The End of the Topps Only Era
Check out this great article (link below) from Sports Collectors Daily about the 1980 Topps set. It would be the last year of their monopoly as Donruss and Fleer issued sets the following year. Source: Rickey Henderson Rookie is Tops Among 1980 Baseball Cards
Signature Study: Hall of Famer J.L. Wilkinson | Sports Collectors Digest
Check out this article by Ron Keurajian, author of “Baseball Hall of Fame Autographs – A Reference Guide” (McFarland Publishing 2012) on KC Monarchs HOF'er J. Leslie Wilkinson. Source: Signature Study: Hall of Famer J.L. Wilkinson | Sports Collectors Digest
Wayback Wednesday: This Week in Baseball
Jumping in the wayback machine today for an episode of This Week in Baseball circa 1977. Enjoy! Carry on, Citizens!
72 Hours in Savannah (Part 3)
From the Quick Baseball Mysteries (Short Stories Collection) (If you missed Part 1 and want to start at the beginning, click here) Long before Google, there was Mueller —as in Mike Mueller. When it comes to trophies and medals, I’ll take Mueller over an internet...
January 2: The Lesser Known 2nd Holiday of the New Year
Today is a holiday. Not a widely known one, but a holiday nonetheless. It's What the Hell Was I Thinking Day. What the Hell Was I Thinking Day comes right after New Year's Day for a very good reason: Resolutions. It's the cold hard light of January 2nd that makes you...
72 Hours in Savannah Part 2 (A Quick Mystery)
From the Quick Baseball Mysteries (Short Stories Collection) (If you missed Part 1 and want to start at the beginning, click here) The officer turned me over to a detective named Sparks who took me to a trophy case within the Grayson Stadium offices. Sure enough, the...