Baseball cards, like Coca-Cola or Harrison Ford, started as one thing and ended as another. And no one knew it would catch on. The first set of cards in the 1880s was a marketing tool by tobacco ...

Normally I would define vintage baseball as 1980 and earlier, which would include Rickey Henderson's 1980 Topps rookie card; however, I included that card in my list of best 1980s baseball rookie ...