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 ...

The top 5 baseball cards from the 1980s. Iconic baseball cards cross over from the hobby into mainstream cultural ...

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 ...

For many young kids, at least when I was growing up, collecting baseball cards was as much a part of being a baseball fan as playing hooky to attend a game or tuning into Baseball Tonight. With 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 ...

Topps and Panini cards typically measure 6.4 cm by 8.9 cm, or 2.5 inches wide by 3.5 inches high. Each card weighs about 1.5 ...