It truly was the best of times and the worst of times in baseball in 1981. On one hand, the "Fernandomania" phenomenon brought unmatched levels of excitement to the game every fourth of fifth day in a ...

The first time Topps made the extended series of its flagship product a standalone set was when it made 1981 Topps Traded available only through hobby dealers. Featuring the first Topps solo cards of ...

If your first year collecting baseball cards was in the 1970s or 1980s, good chance you learned who the best players were by seeing that coveted Topps "All-Star" emblem or banner on the front of a ...

Beneath my son’s bed, in one of those reusable supermarket bags, rest the 7,310 (or so) remaining baseball cards from my boyhood. It’s a Who’s Who of 1980s ballplayers, and when he’s antsy in the ...

The days of gazing into glass cases of baseball cards has been replaced, like so many other things, with an app. Credit: Hunter Martin / Getty Images Eventually, the digital revolution comes for ...