Scott Orgera is a sportswriter and statistician with more than three decades of experience. He has covered thousands of MLB and NFL games, along with most other major sports. A member of the BBWAA, his bylines appear in the Associated Press, Baseball America, Baseball Prospectus, FanGraphs, and Forbes, among others. He also co‑authored 976‑1313: How Sports Phone Launched Careers and Broke New Ground. Having worked card shows with his family in the 1980s, Scott has remained active in the hobby ever since and now owns a card and memorabilia shop just outside New York City.
The late Ryne Sandberg's 1983 Topps rookie sells in the $1,500 range when graded at the highest level. Meanwhile, his cameo on card #282 in that same set can be snagged for just a buck or two in random dollar boxes at shows and in stores.
A roughly six-week showcase where clubs send upper-tier prospects for extra reps against some of the game's hottest young talent, the Arizona Fall League can be just as exciting for card collectors as it tends to be for scouts and fans.
Michael Jordan, wearing a number other than his own, was immortalized in cardboard on the 1990-91 Hoops #223 Sam Vincent, a seemingly meaningless common that accidentally chronicled one of the league’s most well-known uniform mysteries.
No matter what he does from here on out, Shohei Ohtani has cemented his status as one of the game’s historical greats. The two-way giant has been one of the hobby’s most desired to collect since before making his stateside debut in 2018.
The New York Mets are tied to two of the most coveted rookie cards of the 1960s, each issued in consecutive years, and each featuring a Hall of Fame hurler who defined grit and guile on the mound.
An uncomfortable situation that had permeated Bills' training camp has been resolved, and with that resolution comes a potential buying opportunity for one of the NFL’s most prolific running backs.
Before they etched their names in NFL lore, Barry Sanders and Thurman Thomas shared a backfield at Oklahoma State. The 1989 Score set featured both future Hall of Famers' rookie cards.
