About The Owner

Attack of the Baseball Cards owner, Steve Mandy, a collector for over 62 years, brings almost 43 years of hobby experience to help you with your every need.

In an article in Sports Collectors Daily on January 2, 2022, written by Michael Fruitman, Steve Mandy was selected a the National Card Shop Owner of the Year. Said Fruitman, “Steve’s shop isn’t synonymous with the biggest ones in the world”...“Since March 13, 1982 Steve has owned Attack Of The Baseball Cards (what an awesome name!) and since I’ve been able to get to know him through industry events”…”He runs Pack Wars at his shop and goes out of his way to offer up some incredible prizes. He offers Customer Appreciation Day envelopes with gifts for his collectors.“…”If there’s a hobby promotion, he makes sure Attack is part of it”…”He loves to bring attention to positive sports happenings and also cares about those in his community.”…“He accomplished all of this as he successfully battled bone marrow cancer for two years with the help of his incredible family and unbelievable medical team.”…Steve is ”follow one of the truly good guys in the hobby.”

Steve Mandy's story was written about on Sporting News website by writer Joe Rivera in a  April 2, 2019 article about the store and owner. "He (Mandy) has an interesting demeanor; he's got some Arthur Fonzarelli-like coolness to him, but with none of the bravado, and exudes a genuine warmth", wrote Rivera. Steve has been accepted as a member of Sports Cards Collectibles & Memorabilia Professionals. Listed in "Who's Who In America", Steve Mandy has been a guest speaker at schools, hobby conventions & seminars throughout the country. When it comes to memorabilia, sports card or baseball card values, Mandy has also done appraisals of collections and estates for tax purposes and insurance companies and law enforcement agencies. In 1999 and again in October 2004, Mandy was honored by the Township of Union with the Mayors Award for contributions to the community and children of the area. In April 2007 the Township of Union once again honored Attack of the Baseball Cards, by naming the store as the, UNION TOWNSHIP'S BUSINESS OF THE MONTH! On Tuesday, April 11, 2006, Mandy appeared as a sportscard expert quest on Sirius Satellite Maxim Radio, The Covino & Rich Show. On Wednesday, March 28, 2007, Mandy was the special guest on the Doctor Wax Battle Internet Show. On December 5, 2011, Steve Mandy was a guest on the Coaches Corner Show on TV35 Woodbridge, NJ. This award winning store offers something for everyone. A tour of this web site will show you why Attack of the Baseball Cards has been talked about on WFAN (All-Sports Radio), mentioned on New York Yankee Broadcasts and featured in a CNN Network story. "Makes customers better off when they leave than when they arrived", said the Courier News (N.J.) in it's March 7, 2001 issue. Said Bill Daughtry, former WFAN Radio, MSG Network and ESPN Radio host, " it's like going to the local pub...you can hang out and just talk sports."