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Buying Guides

Hands-on guides to the tools of collecting and playing: what to buy, what to skip, and why.

A Little League batter mid-swing

Best Baseball Hitting Aids for Kids: 5 Little League Batting Tools Worth Buying (Ages 6 to 13)

The 5 baseball hitting aids worth buying for a Little League kid, ages 6 to 13, from a $30 tethered trainer to the tee the pros use, organized by T-ball, coach-pitch and kid-pitch.

A 1990 Topps Frank Thomas in a Card Saver 1 and in a top loader

Top Loaders vs. Card Savers: Which One Your Cards Actually Need (and Which One PSA Wants)

Top loaders protect cards from the world; Card Savers protect them from you. What PSA, SGC, BGS, CGC and TAG require for submissions, why graders insist on semi-rigids, and exactly what to buy.