Number 5 Type Collection

Cecil "Fla" Strawn turns 56 this Monday (July 30), about 35 years since he first played pro ball. This card's photo shows Fla ...

I recently picked up The Hall of Nearly Great , an exemplary collection of 43 essays about players that deserve fan attention and respect, e...

On July 23, 2002, Red Sox #5 Nomar Garciaparra celebrated his 29th birthday with three homers off Tampa Bay pitching, including a 4th inning...

This week, several baseball sources shared this full-color, 26-minute movie made to help Pacific Coast League teams promote themselves as eq...

I like to see worn equipment on cards. This photo shows Craig's Ryan first year in Vancouver, but he's already dinged up that battin...

Thanks to Heritage Auctions' massive hyping of an "attic discovery" (a.k.a., The Black Swamp Find) and upcoming sale, a bunch ...

After a week of profiling contemporary black-and-white TCMA sets, Cramer's full-color alternatives sure jump off the card at you. Even i...

I covered the Spartanburg Phillies (and Mr. Zip) last week , but they're not the only Western Carolinas team TCMA successfully pitched f...

What can we say or write about Jamie Moyer at this point? Probably not much more, as Toronto released the 49 year-old vet this week, thanks ...

Spartanburg (SC) played 16 seasons in the erstwhile Western Carolinas League, its only franchise to maintain an unchanged city and affiliati...