The "Hot Gloves" insert from the Flair Showcase set released in 1994 is a great concept - Griffey in full swing, with a giant glove behind him, reminding us of his defensive skills as well. This was ...

The 1980s was the Decade of the Rookie Card. That's not to say there haven't been great rookie cards, or even better rookie cards, in other eras. It's more that the 1980s was the decade when rookie ...

It's no secret that the Ken Griffey Jr. card market is hotter than ever in a hobby that has collectors more energized than they've been in years. Typically, the culprit when discussing a new Griffey ...

Few two-word phrases mean more to a collector of 1980s baseball cards than "Rated Rookie." Donruss coined the term to designate promising young players and starting in 1984, emblazoned the fronts of ...

Today's collectors may have no idea who Jerome Walton, Todd Zeile, and Dwight Smith ever were, but the O.G. hobbyists gobbling up box after box of Upper Deck knew exactly who these red-hot rookies ...

These legendary rookie card classes produced some of the most valuable and iconic baseball cards ever made.