$1 pack baseball cards? Do I look like I’m made out of money?

I was 11 years old when Upper Deck baseball cards were first sold, and I quickly moved from being suspicious of them (too slick, too fancy, too expensive) to loving them for those very reasons. My prized possession was UD ’89 #01 — Ken Griffey Jr.’s rookie card. Darren Rovell explains the importance of that …