'Rookies' App Immortalizes Your Photos as Retro Baseball Cards

A new free app called Rookies is tailor-made for sports fans and brings a new twist to the infinite number of photo apps on the web

But its secret sauce comes from a place far off the digital grid: the paper stock baseball cards that remain dear to the hearts of sports fans who grew up before YouTube highlights and Twitter shout-outs

The Rookies [App Store link] premise is simple but cool. First, snap a new photo with your iPhone, or grab an old one. Then place your pic in one of more than a dozen templates modeled after classic baseball card designs of the 80s. You can tweet your new card, post it to Facebook or simply save it to your phone to email friends, all for free. But here's where it really gets cool: For $12.99 plus shipping, you can get a pack of 20 cards — complete with vital stats on the back, actual old-school card stock and waxy wrapping — delivered to your doorstep Read more...