I found out on Monday from Matt at the Diamond Jesters blog that a former card blogger, Johnny, a.k.a., hiflew, passed away over the sum...

The basics: Andy Stankiewicz makes his lone appearance in the '93 Upper Deck set after, by far, his most productive season in the major l...

(Greetings, thanks for squeezing me in between postseason viewings. I tried to squeeze in a card show over the weekend, the monthly one. I ...

It seems like everyone's accepted the latest configuration of the postseason schedule, including me. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised t...

I'm not easy to shop for when it comes to cards (probably when it comes to anything, you'd have to ask the significant others).   I've bee...

The basics: Yes, Upper Deck is definitely on a run of "young stars" lately with the fourth straight card of a player who could fit in tha...

Since the beginning of this "Firsts" series six-plus years ago, it's been about looking back on various firsts in my life. I've meant it t...

Here is what I know about the 1940s, off the top of my head:   World War II, Pearl Harbor, D-Day, the atomic bomb. Jackie Robinson breaki...

The basics: This is the second-and-final appearance of Sandy Alomar Jr. in the 1993 Upper Deck set. He appeared in the Teammates subset ...