This time we turn to the gridiron to compile an All-Star team of oldest living former football players who appeared on cards, led by Ace Parker and continuing with some formidable foes, including Chuck Bednarik. The East team gets first dibs.
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Baseball Legends Cruise Sets Sail in July
Looking for a great vacation idea this summer and also love baseball? Now’s your chance to enjoy the best of both worlds. A pair of “Baseball Legends” cruises is slated aboard the American Queen, where along with usual cruise perks will be the chance to hear baseball stories, seek out memorabilia and trivia contests.
Through the Years, the Autograph World has Changed at Spring Training
How Forgers Make Cash from Fake Celebrity Photos and Movie Posters
From the Operation Bullpen author Kevin Nelson comes the latest installment on celebrity and historic and political forgeries. If a photo, album or poster is filled with multiple signatures and it seems to good to be true, it probably is. Getting the cast or group to all sign a piece is often a foolhardy thought.
Forged ‘Cuts’: How Crooks Spun Pieces of Paper into Gold
Visiting Places of Baseball History Related to Jackie Robinson
Ray Hess: Decades of Observation in the Hobby
Meet Pete Palmer, a Stats Man to the Extreme
Humming a Few Bars With ‘Oisk’ aka Carl Erskine
Part 5: What’s So Crazy About a Mother Teresa Baseball Anyhow?
‘Operation Bullpen’ author Kevin Nelson pens the final installment in his series on the famous forgery ring: Of all the hundreds of thousands of counterfeits produced by the Operation Bullpen gang, none has ever invited so much comment or ridicule as the Mother Teresa baseball, arguably the most famous autograph forgery ever made.