Category: Baseball Cards
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Fidel Castro and the Island Game: Power, Politics and a Lifelong Love of Baseball
By Bill Coleman Few political figures of the 20th century are as tightly bound to a single sport as Fidel Castro was to baseball. In Cuba, baseball is not just a pastime, it is a cultural language, a shared rhythm and Castro spoke it fluently. Long before he became the face of revolution, he was a tall,…
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La Insólita Historia de las Tarjetas de Béisbol Venezolanas de Topps (1959–1968)
By Bill Coléman Baseball Purist received such a popular response from our Latino readers for our previous post titled The Unusual Story of Topps Venezuelan Baseball Cards (1959-1968) that we have decided to repost it in Spanish as well. Enjoy!! Baseball Purist recibió una respuesta tan positiva de nuestros lectores latinos por nuestra publicación anterior,…
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The Unusual Story of Topps Venezuelan Baseball Cards (1959-1968)
By Bill Coleman Ink, Gum, and Caracas Dreams: When Topps Took Baseball Cards to Venezuela In the late 1950s, as America’s pastime stretched its cultural reach far beyond U.S. borders, one unlikely export followed close behind: the baseball card. For Topps, already the dominant force in the hobby, the decision to produce cards in Venezuela created one of…