The Topps 1953 baseball card set, for many, has the most beautiful cards in the hobby. "Beautiful" probably isn't a word you see attached to sports cards that often, but it absolutely applies here.

Art Schallock has the easy laugh of someone as delighted with his current circumstances as he is with his memories. “I’m still alive and I’m healthy,” he said, prefacing the words with a chuckle.

Art Schallock, the oldest living former MLB player, tips his hat during his 100th birthday bash at Cogir on Napa Road Assisted Living in Sonoma on Thursday. Schallock pitched for three World Series ...