The 43rd annual National Sports Card Convention, colloquially known as The National is currently ongoing and in town (suburban Rosemont, actually to be specific). You won't have to look hard to find a 52 Mickey Mantle card, as this convention inspires people to bring only their best and brightest cards to trade and sell. And the 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card (Topps; #311) … [Read more...] about 52 Mickey Mantle Card Defaced, Loses Tens of Thousands in Value
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Five Most Iconic Baseball Cards of the 1980s
In this time of having to stay home more, and go out less (and even if you did go out more- where exactly are you going to go? What's open?) nostalgia is huge. With little to nothing to put in our calendars and look forward to, it's a time for looking back. Thus, I reflected back to when I was a hard core baseball cards collector: 1985-1992. Memories of opening up my first … [Read more...] about Five Most Iconic Baseball Cards of the 1980s
Aaron Judge Was Nearly Traded to Angels in Spring Training
Move over Mike Trout and sorry Shohei Ohtani, because Aaron Judge is now the face of Major League Baseball. And according to MLB Network host Harold Reynolds, just minutes ago, all three were very close to becoming teammates this spring. As Judge closes in on the single season home record for non-steroid freaks of nature who enlarged their heads during middle adulthood, the … [Read more...] about Aaron Judge Was Nearly Traded to Angels in Spring Training
Erling Haaland, Aaron Judge Simultaneously Chasing History in Respective Sports
In big time professional sports, few things are more epic than individual record chase. And when it involves scoring, even more so because, as the saying goes: offense sells tickets. And we're blessed to see not just one, but two of these individual milestones being pursued at the same time. We have super slugger Aaron Judge, of the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball on … [Read more...] about Erling Haaland, Aaron Judge Simultaneously Chasing History in Respective Sports
Sources: Yankees Pinstripe Bowl Finds New Naming Rights Partner
it won't be long until the Pinstripe Bowl, which is run by the New York Yankees and staged at Yankee Stadium, will be known by its new sponsored name. According to sources close to The Sports Bank, it will soon be known, officially as the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl, ending a search for a new naming rights partner that began back in November. A press conference later today … [Read more...] about Sources: Yankees Pinstripe Bowl Finds New Naming Rights Partner
Aaron Judge Breaking the Roger Maris HR Record Would be Good for Baseball
New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is currently on pace to hit 65 home runs this season, which is comfortably ahead of Roger Maris' historic 61 in '61. Those 61 homers that Maris clubbed in 1961, surpassed Babe Ruth for the single season record at the time. It still stands today as both the New York Yankees and American League record. Honestly, for many baseball purists it is … [Read more...] about Aaron Judge Breaking the Roger Maris HR Record Would be Good for Baseball
Travelogue: Visiting the Field of Dreams Movie Site in Iowa
The moral of the 1989 Kevin Costner film Field of Dreams is that no matter what happens between a parent and child, the possibility of redemption will always still exist. The movie's plot revolves around an ex-hippy turned farmer in Iowa who hears voices in his cornfield telling him to build a ball field on his property. In doing so, the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson and … [Read more...] about Travelogue: Visiting the Field of Dreams Movie Site in Iowa
Aaron Judge Ahead of Roger Maris Yankees HR Record Pace
Update: why Aaron Judge surpassing Roger Maris would be great for baseball Aaron Judge is not only back on track to reach Roger Maris, after his monster weekend in Baltimore, the New York Yankees slugger is now ahead of him. Judge clubbed his 35th and 36th home runs of the year on Friday night at Camden Yards and added his 37th earlier today. That puts Aaron Judge on pace to … [Read more...] about Aaron Judge Ahead of Roger Maris Yankees HR Record Pace
FOX Sports Places Yankees-Red Sox Promo at World Trade Memorial Site
Watching last night's New York Yankees rout over the Boston Red Sox was joyous for fans of the home team and painful for supporters of the visitors. But there was one moment which was difficult to consume for people on both sides of this rivalry. Before cutting to commercial, the graphics team on the FOX Sports broadcast placed their Baseball Night in America logo directly … [Read more...] about FOX Sports Places Yankees-Red Sox Promo at World Trade Memorial Site
Yankees News and Notes: Red Sox Series, Old-Timers Day
It's two more against the arch-rival Boston Red Sox, and then the All-Star break for the New York Yankees. The Yankees lost 5-4 to the BoSox last night in extra innings but they remain in first place, by 12 games over the Tampa Bay Rays, with a record of 62-28. Losers of five of their last six, the Yanks are starting to come down to Earth now, having passed the midway part of … [Read more...] about Yankees News and Notes: Red Sox Series, Old-Timers Day
