Ramblings: Moon Shots and Nickname Confusion
A couple of autograph guests help send a show venue out with a bang and a table conversation leads Rich to ponder Topps' use of player nicknames.
View ArticleRamblings: Remembering Mike Berkus
Rich Klein recalls the man who was able to reach across all segments of the hobby while running the hobby's largest show.
View ArticleRamblings: Design Matters in Marketing or Collecting
A lesson for card manufacturers and designers based, in part, on past history.
View ArticleRamblings: O-Pee-Chee and Free Agency in the 70s
Free agency and the arrival of a new Canadian big league team made it look quite a bit different than its Topps counterpart.
View ArticleRamblings: Hobby Through the Eyes of the 1995 All-Star Game
Rich recalls a hot night in 1995 when the Baseball All-Star Game came to town and what the hobby was like that summer.
View ArticleRamblings: Few 70s Teams Resonate More Than Big Red Machine
Decades have gone by but to collectors, the Big Red Machine remains the 1970s gold standard.
View ArticleRamblings: The Pure Fun of Packs
Helping another collector's unique quest puts packs in Rich's pocket--and he's always OK with that.
View ArticleRamblings: Guides and Checklists Brought Order to Chaos
A recent political comment has Rich recalling another slogan that helped change the hobby for the better.
View ArticleRamblings: Holiday Show and a Question
A post-Christmas show report and a chat with a customer leads to a ramble down junk wax lane.
View ArticleRamblings: Stories Told on Cardboard
A trade, a chat, a visit to social media and a player's death conjure up all sorts of cardboard recollections.
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