Summary[]
Ben Lindbergh talks to SB Nation’s Grant Brisbee about the Mets’ Jay Bruce signing and finding ways to engage with baseball and keep the content coming during an excruciatingly slow offseason, then brings on Forbes contributor David Seideman to talk about trends in baseball memorabilia collecting, the enduring appeal of historic relics and signatures, and the most unlikely finds and valuable discoveries in recent years.
Topics[]
- How is Grant coping with this slow off-season?
- ERAs that have never existed
- Baseball caps at Disneyland
- Funny baseball names
- Jay Bruce signed with the Mets
- Interview with David Seideman
- Sports memorabilia
- What is the most valuable item Dave owns?
- The Jeff Ballard extra base hit baseball
- Authenticating memorabilia
- Most forged baseball cards
- The Moonlight Graham autograph
- Changing memorabilia business
- Is there a favorite card with an error on it?
- The market for Aaron Judge cards
- Beer box cards
Interstitial[]
Ocean Colour Scene, "Oh Collector"
Banter[]
- Jeff is on vacation
- The off-season is slow
Notes[]
- Grant's most interesting ERA that never existed is 1.05.
- Nick Testa played 1 inning in the majors and has 1 error as his only stat. He lives in the same place as Ben's grandmother.
- Cards from the 80s and 90s are widely worthless