Our Ultimate Guide to ‘Hobby’ and MLB
Date: Jun 4, 2024
Topics: 2024 MLB, 2024 Topps Series 1
Length: 236 Words
Reading Time: ~2 Minutes
Whether you’re joining us from The MLB London Series Hub or finding us online for the first time, welcome to Ripped UK – The Home of the Hobby!
As such, getting started with Baseball Cards can be a bit of a minefield. Do you know your ‘Refractor’ from your ‘Rookie Card’? Do you know your ‘1st Bowman’ from your ‘Book Card’? Not to worry, we’ve got a whole bunch of articles and videos to get you started..
What is ‘The Hobby’?
- What Type of Collector am I?
- Collectors come in different shapes and sizes. Do you stay true to one player, one set or one team?
- What is a ‘Parallel’ Card?
- ‘Parallels’ run parallel to any common cards in a base set.
- What is ‘Scarcity’?
- How scarcity = value.
- What is ‘Grading’?
- How 3rd party grading adds value.
- What’s a ‘Superfractor’?
- The hobby ‘carrot on a stick’.
- The First Pack!
- What to look out for in your first pack.
- Our Favorite Baseball Breaks
- How to be a Set Collector.
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