80s and 90s Hot/Cold In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s Beckett Magazine published a Hot/Cold list in every monthly issue. This list called the “Weather Report” gave you a quick pulse on the most desired stars and rookies. And it also bore the news of slumping stars and disappointing rookies. 2018-2021 Hot/Cold A few …
Onemillioncubs.com found this funny video of a humorous look at inner workings of a 1968 Topps factory. In this sneak peek of a Topps factory, we get to see a little bit of how baseball cards are made. However, most of the video is about how the gum is made. It seems in 1968 the gum was emphasized …
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Why is it that the Chicago Cubs colors are blue and red? What does blue and red have to do with a cub? Red: if the cub claws you and causes blood to gush forth. Blue: bears go by rivers to find fish? Yeah, that’s a stretch. Red, White, and Blue: Cubs as patriotic? In …
Have you ever bought one of those personalized brick pavers outside a baseball stadium? Back in 2006, my family bought a paver for Wrigley Field. My brother posted this 2007 photo of me on Flickr with this caption: At Wrigley Field, you can pay about $150 and get a brick placed in front of the …
(If you’d like to listen to this blog post as a podcast, it’s episode #2 in the 57 hits podcast) Do you remember this Bo Jackson card from the 1990 Upper Deck set? This card sells for about one dollar on comc.com and eBay. The low price is due to it being a checklist on …
Original artwork of Bo Jackson from Upper Deck sells for ridiculously low price Read More »
Here is the very first podcast episode for 57hits.com. I talk about why Andre Dawson left the Cubs after the 1992 season. After barraging my friend, Abhay, for 23 minutes on instant messenger about Andre Dawson in 1992, he finally said, “Have you thought about starting a podcast just talking baseball?” Shaking my head, I …
The shortstop-to-first defensive combo is a great pair to have on the infield. This year both the National League and American League have teammate pairs to win the Gold Glove. The Chicago Cubs Javier Baez finally gets a well-deserved Gold Glove, matching up with his teammate at first, Anthony Rizzo who got his 4th defensive …
All-time shortstop & first base Gold Glove teammates Read More »
When was the last year your favorite baseball team won a championship? If you ever sell something on eBay featuring your team, maybe you can make the price to mimic the year of that championship. Have a Cubs item? Sell it for $20.16, that’s a fun price! Or if you are a Cardinals fan, set …
Use a championship year to price an eBay baseball item around $19 to $20 Read More »
Three years later, the 2017 Cubs All-Star hat is so tempting to get. What a handsome-looking cap. The blue is a lighter tint than the normal Cubs royal blue. The heathered blue texture is nice. The gold stitching looks really nice on the blue. Great attention to detail on the vent holes as stars. Even …
After reading this article, I’m convinced that the 10-year period of the late 80s and early 90s really is a golden era of baseball cards. People think of it as a junk era. But this era is about the collectors. Soooo many collectors, because there were so many cards. Really. There is no other time …
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With all this talk about stripping the Astros of their championship, thankfully there as been no talk of stripping the 2016 Cubs of their World Series championship. That’s right. NOBODY STRIPS THE 2016 CUBS OF THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST ONE IN 108 YEARS Or in German: Meisterschaft zum ersten Mal in einhundertacht Jahren As the German …
Almost all the content on 57hits.com was deleted. Many of the blog posts had just a few sentences trimmed at the end of the blog post, so I didn’t notice it for 11 months. But my most favorite series of posts, the Chicago Cubs World Series scorecards, got hit the hardest. Ten posts detailing all …
The sweater that Steve Stone wore while announcing Kerry Wood’s 20-strikeout game on May 6, 1998. I want that sweater. Maybe. Just maybe if I do a reverse Google image search, it might come up. Initially, these are the results. Ok, that’s kinda cool. But these are not sweaters. Google automatically added the search term …
Finding Steve Stone’s sweater for the Kerry Wood 20-strikeout game Read More »
Take a baseball card, write a postal address on it and slap on a stamp. Will it mail? Inspiration struck me today to try mailing a baseball card like a postcard. A bunch of loose opened baseball packs are stuffed in my desk drawer at home. Shuffling through the cards, I tried to find one …
What would you do if were a minor league prospect, and Topps produced only one card of you? It would be fun to go around trying to autograph every one of those cards in existence. Drafted in the 3rd round of the 2016 draft, White Sox prospect Alex Call currently has one baseball card—2016 Bowman …
