From 1986 - 1988 Dunruss made pop-up cards. The dark part would bend backwards to form a horizontal "top" of a box with a corresponding...

Bob Gibson is a baseball great among greats. Sadly, he died last year. I won't go into all the glorious details of his career here, but...

In 1980 Topps produced a smaller set (60 cards) of giant cards called Baseball Superstars. These are 5"x7" high gloss portrait photos...

Darrell Evans might be in the Hall of Fame someday. He could mash, and he mashed for a long time. In 1973 he hit 40 home runs. He also...

Carlton Fisk played for sock-proud teams. He started with the Red Sox and then signed as a free agent with the White Sox in 1983. He...

The 1959 Topps set included a handful of these "baseball thrills" cards that highlighted special achievements in the preceding years....

From the same series as the Jimmy Foxx, here is a R314 Type 3 of Heinie Manush. I might have sold this card as I can't seem to find it in...

I haven't been able to completely confirm the date, but it is likely a 1949 given the "AN EXHIBIT CARD" printed in the bottom left...

This Al Kaline card is from the same stylistic set as the Stan Musial in post #1. The All-star selections were made by Sport Magazine. In...

Adam Wainwright, what a treasure. In 2003, the Cardinals traded young slugger, J.D. Drew, and Eli Marerro to the Braves for Ray King,...

Starting Lineup Talking Baseball was an electronic game with interchangeable cartridges that would load different rosters. The machine...

Chet Lemon was the kind of player that you couldn't not like. He played hard all the time. I was watching some Opening Day highlights...

Goudey continued their baseball card and premium producing ways in 1937. These type 4 "creamy" premiums are grouped in the catalog with...

I asked my grandfather who his favorite ball player was when he was younger. He said, "Schoolboy Rowe." So I found a Schoolboy Rowe card...

The W502s are another strip card set (meaning they came in sheets and had to be hand-cut). This one has a blank back, but they also came...

Another reason 1985 was such a great set was because of the presence of some of the old greats on their last legs along with a bunch of...

In general, the 85 set had a high percentage of action shots (and good action shots). And almost all of the good players are pictured in...

1985 Topps is the best Topps set of the 80s. I have mentioned the terrible color choices Topps paired with teams in earlier sets. In '83...

One way of getting more money out of your customer base is to make larger or smaller versions (or both) of your base set. Topps went with...

Jimmy Foxx is largely unknown by the wider world, even by baseball fans. Odd considering he basically had the same career as Lou Gehrig...