Around 15 years ago, I was up on the very latest in cards, all the new releases, when to get them, where to get them, etc. The internet made it easy. There were several card sites that posted release dates regularly. Even some card blogs were there to tell you which set was coming out when. And I'd try to track everything: flagship, Heritage, Gypsy Queen, Bowman, Allen & Ginter, Chrome, Archives, etc., etc. It's much different now. Information on the hobby is a lot more scattered. Most of all, I barely check release dates anymore. But it's not because the info is more difficult to find -- I just don't care. Mostly what I need is the date when flagship first comes out and the same with Heritage. And that's it. I still want the Dodger cards though and, fortunately, a select few people still send me them. But now it's a surprise when the new cards come out. Cards On Cards sent me another couple of envelopes a couple of weeks ago. It contained the ver...
I keep forgetting that the latest Hall of Fame induction ceremony is coming up this weekend. Usually I prepare these Hall of Fame posts in advance but I suddenly realized that I've got to get it done by the weekend. My reason for forgetting is that this class is quite forgettable. It's three players from the '90s/'00s/'10s. All three are not exactly popular among baseball fans as a whole. Two were Dodgers and neither came out of it well. The other guy spent virtually his whole career on irksome teams aggravating and tormenting the Dodgers (sometimes in trashy ways). So, no, I won't be watching the ceremony. But I will update my most Hall of Famers series, which I am doing yearly now that I've covered every Topps flagship set, documenting how many Hall of Famers are in each one. Like last year, I am only listing the years for which the totals have changed after adding Carlos Beltran, Andruw Jones and Jeff Kent. This time around 25 sets have increase...