Snider ’55 Cover Leads off SI/Topps Series
by Sports industry titans, Sports Illustrated and Topps, come together to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first Topps baseball cards with a new series launching …
Author: Jerry Milani
Ruth Reimagined Among First Topps ‘Project70’ Offerings
With its successful Project 2020 in the books, Topps is moving to an even more ambitious set — Project70, in which 51 artists will each …
La Vida Baseball Launches “The Year of 21” Multi-Platform Experience Dedicated To Roberto Clemente
La Vida Baseball, the leading multi-language Latino baseball lifestyle media company, today announced the launch of “The Year of 21,” a multi-platform content initiative created …
SABR Negro Leagues Task Force Issues Recommendations On Major-League Status
SABR’s Negro Leagues Task Force has made a series of recommendations on which Black leagues from baseball’s segregated era should be recognized as major leagues, and to …
Diamond Anniversary For Strat-O-Matic As Sports Simulation Leader Celebrates 60th
Now sixty years after Hal Richman launched the first set of Strat-O-Matic baseball cards, the market leader in sports simulation is set to celebrate its Diamond …
Voit, Urshela, Conforto, Pudge Among Munson Award Winners
A star-studded lineup will be honored virtually at the 41st Annual Thurman Munson Awards ceremony to benefit AHRC New York City Foundation on Tuesday, February …
Strat-O-Matic, La Vida Baseball Team For ‘What-If,’ Simulated Content
In more than 7000 Major League plate appearances over 16 years, Ozzie Guillén faced some of the game’s great fireballers, with his share of success. …
World Series Video Captures Season Like No Other
“In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened.” Vin Scully wasn’t talking about the 2020 baseball season and World Series when …
N.Y. Well Represented In Hall Of Fame Book
When the Mets opened their Hall of Fame in Citi Field, I sometimes joked that the Yankees have a Hall of Fame, too… in Cooperstown. …
Miracles, Music & Mr. Met: More Than Just A Team
In the now nearly six decades since they first stepped on the field at the old Polo Grounds, the Mets have had a unique place …