King Mo, No. 5: A Brief Return To A Far-Away Kingdom
2010 SB Nation trading cards, Series II, No. 5: Muhammed Lawal, AKA King Mo.
Read Article >Rich Harden, No. 4: A Near No-Hitter And A Frowny Pitch Face
2010 SB Nation trading cards, Series II, No. 4: Rich Harden.
Read Article >Chad Ochocinco, No. 2: A Life More Interesting Than Yours
2010 SB Nation trading cards, Series II, No. 2: Chad Ochocinco.
Read Article >Rob Dibble, No. 1: A Real Man With Real Feelings; Hate Him If You’d Like
2010 SB Nation trading cards, Series II, No. 1: Rob Dibble.
Read Article >SB Nation Trading Cards: Series II Has Hit The Market!
The sports card industry, like most of today’s institutions, has been subject to such radical change that it has little in common with what it was thirty years ago. In 1980, the baseball card boom had not yet taken hold; by the time the 1990s rolled around, it had evolved from a childhood hobby to a business worth real money.
It is now 2010. We have seen sports cards made of steel, game-used cloth, and whatever this was, but we have also seen much of the industry crumble -- Upper Deck, for instance, lost its license to produce MLB, NFL, and NBA cards. How? Well, there are several reasons, one of which is surely this: if it’s printed and it’s not a book or get-well-soon card, it is not long for this world.
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