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Pittsburgh Pirates and Livvy Dunne Reveal Crazy Reward for Rare Paul Skenes Rookie CardTopps released a one-of-a-kind rookie card for sensation Paul Skenes, and the Pittsburgh Pirates are desperately trying to secure that card with a crazy reward offer....

Did it come with bubble gum? | Mickey Mantle rookie card

1952 Mantle Topps card sells for $5.2 millionIt’s time to get mad at your grandparents for throwing out their baseball cards....

Parallel Lives: Opening Topps Packs From 1990 and 2020 Side by Side

While searching the aisles at Rite Aid recently for more rubbing alcohol and toilet paper, I came to one of the displays at the end of the aisle that gets stocked with Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering, and baseball cards. To my joy, the 2020 Topps packs had arrived, so instead of the out-of-stock items...

Let's Remember Some Guys: 1990 Baseball Guys

The act of Remembering Some Guys, as depicted in the Let’s Remember Some Guys video series and as it is lived around the world, is an inherently social experience. It is of course possible to Remember Guys on your own; if you see me on the subway wearing a faraway look and a faint grin, there is a d...

Sy Berger, who worked for Topps for 50 years and designed the first "modern" baseball card in 1952, died over the weekend. The New York Times has a nice obituary of him, which also serves as an interesting look at the history of baseball cards. [New York Times]...

Topps Puts Pitcher's Season-Ending Injury On His Baseball Card

This photo comes from last June, a steamy summer night in Atlanta. Daniel Hudson, the Diamondbacks' young starter, was scared for his season and his career. He had just blown out his throwing arm, and was removed from the game in the second inning. It's a moment that would be immortalized on his dam...

Topps Sued For Firing Employee, Then Putting Him On A Trading Card

In the fall, Topps released a handful of very odd cards. Dubbed "American History Relics," they were five-card runs of John Henry, Pecos Bill, and Leif Ericson. Despite their rarity, the cards were a flop — one sold for $84 on eBay — perhaps because they were so strange. Card collectors like collect...