Guest Post written by William Earl Robinson Jr. As we move into the second month of the regular season I have a confession to make: I HATE INTERLEAGUE BASEBALL!!! I hate how it cheapens the regular season, and I especially hate how it ruins the all-star game. I hate how it lessens the…
Guest Post written by William Earl Robinson Jr. Two years ago I was at the national sports card convention in Chicago, Illinois and I was riding the train over to Wrigley Field to watch the Cubs take on the Dodgers. While on that train I sat next to a gentleman who was extolling the virtues…
By William Robinson: This year Topps Heritage returns for its 15th year. The set that we are harkening back to this year is the 1966 Topps set. A classic set that in its original version included rookie cards of Jim Palmer, Don Sutton, and Ferguson Jenkins. As usual for this set the base set includes…
By Summer Serrano: My mom speaks of the first time she brought me to a Padres game, in a plaid shirt and jeans, barely learning to walk. You see, I am as old as the Padres, 9 days old on their Major League Debut, April 8, 1969. I think that qualifies me as a life-long…
By Dan Foote: For years I had been told that the “Best time to get autographs during Spring Training” was between the time the players report and the games start. Well, as an “Autograph Hunter”(see note below), I decided I had to try it out for myself. The first thing I learned was: “I was…
By Justin Evans Since growing up in Wheelersburg, Ohio the home of Cincinnati Reds scout Gene Bennett, I have pretty much always been a Reds fan. On August 8, 1992 at the age of 8 I attended my very first major league game. Lasting 16 innings the Reds beat the Giants 4-3. Two years before…
By Dr. Rebecca Herman, SPHR, That question is almost as daunting as asking the meaning of life. I’m not trying to over-dramatize it but baseball is so much more than a game or a sport or even, as it’s been labeled: America’s Pastime. It is people, culture, sights, sounds, memories, family, and friendships … truly…
Guest Writer Chris White: For myself and my family, baseball is a way to keep the memory and spirit of my father in law alive. My father in law, Brad Porter, had on either a Twins or Vikings shirt nearly every day that I saw him. At the time I was floating around as far…
Guest Writer Mike Carter: My earliest memories of baseball are of my father talking to the TV during the 1979 World Series. I recall the 1979 World Series and my dad purchasing an autographed Willie Stargell poster to hang in our basement, which became a shrine to all things baseball. This was the hook, the…
Guest Writer William Earl Robinson: What does baseball mean to me? That’s a pretty easy question. It means family and happiness and reconnecting with years gone by. However, it took some time away from the sport to realize all those things. It’s only recently that I have gotten back into baseball. Technically over the past three…
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