Kelyn Ikegami has always loved baseball. He was born and raised in Japan, where the sport enjoys immense popularity. When he moved to the Seattle area in 2001, the nearby Mariners were in the midst of ...

The 1987 NL Champion St. Louis Cardinals were my team. I was 7 years old in 1987. The game wasn’t new to me, but it was the year I found my passion for it. It was the first year I regularly followed a ...

Two packs into my box of 1987 Topps, ordered online in a moment of nostalgic indulgence, the memories were rushing back faster than Vince Coleman used to steal second base. The smell of the gum was ...

Even now, 35 years later, opening a pack of 1987 Topps feels like home. The wood-grain borders welcome you with open arms, like the memory of wedging yourself into the corner of the comfortable but ...

Last summer, Mark Arduini was unemployed and struggling to motivate himself to fill out job applications. So he went to a local card shop, bought a box of 24 unopened packs of 1987 Topps and bribed ...

As if playing baseball in the Southeastern Conference wasn't difficult enough, the 1987 Alabama Crimson Tide had the additional problem of overcoming another obstacle, itself. That's as in the 1986 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jerry Beach covers New York sports and the Baseball Hall of Fame. Most of baseball’s timeless rules and tradition have expired in ...