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The most recent game missing a play-by-play description is the Houston at Atlanta game of September 29, 1973, which is the only game missing for the 1973 season. [11] Retrosheet's board of directors meets each year in conjunction with the annual convention of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). Since 2013, they have mostly ...
The Score brand changed the baseball card industry from the "Big Three" (Donruss, Fleer, and Topps) that had been in place for seven years prior. Score's first set used a bold colorful border design (with 110 cards each in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet borders) and was the first major set to have a color mugshot of the player and ...
The 1951 Bowman is the only recognized rookie card of Mickey Mantle who is the most collected figure in the industry. [47] [48] 33 $720,000 $720,000 Michael Jordan: 1986 Fleer Reg. Issue #57 PSA GM-MT 10 January 30, 2021 Goldin Auctions Two separate sales of $720,000 each set the record for most expensive Michael Jordan Rookie Cards. 34 ...
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Competitors such as Score and Topps neglected to include a card of Griffey in its 1989 base set, but later included him in their traded issues. Such neglect helped Upper Deck gain exposure due to the popularity of Griffey in the 1989 MLB season. Donruss and Fleer included Griffey rookie cards in their respective base sets, but they were never ...
Traditional-style baseball scorecard. Baseball scorekeeping is the practice of recording the details of a baseball game as it unfolds. Professional baseball leagues hire official scorers to keep an official record of each game (from which a box score can be generated), but many fans keep score as well for their own enjoyment. [1]
[1] [2] Pacific was the first company to begin making plastic sheets to put trading cards in binders. [2] As the company began making cards, Cramer shot many of the card photos himself. [3] In 1989, Cramer built a manufacturing plant in Lynnwood, Washington, which produced the company's cards. [1] At its height, the factory employed 230 people. [1]
June 8 – At Veterans Stadium, the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates score 10 runs in the top of the first inning against the Philadelphia Phillies, three of which come on a Barry Bonds home run. As the Phillies come to bat in the bottom of the first, Pirate broadcaster Jim Rooker says on the air, "If we lose this game, I'll walk home."