Kanji autographs have become a hot trend in baseball cards thanks largely to Shohei Ohtani. Now Skenes is joining in.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/collectibles as Essential Alex Rodriguez Baseball Cards.

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Baseball enthusiasts, sports memorabilia collectors and fans of America’s pastime are gearing up as the world’s most expensive baseball card, according to Robert Edward Auctions of Chester, New Jersey ...

A one-of-a-kind Paul Skenes baseball card has been sold for $1.11 million after a two-week auction. There was a total of 64 bids on Skenes’ debut patch card, which is autographed and contains a patch ...

“The Bambino” knocked this one out of the park. The first Babe Ruth baseball card fetched an unbelievable $4.026 million at Heritage’s Fall Sports Catalog Auction on Friday. The 1914 Baltimore News ...

The bad news is 99.9% of the baseball cards you stockpiled in the 1980s to fund your early retirement are practically worthless today. The good news is there are a handful to cards from the decade ...

HAS THIS STORY SKIS, SKIS. 101101. EASY. LITERALLY 1 TO 1. WE HAVE ONE SIX YEAR OLD TEXAN CHAMP STUTZ HAS OVER 1000 BASEBALL CARDS. ON MONDAY, HE FOUND ONE THAT TOOK HIS BREATH AWAY. I CAN’T BELIEVE.