T he 1989 Ken Griffey Jr. Upper Deck rookie card is not just another of the many cards that were printed between 1987-1994, it’s THE CARD. It was a changing of the guard in a way, a move past ...

The 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey, Jr, is NOT a rookie card. Don't get me wrong. Back in 1989, of course this was Junior's rookie card, as were his various other cards of the same year.

Upper Deck Ken Griffey, Jr., may well be the most famous baseball card of the last 70 years, so it's no surprise that virtually everything about it has already been written, probably more than once.

Ken Griffey Jr.'s iconic 1989 Upper Deck rookie card turns 25 years old and the former Mariners star talked to Sporting News about the legacy of the card, how many copies he owns and more.

There is no such thing as a “bad” Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card, but the Upper Deck card stands alone. Iconic 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card stands test of time | Sporting News ...

The 1989 Upper Deck No. 1 card is the second-most graded card ever by collectible certification industry leader PSA/DNA, which slabs the cards and grades them on a 1-10 scale.

All I knew was that I needed card No. 1 in Upper Deck’s first set: Ken Griffey Jr., bat on left shoulder, Mariners hat photoshopped onto his head, ornate rookie decal in the lower right-hand ...

I was ten years old and obsessed with baseball card collecting in 1989 when Upper Deck debuted a new set of baseball cards. Up to that point there were three card companies: Topps, Donruss, and ...

The 1989 Ken Griffey Jr. Upper Deck rookie card is not just another of the many cards that were printed between 1987-1994, it’s THE CARD. It was a changing of the guard in a way, a move past the ...

Back when I was a 10-year-old kid opening packs of 1989 Upper Deck baseball cards hoping to pull one of the prized Ken Griffey Jr. rookie cards, you could have told me the card was Photoshopped ...

The story of how Ken Griffey Jr.'s rookie card became No. 1 in Upper Deck's first set is a Cooperstown-worthy tale of foresight, luck and photo manipulation, Darren Rovell writes.

The story of how Ken Griffey Jr.'s rookie card became No. 1 in Upper Deck's first set is a Cooperstown-worthy tale of foresight, luck and photo manipulation, Darren Rovell writes.