These Edward Vela art cards are some of my favorites - high quality front and back, beautifully crafted, and many to choose from. You don’t see Ol’ Ty Cobb smiling that much…

All time great and probably the best Tiger of all time. Highest career batting average too!

Pete Rose/Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb

On this day in 1985, under a pink late-summer sky, Pete Rose collected his 4,192nd career hit to pass Ty Cobb and become MLB’s all-time hit leader. In the first inning of a 2–0 win over the Padres, Rose singled to left off Eric Show. In front of a hometown crowd—and his son Petey—he was brought to tears during a nearly nine-minute standing ovation.

This photo hung in my Papaw’s basement since I was two years old. When he passed in 1999, my grandma made sure it came to me. Back in 2020, I had plans to get it signed by Pete, but the signing was canceled due to COVID, and I never got the chance. Still, the piece carries so much meaning as it is—both for baseball history and for childhood memories.