Rookie Baseball Card Hex for Tommy John? (Seacoaster)
posted Wed March 4th 2009 @ 7:13 PM

Tommy John's rookie baseball card was not a good omen. On the 1964 Topps #146 he had to share space with another player, Bob Chance, a utility player who averaged fewer than 50 games over six seasons. Read More »

Joe Torre's Baseball Career Too Lofty for Boyhood Dreams (Seacoaster)
posted Mon February 23rd 2009 @ 11:42 PM

Joe Torre has had the kind of baseball career youngsters don't even dream about. So the Topps 1972 Boyhood Photos of the Stars series baseball card showing Torre as a neatly dressed teen and as a St. Louis Cardinals star is poignant for what could not be shown, for the future is always waiting to be revealed and grasped. Read More »

Oldest Rookie, a Pitching Legend, High in Baseball Card Esteem (Seacoaster)
posted Mon February 16th 2009 @ 5:22 PM

The 1949 Bowman #224 baseball card has a few distinctions. It contains a misspelled name. It pictured the oldest rookie in major league history. And 60 years later it's value has climbed past all others in the 240-card set. Read More »

Alex Rodriguez Tampered with Baseball Legacies (Seacoaster)
posted Wed February 11th 2009 @ 12:45 PM

Looking at the Flair Alex Rodriguez #340 rookie card from 1994, beautifully designed, it's easy to see how someone might project greatness from it. Read More »

Baseball Card Database Aims High (Seacoaster)
posted Sun February 8th 2009 @ 1:09 PM

While many baseball card enthusiasts are trying to get their collections catalogued, Sean Holtz has aimed higher -- a lot higher. His goal is to catalog every baseball card that has been produced, from the earliest to the latest. Read More »

An Unexpected Rarity Coming for John Smoltz Cards (Seacoaster)
posted Fri February 6th 2009 @ 12:25 AM

The odds are poor these days for seeing a retired player with the same team insignia on all of his baseball cards, unless the career is mighty short. John Smoltz seemed destined to become the rare exception, because he and the Atlanta Braves seemed to have a perhaps the strongest ties in baseball. Read More »

Maddux Bunting Cards Show the Greatness Gap (Seacoaster)
posted Mon February 2nd 2009 @ 12:57 AM

Baseball greatness does not necessarily translate into baseball card value, especially in the case of modern players. Their likenesses might grace more cards than their early counterparts saw in a lifetime. Read More »

Wasted Space on Back of Some Vintage Card Series (Seacoaster)
posted Tue January 27th 2009 @ 4:34 PM

Modern baseball cards of rookies or sophomores often hint at potential for the players to become stars. The 1938 Goudey series, known as the Big Head because the players' heads are attached to cartoonish bodies, is a great example of the opposite among early cards. Read More »

Seeing the Vast Span of Baseball History (Seacoaster)
posted Sat January 24th 2009 @ 12:37 PM

Almost a century of playing or watching baseball ended for Bill Werber on Jan. 22. Read More »

Seven Stingy Pitchers (Seacoaster)
posted Tue January 20th 2009 @ 7:29 PM

Here are seven baseball pitchers with a similar achievement, besides being pretty darn good in general at their profession. Read More »