Discovery Plaza

August 8, 2026

Discovery Plaza is the 1000 square foot forecourt leading to the Card Cyber Museum - a daily exhibition of 60 sports cards waiting to be discovered beneath your feet! Inspired by the forecourt of the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, where celebrities leave their handprints in concrete, our Plaza features digital frames embedded in the ground - beneath bulletproof glass. Each day brings a new rotation of cards showcasing the incredible sets found within the museum. Click any colored text square to flip it and reveal the card front, or click any card image to view full details.

Originally inspired by Piet Mondrian's neoplasticism style with bold primary colors, Discovery Plaza invites you to uncover the stories behind the cards.

Stargell was an October legend in Pittsburgh, winning league championship series and World Series MVP honors and helping the team to a pair of titles. It was only fitting he packed one more highlight into the month at his longtime home park. On Oct. 1, 2000, the Hall of Famer threw out the ceremonial final pitch at Three Rivers Stadium.

Graceful first baseman and a dependable batter. Last year he hit .305 in 150 games and made 11 home runs. Played his first professional ball with Brockton in the New England League in 1928, hitting .340; moved to Tulsa in the Western League the next season and slugged .337; in 1930 went to Wichita Falls in the Texas League where he swatted .356. He was grabbed by the Browns. Burns was born in C...

In starting double plays, first basemen must be quick to whip the ball to second and dash back to their base to take the return, throw. Often when the first baseman is drawn too far away from his bag to make a stop, the second baseman or pitcher must run over to cover on the return throw. Be sure of getting the man at second, lest in your haste you throw wide and lose both runners. The im- port...

A tireless worker and the Pistons' rebounding leader in 1989-90. "Worm" is a defensive demon and one of the best offensive rebounders in the game - a big part of why the Pistons held opponents to the fewest points scored in the NBA in 1989-90. One of the few players in the league who pulls down more rebounds than he throws in points, he has a basketball-playing sister, Debra, who was made all-A...

Hal was kept busy last season as an important member of the Sox Bull Pen crew. Showing Big League ability in his 1st year of pro ball, he won 15 games at Durham in '46. In '47, he led the Piedmont League with 19 Victories and his 13 Wins at Seattle in '50 and 16 Victories in '51 won him a Chisox promotion. In '53, he was traded to Boston and won 11 games for the Sox.

Zach has entrenched himself as an everyday player for the Angels. Late in 2024, he took over the number two spot in the batting order while becoming the franchise's first shortstop to post a 20/20 season.

Described as a good clutch hitter, Bobby is being groomed as the Giants' future third sacker. In 1965, he led the California League in putouts and assists. Offensively, that year, Bob topped the circuit with 176 base hits. In 1965, Bobby paced the California League with 107 RBI's.

Roger, along with Mel Daniels, became a 10,000-Point player in career ABA regular season and playoff competition last season. Both achieved the coveted plateau in the same game, against Virginia, 11-9-72. Roger has great ability to go one-on-one against almost anyone. Roger worked in a factory after graduation.

It was Paul Derringer, unsuccessful in two previous World Series, who came through last year for the Cincinnati Reds to outpitch Buck Newsom in that seventh and deciding game of the 1940 classic. Paul won two of those important four games necessary for the world's title and it was his great pitching during the season that helped bring the Reds to their second straight pennant. For the third con...

Robert Veach. outfielder of the Detroit American League Club, was born at St. Charles, Ky., in April, 1890. He started his professional career with Peoria, of the Three I. League, as a pitcher in 1910. The next two years he played outfield for the same club, and was in the American Asso- ciation at Indianapolis for two months in 1912, at which time Detroit signed him.

As part of a fantasy-football punishment in 2023, Keegan and teammate Ryan Mountcastle served as bat boys for an Orioles Spring Training game. The lefty reliever doesn't take things too seriously - unless he's staring down a batter in the late innings. In those moments, Akin is all business, attacking the zone with his fastball, slider and change-up.

Several times a year, Kobe does something no one has seen before - such as on 3/15/04 vs. Orlando: He had one point at the half, with his Lakers trailing by 11. He then scored 37 in the second half/OT (including a team-record 24 in the fourth) as L.A. came back to win.

This is Con's second try in the Big Leagues. He started the 1951 season with the Pirates, but was sent back to San Francisco. The Phils drafted him, hoping he shows some of his Pacific Coast League form. A University of San Francisco graduate, Con led the Coast League in Strikeouts in '48 with 171 and '49 with 164. He had a 7-7 record at San Francisco in 1951.

Sydney describes how a SD-6 mission incidentally led her to recover her CIA handler, Michael Vaughn, who she thought had drowned. Subsequently, the CIA discovers that Khasinau will receive the operations manual for "The man's" operation from Derevko in Barcelona. They plan an ambush, but it backfires. Derevko critically wounds Vaughn's partner, Weiss. She also kills Khasinau, saving Sydney, and...

At top speed, Yvan may just be the fastest skater in the National Hockey League. He led the Canadiens with 12 game-winning goals last season, tying Guy Lafleur. They call Yvan "The Roadrunner".

After leading the A.L. Flychasers in Fielding in '52, Gene repeated his '51 performance last season by tying for top Fielding Honors. He also led the Yankee regulars with the highest Batting Average, hitting over .300 for the second straight year. Before coming to New York in '49 Gene won 4 Batting Crowns in his Minor League career. Because Gene is one of the top Yank outfielders... The fans ga...

Only five players (none of them shortstops) amassed more WAR in the 1990s than Barry, who reeled in the 1995 NL MVP Award after batting .319 with 51 stolen bases. The Reds legend delivered a 30/30 season the following year - unprecedented at his position.

The president-elect John Kennedy walks his three year old daughter Caroline near his home in Georgetown.

The 1916 Sporting News M101-4 baseball set consists of 200 cards, each measuring 1-5/8” by 3”.

The 1916 Sporting News M101-4 and M-101-5 sets were released only a few years after the famed tobacco card sets produced by the American Tobacco Company.

We hear you were a standout D-back for your high school football team, but the way you rain threes, maybe you should've been a kicker. Another BC FG balling in the NBA. Tradition baby, tradition. Check it.

Building around LaVine, the Bulls brought in some exciting talent during the offseason. Thrilled to set the bar higher in Chicago, the All-Star guard knows a thing or two about taking his game to another level as one of the top dunkers and scorers in the league. It's go time for the team in 2021-22, and LaVine is ready to lead the way.

After 14 years in the minors, Nels made the Majors last year. Before '55, he had a bad habit, "golfing the ball." Nels learned to chop at the ball... and started drilling base hits.

Bob found a new home with Baltimore in '54 after toiling at Cleveland since '48. A good all-around ball player, he was called upon for Third Base and Outfield duty with the Orioles last season. Bob's been a Major Leaguer since '39 when he joined the White Sox. As an Indian, he played in the '48 World Series and batted .291 in '50. A player swap brought him to the Orioles in April of 1954.

The U.S.S. Voyager was pursuing a Maquis vessel on Stardate 48307.5 when both ships were propelled into the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker's displacement wave. Captain Kathryn Janeway invited the Maquis crew to join her own, and Voyager began its long journey home. Cut off from Starfleet and the Federation, the crew still found plenty of opportunity to seek out new life and new civilizations. ...

The draft of 1938 brought Brooklyn a big right-handed pitcher from Memphis named Hugh Casey and Casey didn't strike out. A protegé of the late Wilbert Robinson, who used to manage Brooklyn, Casey stepped into a Dodger uniform and promptly reeled off 15 wins against 10 defeats for his first full major league season. He spent the 1936 season with the Chicago Cubs but was shipped out again. Casey...

Larkin kicked off 2023-24 with an eight-game point streak in which he recorded 15 points (4-11-15) from Oct. 12-26. He collected three assists when host Detroit defeated Pittsburgh 6-3 on Oct. 18.

A native of Philadelphia where he played high school ball against Wilt Chamberlain, Ray scored close to 11.000 points in 9 seasons in the NBA. One of the better playmaking big men in pro basketball, he was Pistons' team captain.

A complete fullback, Matt finished in the top ten in the American Football League in rushing and receiving in each of his first three years.

How do you top a breakout season in which you set an NFL record? If you're Bland, you don't. After producing a record five pick-sixes in 2023, the Cowboys' fast-rising star says he's looking at the big picture in 2024. "It's really important for us to focus on our team goals right now," he said.

Today's Curated Selection

Our curators select cards of interest every day of the year for display in the digital frames embedded in the ground beneath bulletproof glass on our Discovery Plaza. Today we have cards such as: Johnny Wyrostek (Baseball), Dana Barros (Basketball), Saku Koivu (Hockey), Chuck Stobbs (Baseball), Hal Brown (Baseball), Con Dempsey (Baseball), Bob Kennedy (Baseball), Keegan Akin (Baseball), Nelson Burbank (Baseball), Kobe Bryant (Basketball), Drew Brees (Football), Al Lopez (Baseball), Ron Artest (Basketball), "Nap" Rucker (Baseball), Bob Young (Baseball), Harold Janvrin (Baseball), Fernando Tatis, Jr. (Baseball), Zach Neto (Baseball), Dylan Larkin (Hockey), and Drake Maye (Football).