Videos

May 20, 2022

756 - Baseball Card Hall of Fame 2022 Ballot, Part 2

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-9smrj-122cf52 This is excerpted from their hour-long YouTube show detailing and showing the ballot and my selections - thanks Ray from Philly, Mike Steveline, and Victor Roman Sr.

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May 19, 2022

755 - Baseball Card Hall of Fame 2022 Ballot

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-xvjkd-122cf48 Ray from Philly, Mike Steveline, and Victor Roman asked me to guest on their YouTube show, discussing this year's ballot of 40 excellent and iconic cards for consideration - we discuss the cards and my choices - thanks guys!

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May 18, 2022

754 - 2021 Goodwin Champions, with Grant Sandground

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-9esxn-122b288 Grant has watched his conception grow and evolve into an extremely interesting and complicated product that has wide and eclectic interest - thanks Grant!

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May 17, 2022

753 - Dennis Walker Unsolved Mystery, with Shwe Surendran

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-h3wxt-121c0d9 Shwe is investigating the curious and tragic case of collector/investor Dennis Walker - his mysterious death and the whereabouts of the rest of his world-class collection after all these years (more than 30 years ago). Thanks Shwe!

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May 16, 2022

752 - Tribute: Frank Barning, with Rich Klein

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-y657i-12282b3 Frank (and his surviving wife Vivian) founded and ran Baseball Hobby News, a very influential publication, which Rich and I, and many others, greatly enjoyed.

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May 13, 2022

751 - Winning Football Boxes from Huggins & Scott Auctions

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-9bm22-1220ead I describe my auction winnings, namely a group of seven not-so-new football hobby boxes - I am a card collector, not a box collector - so I opened all the boxes!

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May 12, 2022

750 - Recap: Podcast Episodes 724-748

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-22tj5-1220e9d The last four weeks of individual daily episodes summarized along with further commentary (in case something was missed ... by me).

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May 11, 2022

749 - Interview: Shwetha (Shwe) Surendran

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-nxzgy-121c0ce Shwe is a journalism student and podcaster on assignment and we had a discussion about the exciting chase (that has always been) central to the sports card hobby.

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May 10, 2022

748 - Out-Takes on Hobby vs. Retail Pulls from Hobby Hotline 043022

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-4f7ym-121c0c0 Thanks to my co-hosts (John Newman and John Keating) and the live call-ins, another robust Saturday morning hobby discussion -listen to the whole hour either live next week or on your favorite podcast app - thanks!

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May 9, 2022

747 - Discussing Re-Packs with Skepi

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-gevj3-11e5b90 Skepi (not his real name) has sent me many insightful questions about sports cards and this hobby - this episode is about the pros and cons of re-packs, for your consideration.

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May 6, 2022

746 - Dueling Questions, with Ryan Nolan

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-bjyiw-11d1c27 Ryan and I traded sports card hobby questions and answers - I think I represent the past and Ryan represents the future - but Ryan is a vintage guy at a young age and you gotta love that!

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May 5, 2022

745 - Interview: John Wie, Center Stage

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-yugwz-1212334 John is the co-founder of the mobile (free) card identification app, Center Stage, which is surprisingly fast, due to their clever approach - thanks John!

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May 4, 2022

744 - Eight Listener Questions 2.0

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-w723m-11eded4 Another eight different listener questions worth addressing - from eight different thoughtful listeners - send me your sports card questions about the past, present, or future - thanks!

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May 3, 2022

743 - Out-Takes from Ryan Nolan’s show

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-ydb6z-11d1c38 Most of Ryan's show involved my "show and tell" of a few interesting cards - this is a brief segment more suited to our audio format as our conversation was wide-ranging. Thanks Ryan!

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May 2, 2022

742 - 1981 Fleer Baseball, with Rich Klein

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-gzk9b-11d00e1 Rich and I talk about the re-birth of Fleer baseball (current player) cards back in 1981 (not a terrible start all things considered) and how Fleer handled the junk wax era before its eventual demise almost 25 years later.

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April 29, 2022

740 - Selling Small Sets, with Rich Klein

Rich now works for COMC - which is an interesting option and venue for selling smaller more obscure sets card by card - we discuss our strategies - thanks Rich!

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April 29, 2022

741 - Interview: Grayson White, Cherry, Australia

Grayson came all the way from Australia to the MINT Collective in Las Vegas - we sat down twice - this portion was recorded in the show area - please forgive the poor audio quality - and thanks Grayson.

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April 29, 2022

735 - Torsten Bauer Questions

I accumulated several questions from my German (Shaq collector) friend, Torsten Bauer, and rolled them into this interesting episode - put on your thinking caps - and thanks Torsten.

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April 29, 2022

739 - Eight Listener Questions

I accumulate good sports card questions sent in by viewers and listeners - thank you - this time it's eight diverse questions - keep them coming!

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April 29, 2022

738 - The Greatest Hobby, with Kirt BHS

Kirt challenged me on my claim that sports card collecting is the greatest hobby in the world - the verdict - it is for me!

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April 29, 2022

736 - Kids Marketing Ideas, with Jeff Hoferer, Panini Hobby Marketing Director

Jeff and I had some creative ideas about marketing sports cards to kids - and we brainstormed about birthday party ideas (that I wish were around when I was a kid).

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April 25, 2022

737 - Resealed Cases and Non-Grading, with Skepi

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-rfme6-11e5ba6 A couple of topics we thoughtfully considered - both of which can have a huge impact on the high-end sports card hobby/industry - thanks Skepi!

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April 20, 2022

734 - Out-Takes on Team USA from Hobby Hotline 031222

Brad Bethune and Chris Harris were my co-hosts last month on Hobby Hotline - listen to the whole show as this was only a small portion of what we discussed that Saturday morning - thanks!

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April 19, 2022

733 - Brutally Honest Constructive Criticism, with Kirt BHS

Kirt had some sports card hobby/industry questions accumulated for me - there were also some constructive criticisms, which I enjoyed hearing and responding to the best of my ability or recollection - thanks Kirt.

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