Welcome

Sometime in the 1980's, a village store owner in a rural Ontario town, decided to sell baseball cards. Long story short, it resulted in the creation of this website.

Where it all began...

It was the summer of 1987 that the owners of this site first spent allowance, chore money and any loose change at ‘Cortina’s’, on the iconic wood grained 1987 Topps cards of that season.

The rest is history, that over time, will be archived on The Flash/Frost Card Board (FFCB).

Milwaukee Brewers

2021 
Topps
 #T65-29
Frost Collection

San Francisco Giants

2021 
Topps
 #70YT-60
Frost Collection

Chicago Cubs

1987 
Topps
Traded
 #70T
Flash Collection

San Francisco Giants

1962 
Topps
 #319
Frost Collection

Out of Left Field

A growing collection of random thoughts, notes and stories from over 60 years of combined baseball fan and card collecting experiences!

Swing and a drive, get up ball, get up ball! It's gone!

Recent Call Ups

Los Angeles Dodgers

1981 
Topps
 #302
Flash Collection

/2B

Los Angeles Dodgers

1982 
Topps
 #681
Flash Collection

New York Yankees

1984 
O-Pee-Chee
 #8
Flash Collection

Boston Red Sox

1983 
Topps
 #498
Flash Collection

Featured Team

EST. 1901

American League

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Baltimore, Ohio

RETIRED NUMBERS

(hover for info)

Earl Weaver
4
Brooks Robinson
5
Cal Ripken Jr.
8
Frank Robinson
20
Jim Palmer
22
Eddie Murray
33
Jackie Robinson
42

Random Linup

Taylor: “Well, then, I guess there’s only one thing left to do.” Dorn: “What’s that?” Taylor: “Win the whole fuckin’ thing.”

—Jake Taylor, Major League

Hall of fame

24

Ken Griffey Jr.

He entered the game with not just mere potential. From the day the Seattle Mariners made him the first pick in the 1987 MLB Draft, Ken Griffey Jr. was expected to be great.

Twenty-two seasons, 630 home runs and a sea of accolades later, the kid dubbed “The Natural” delivered everything his skills and makeup promised.

“If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game.” — Rickey Henderson