By William Robinson It’s that time of the year again, much like Opening Day it’s release day for the 2016 version of Topps’s mainstay product the base Topps set. This year they have opted for more of a streamlined approach. No more of the distracting borders and definitely no more of the white dull…
Guest post written by William Earl Robinson Jr. So have you ever had a moment when you were so enamored with something new that you just had to have it? Whether it was that new girl who just moved in down the street, or the new Iphone, or the newest version of madden; Then…
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 Kelly: I always look forward to the beginning of February every year for the release of Topps Series 1 and this year didn’t disappoint. They shook up the design big time. The white borders are gone and it now looks like a stone color that fades into team colors. The checklist is bigger this…
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…
By Josh, I know I have written in the past about what baseball means to me but I’ve come to realize that my thoughts and feelings on baseball change now from year to year. Life changes and with the changes in life come new perspectives. Baseball is just a game. Yet to me it is…
By Kelly: Big changes to the 2014 Bowman Draft Picks and Prospects. First of all they changed the name to just Bowman Draft. Another one of the big changes is that there are no more rookie cards in the set. It now focuses more on the latest draft picks just beginning their journey to a…
As I continue the endless process of trying to organize all of my baseball cards into alphabetical order I’ve realized a few things. First, I get distracted really easily. On just about every card that I come across that I don’t remember seeing before, which is a majority of my cards, I have to stop…
By Josh: Every baseball card collector has their own unique way of sorting their cards. Some do it by team listed on the card. Others sort cards by year, brand and card number. Then there are those who sort all of their cards in alphabetical order by last names. Over my years of card collecting…
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