The Official Site of Major League Baseball: News: Giveaway on National Baseball Card Day

Saturday, March 29th, is National Baseball Card Day

That means FREE STUFF. You can get a free pack of cards by dropping into your hobby shop. Get info at the link.

I loved baseball cards when I was a kid. Not only did I own every single card in the 1959 Topps set, but I still get a rush when I see a picture of one of the cards from 1957-1960. The sight of a card frequently takes my memory on a journey to the exact time and place where I was when I opened the pack and got that card for the first time, or perhaps to a discussion I had with my friends about that card or that player.

Just don't ask me where my cards are now. When I was about 16 and had not looked at them in years, my mom cleaned out my chest of drawers and gave them all to two of my younger cousins. It seems that everyone my age has a variation of that same story.