo Martinez Speaks the Poetry of Baseball
By the spring of 1984, as the world was preparing for the Summer Olympics and the American...
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Chuck Rainey Wants to Know Why You’re Staring at His 1985 Donruss Card
Tim Raines was the first name that came to mind when I started to consider subjects for this Day 4...
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1981 Donruss Mick Kelleher Baseball Card Mocks the Chicago Cubs
You ever get the feeling that our past exists just to mock what we think is so great about the...
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Jody Davis Is Having None of the 1988 Fleer Nonsense
(This is the 24th in our series of posts about the best baseball cards from the 1980s. Check out...
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Does Greg Maddux Look Like a Hall of Famer on His 1987 Donruss Rookie Card?
(This is the 20th in our series of posts about the best baseball cards from the 1980s. Check out...
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The 1984 Fleer Kevin McReynolds Rookie Card Was Sneaky Good
(This is the 12th in our series of posts about the best baseball cards from the 1980s. Check out...
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Bruce Sutter Made His Hall of Fame Pitch from the Best 1981 Topps Baseball Card
(This is the third in our series of posts about the best baseball cards from the 1980s. Check out...
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Dave Kingman Channels His Inner Batman on 1981 Fleer Card
(This is the second in our series of posts about the best baseball cards from the 1980s. Check out...
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