Joe is a journalist and writer who covers college and professional sports. He has written or co-written over a dozen sports books, including several regional best sellers. His last book, A Fine Team Man, is about Jackie Robinson and the lives he changed. Joe has been a guest on MLB Network, the Paul Finebaum show and numerous other television and radio shows. He has been inside MLB dugouts, covered bowl games and conference tournaments with Saturday Down South and still loves telling the stories of sports past and present.
Outside of Ohtani and Judge, there are still MVP candidates with collectible rookies-- Bobby Witt Jr., Juan Soto, Ronald Acuna Jr., and Cal Raleigh among them.
Rookie of the Year Nick Kurtz's Topps Rookie Debut Patch sold for over half a million dollars, making it the second-highest valued Rookie Debut Patch yet.
Upper Deck announced an ambitious series of rookie debut-game jersey patch cards, including 1/1 autos, which will be inserted into its 2025-26 Extended Series release.
