Baseball Cards

A highlight of Mark's 2019 was his trip to Cooperstown (May 24-26) for the opening of the Hall of Fame's Shoebox Treasures exhibit, for which he had consulted over the previous two years. On Friday, Mark was on a panel on baseball cards in the Hall's Grandstand Theatre (with Bruce Markusen, John Odell, Steve Sax, and Doug McWilliams. Saturday was the opening of the exhibit, and that evening was a night for meeting ballplayers.

The Great Topps Baseball Card Monopoly. In 2016, I wrote a 10-part series on Topps Baseball cards for the National Pastime Museum, which I have preserved on my blog.

SABR's Baseball Card Committee Blog

Tony C, January 28, 2022. (The cards of Tony Conigliaro)

Vida Blue, 1971; January 13, 2022. (Vida Blue's season, with memorabilia)

Cover Boys, May 28, 2021. (SPORT magazine covers)

Little Stamps Everywhere, April 23, 2021. (1969 Topps Baseball Stamps)

A Quixotic Quest, April 12, 2021. (1970-71 Topps Scratch Offs)

Strike a Pose, There's Nothing to It, November 19, 2020. (1971 Topps shows photos of game I attended)

Now Let Us Praise Famous Sets, November 16, 2020. (Finishing 1956-58, 1961-63 sets)

Joe Morgan (1943-2020); October 21, 2020.

Tom Seaver (1944-2020), September 4, 2020.

Legitimacy, July 8, 2020. (The problems with pre-integration baseball card sets)

The One About Home Decorating, May 31, 2020. (Hanging cards on the wall)

213, May 4, 2020. (Humor, about the 'greatness' of card #213.

Faux Cards, August 8, 2019. (Modern baseball cards that "should have been" in vintage sets).

Jim Bouton (1939-2019), July 15, 2019.

The Say Hey Kid: Willie Mays is Really Good, October 24, 2018. (Mays, Part 3)

The Say Hey Kid: There Isn't a Thing Willie Mays Can't Do, October 4, 2018.(Mays, Part 2)

The Say Hey Kid: Willie is the Greatest, October 1, 2018. (Mays, Part 1)

SABR 48, July 12, 2018.