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The monument in Yankee Stadium to Babe Ruth can be seen in the background of Ken McMullen’s 1971 card.  Behind Babe’s monument is a...

Stamp collecting was a popular hobby in the 1950s.  Always eager to please, Topps developed a set of baseball stamps in 1955.  They are...

1975 Topps Mini If there is one thing that unites professional athletes across all major sports today, it is the squiggly line that...

“There’s Sunshine, Fresh Air and It’s Independence Day, Let’s Play Two!” – with apologies to Ernie Banks   Baseball history is deeply...

Dickson had a nondescript card but an eventful life.  He was a member of a reconnaissance unit in World War II that went behind enemy...

Baseball – and baseball cards – sometimes connect in unexpected ways.  The 1953 Bowman set and the 1969 Topps Super set show off the...

How many times have you heard sports announcers yell, “I can’t believe it!  What a catch!"   Mickey Mantle was a great, great player.  He...

1952 Bowman George Shuba - Art for Unissued Card George Shuba batted 5,337 times as a professional. He played parts of seven years for...

1915 Cracker Jack #19 Charles Albert "Chief" Bender All three of the authors of this website went to camp in the Chippewa National Forest...

In the Mad Men era, advertising executives thought baseball cards might help them sell. They used them to promote hot dogs, bread, soft...

Wayne Terwilliger’s life, like that of the fictional Forest Gump, tells the story of a generation.  He grew up in small-town America, in...