Collecting Baseball & Football Cards

What the bloggers are saying about collecting sports cards....

The Topps monopoly is leading to crappy baseball cards

It's a totally different baseball card world now than it was 20-25 years ago, but I have a lot of friends who have continued to collect. One of them is Cee Angi, the newest contributor to The Platoon Advantage. But she, like several others I know, ...

Priesthood Cards: Collect 'Em, Trade 'Em

Those are two questions three Omaha women considered and they found the answers were in the cards. For a kid, collecting baseball cards is a big deal. It gives them a feel for knowing the players better. Now, that same idea is moving to a higher power.

Leftover Money for Vintage Hank Aaron

The question is, are these individuals enchanted enough by the base cards to keep collecting, or are they turned off at not getting hit? This shouldn't be about getting people to buy a box of this year's baseball cards. It should be about turning ...

Diamondbacks Report Card: Bryan Shaw

The young power right-hander cost the team a signing bonus of $533000 as a second-round pick (73rd overall) in 2008, according to Baseball Prospectus' Cot's Baseball Contracts. With 28.1 big-league innings under his belt and a 2.54 ERA - worth half of ...