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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In an article that appeared on Baseball Prospectus recently, I concluded that, in spite of an across-the-board decrease in player salaries, the winter's market has done a very efficient job of ...

Say you had a time machine. Say you set it to 1987. Say you met a baseball fan from that year named Kelly. What could you tell Kelly about baseball in 2017 that would most strain his or her belief?

The 1987 Topps Bo Jackson Future Stars cello pack is a personal favorite, and a nostalgic chase card. It brings back memories of buying cards as a kid. Mike Johnson gives update on Jan. 6 plaque ...