The "Hot Gloves" insert from the Flair Showcase set released in 1994 is a great concept - Griffey in full swing, with a giant glove behind him, reminding us of his defensive skills as well. This was ...

The 1980s was the Decade of the Rookie Card. That's not to say there haven't been great rookie cards, or even better rookie cards, in other eras. It's more that the 1980s was the decade when rookie ...

The greatest rookie cards of the 1980s were the fuel that fired a hobby revolution. The top players, the iconic cards, the elevation of card collecting from something beyond a novelty all started with ...

There's many talking heads in the hobby who are more than happy to dish out hot takes and up to the minute updates on which way the winds in the hobby are blowing. That's not the purpose of this ...

The Topps Traded set and the 1980s were practically made for each other. Just at the point when Topps lost its trading card monopoly with the appearances of Donruss and Fleer in 1981, the company ...

Ken Griffey Jr. was an integral part of the first WBC in 2006. Alika Jenner / Getty Images Twenty years ago, when Ken Griffey Jr. donned the Team USA uniform for the inaugural World Baseball Classic, ...