Card Collector Universe

This post isn’t card related, but assuming you are a baseball fan, you have to see this.  Have you ever seen a switch pitcher?  Well, you’re about to.  The Staten Island Yankees, the NY-Penn League A Affiliate of the New York Yankees, currently have a switch pitcher.  He has a glove which can be used on […]

[Read more →]

Interesting article on MLB.com about Hall of Famers with “fowl”nicknames.  It would be interesting to see how many of these Hall of Famers with birds in their nicknames have baseball cards that actually show their nicknames. 
 You would think that since “Goose” Gossage’s nickname is more associated with him than his first name (in baseball circles […]

[Read more →]

Do you remember how your baseball card collection started?  I do.  Well, sort of.  When I was a kid, my father would take my brother and I down to the local candy shop.  We’d both get a dollar to spend on whatever we wanted.  At that time, you could pick up pieces of gum for […]

[Read more →]