Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

817 - Interview: Brian Pirrip, TikTok

Brian and I had a wide-ranging discussion of his hobby background and his entrepreneurial bent - we had some similarities and some differences - but specifically we are both enjoying what we are doing.

816 - Upper Deck Hockey: Premier vs. SP Authentic

I surprised myself by actually preferring the box with fewer cards even though I loved the design of SP Authentic - I am becoming exclusively a player collector with a large number of players that I follow (in all sports).

815 - Torsten Bauer Questions 2.0

Torsten keeps sending me interesting data analytic questions and comments drawing on other fields of interest - you might learn something!

814 - Eight Listener Questions 6.0

Another interesting group of eight sports card hobby questions from listeners and viewers - send yours to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thanks!

813 - Future National Management, with Rich Klein

The management of the National Sports Collectors Convention going forward will no longer be spearheaded by the Berkus and Broggi families, who have carried the ball so well for the past 15 years - thanks!

812 - Out-Takes from 1989 Upper Deck Box Break, with Geoff Wilson and Rob Veres

I explain how this came about and who was the lucky one - lots of fun opening this iconic hobby turning point baseball card box - thanks Geoff and Rob!

811 - Atlantic City National Aftermath, with Rich Klein

I was there but Rich was not able to go at the last minute due to his wife's COVID (now fully recovered) so this was our discussion of how it went from both of our perspectives.

810 - Tribute: Bill Russell, with Rich Klein

Bill Russell has passed at 88 - dynastic winner who changed his hobby ways late in life and we are all beneficiaries of that - even though his playing career mostly fell in the era without annual basketball card sets.

809 - Out-Takes from Instagram, Part 3, with Rob Veres, Burbank Sportscards

When I spent the afternoon at Burbank, we kept the cameras and recorders rolling covering a variety of sports card hobby subjects - this segment was derived from a separate non-live Instagram episode, which you should see on Rob's channel.

808 - Out-Takes from Instagram, Part 2, with Rob Veres, Burbank Sportscards

When I spent the afternoon at Burbank, we kept the cameras and recorders rolling covering a variety of sports card hobby subjects - this segment was derived from a longer Instagram Live, which you should see on Rob's channel.