Discovery Plaza

June 17, 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.

Jack came up to the Majors in the middle of the '52 season. His batting average was way below his Minor League record, where he never hit less than .300. Jack broke into pre ball with Denver in '50 and had a .373 batting mark. The next year at Atlanta, he hit .334. When he was called up by the Braves, Jack had a .356 mark and had 55 RBI's in 57 games.

Johnson was 35 when he signed with Arizona, which was coming off a last-place finish in its inaugural season (1998). Some assumed he would play out the rest of his career on a losing team. "I won't let that happen," he said. True to his word, the lefty sparked a turnaround that yielded a division crown in 1999 and a World Series title in 2001.

Stastny appears to be following the high-scoring footsteps of his Hall of Fame father, Peter, recording a five-game point streak from 10/21-11/1/06. The forward scored 98 points in his two seasons at the University of Denver.

Winner of the 1998 Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenseman, Rob won his first Stanley Cup in 2000-01, with the Avalanche. He is one of the game's best power-play quarterbacks.

One of the best line prospects ever, Jonathan was a prep and college All-American. He won the Outland Trophy as the nation's top lineman and qualified for the Olympic trials as a shot putter.

Tom was in 25 games for the 1955 edition of the St. Louis Cardinals, and he won 5 games while losing 7. He worked 106 innings and gave up 101 hits, and his earned run average, a good yardstick for measuring a pitcher's ability, was a good 3.06. In 1950 while Tom was pitching for Rochester of the International League he pitched a 22 inning game against Jersey City, winning by a 3-2 score. Began ...

Warner loved playing for coach Chuck Knox. "Chuck's offense gave me freedom," he told the Spokesman-Review. "There's textbook plays and then there's football plays... never exact. Sometimes my best runs were for 2-3 yards, sometimes you make a couple guys miss in the backfield just to get back to the line."

On the range, Wild Bill made Western history. He became the first man to ever lasso a buffalo. He rounded up six and shipped them East to start the world's first Wild West Show. Wild Bill's show was a success. Everyone loved it. But fire struck Bill's arena. Everything was ruined. Bill went to Abilene, a tough town, and became Marshall. Phil Coe, a killer, rode into town. Wild Bill met him.

"Dean made the White Sox dizzy trying to bat against him several years ago and so they dubbed him 'Dizzy'. He's been making them dizzy ever since. In 1933 he won the title of having pitched in the most games and having struck out the most batters of any pitcher. In 1932 he led the National League in strikeouts and pitched the most innings. Jerome Dean was born in Holdenville, Okla., in 1911, He...

Watch Rick Ferrell of the Red Sox handle high foul balls. He has the knack of a quick start and ability to sense to the direction of the foul without loss of time. By experience a catcher learns to tell the angle of the foul, by the position of the batsman's club at the moment it meets the ball, a thing that young catchers will not master for years. Don't make the mistake of whipping off your m...

After 8 years service with the Redlegs, Grady made his debut in the A.L. last season. He played 13 games with the White Sox and finished the season with Boston winning honors as the top fielding A.L. Third Sacker. Grady never played Minor League Baseball before joining Cincinnati in '46. He hit .281 in '47 and in '49 topped the N.L. "hot corner men" in Fielding.

Max Carey was one of baseball's outstanding base-runners. An outfielder, he stole a total of 738 bases in his National League career which covered a period of 19 years. He spent 16 seasons with Pittsburgh, from 1910 through most of 1926; was traded to Brooklyn that same season, and wound up his career with the Dodgers in 1929. He led the National League in stolen bases ten seasons, topping his ...

With Ron Perranoski traded to the Twins, Jim is now the only southpaw in the Dodgers' bullpen. He started eleven ballgames last year but also appeared in 19 contests in relief.

Whenever Tricia scored a basket during her college career at Boise State University, the public address announcer at the Varsity Center would say, "Bader Mader!"

Tony went 6-for-9 in twinbill sweep, 8-6-83. Dateline Jun. 22, 1983: Had double & 2 singles at Los Angeles. Aug. 1, 1983: Laced single and double in win.

Of the four Cobb cards in the 1909 T206 Set, his green background portrait card is the most sought after.

Although Eddie has been in the majors since 1944, except for 2 years in Military Service, he never played regularly until the Dodgers traded him to the Cubs in 1951. 1944 was his first year in organized baseball and after hitting .267 in 72 games at Trenton, the Dodgers brought him up. 1945 was spent in Service and he returned at the end of the '46 season. In '47, he hit .267 in 45 games. Eddie...

Few more complete athletes than Eric have played the game. During his peak from 1986-1990 before physical challenges intervened, Davis won three fielding awards and hit 57 more home runs (148) than any other player who stole at least 200 bases (207).

Del was scheduled for a year in Triple-A ball in 1968, but spring training got in the way. That is, the outfielder developed into the hottest hitter in the Senators' camp and he was in the starting line-up for Washington on opening day. Del was second on the club-in base-hits and doubles, while leading the team with 11 stolen bases. As a rookie Del led Washington in at bats last year.

Playing at the end of a tumultuous week that included the birth of his first child and the death of his mother in an auto accident, Kabeer played brilliantly against the Vikings on December 8, 2002. "I think he had one of the best games I've ever seen a defensive lineman have," Packers safety Darren Sharper said. "He seemed like a guy who was just focused to play well."

Gone but certainly not forgotten: that's Jonathan Kent, deceased foster father to orphaned space child Kal-El, aka Clark Kent. A simple man of unshakeable decency, Jonathan raised his surrogate son to appreciate life's day-to-day miracles and the irreplaceable inner glow brought by helping people in need. After a brief, impressive political career (he beat the unscrupulous Lex Luthor in the rac...

Kendall is one of the NBA's most notorious thieves, averaginy 1.6 steals (with a high of 7 in one game) per contest - the league's 18h highest rate. In 1993-94, he ranked 14th with a norm of 1.9.

In the year of the pitcher, Ken's batting average jumped 11 points. A good fielder, he has led 4 leagues in putouts. Ken pinch-hit in the 1967 All-Star game.

Selected 4th overall in the 1995 NBA Draft. Set a North Carolina record in 1994-1995 with 93 blocked shots for the season. Scored 33 points in head-to-head matchup against Joe Smith during 1995 ACC Semifinal game against Maryland.

Terry starred for 14 years with Detroit. Along with Johnny Bower, Terry gives Maple Leafs perhaps the best goaltending in the N.H.L. He has won the Vezina Trophy 3 times and once more combined with Johnny Bower in 1964-65 season.

Here's one way to become a fan favorite - achieve something unseen in your lifetime. That's what Lee did in 2011, his first full season with Philadelphia. The lefty became the club's second southpaw (and the first since Hall of Famer Steve Carlton in 1972) to toss at least six shutouts and post a sub-2.50 ERA.

Regarded as one of the top prospects in the Dodger farm system, Jim was traded to the Braves early in '53 before getting a chance to break to the Brooklyn lineup. He never played less than Triple A ball, breaking in with St. Paul in '49 and playing for them the next 2 seasons. As an Outfielder and Shortstop, he hit .274 in '49, .299 in '50 and .301 in '51. Jim made the IL All-Star team in '52.

One of the better catchers in the American league although not much of a hitter. Shares behind plate duties with Jake Early. Finished 1948 season with very fine .983 fielding record and .259 batting mark. Deadly on throws to second base. Took part in six double plays last season.

After nine standout seasons in the NL, Shane shared in the magic of the 2013 World Series champion Red Sox. He set a career high in batting, led AL right fielders with nine assists and clubbed a pivotal grand slam in the decisive Game 6 of the ALCS.

Dick starred for Toronto Maple Leafs for 9 seasons before coming to Montreal by way of New York Rangers who traded him for Bill Hicke. As a junior Hockey player with St. Michael's, Dick's idol in the NHL, was his hometown friend, Ted Lindsay.

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: Shaquille O'Neal (Basketball), Horace Grant (Basketball), Randy Johnson (Baseball), Jack Dittmer (Baseball), Tom Poholsky (Baseball), Phil Jackson (Basketball), Don Kolloway (Baseball), Cliff Lee (Baseball), Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila (Football), Eric Davis (Baseball), Rob Blake (Hockey), Ed Stanky (Baseball), Tim Wallach (Baseball), Grady Hatton (Baseball), Nurse Alyssa Ogawa (Trading), Jacob deGrom (Baseball), Michael Brooks (Basketball), Max Surkont (Baseball), Paul Stastny (Hockey), and 03.01 The Two: Restored (Trading).