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On This Date: Everyone Knew Rickey Was Going — And It Didn't Matter (Aug. 27, 1982)

On This Date: Everyone Knew Rickey Was Going — And It Didn't Matter (Aug. 27, 1982)

August 27, 1982. County Stadium, Milwaukee. The Oakland A's are 26 games under .500, and 40,000 Brewers fans have shown up anyway — because tonight, the only race that matters is between one man and a record.

5 Junk Wax Era Cards Actually Worth Something

5 Junk Wax Era Cards Actually Worth Something

The junk wax era (roughly 1987–1993) printed more cardboard than the hobby could ever absorb — billions of cards worth less than the wax they came in. These five beat the flood. (Values are ballpark as of publish; this market moves.)

5 Dead Ball Era Ballparks Where We Wish We'd Caught a Game

5 Dead Ball Era Ballparks Where We Wish We'd Caught a Game

They were concrete-and-steel palaces with marble rotundas, uphill outfields, and fences built out of pure spite. All five are gone. Here's where we'd sit if the time machine ever gets fixed.

The 5 Best Topps Traded Sets of All Time (Plus the Two Worst)

The 5 Best Topps Traded Sets of All Time (Plus the Two Worst)

From 1981 to 1991, Topps sold a little 132-card box set every fall that fixed everything the base set got wrong — rookies who debuted too late, stars traded mid-season. Some of those boxes became legendary. Two became landfill. Here's the definitive ranking.