Dr. Beckett unretires to share sports card stories, analyses, and opinions, based on his six decades of intensive experience.
Episodes
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
This Breaking Cardboard show featured young teen and pre-teen collectors (and future of the hobby): Brody the Kid, Jacob Burris, BlakeDown, and Max and Owen Gotcher. Those conversations stimulated many thoughts I wanted to share - thanks guys!
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
It's not second-guessing if decisions have not been made yet. Based on our combined hobby experiences, Ted and I project the impact of Fanatics on our whole category and we are optimistic.
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Dustin and Brad invited me to be on their hour-long live YouTube show - catch the whole thing, but this is just a short excerpt of how it went - they made it fun - thanks guys!
Saturday Jan 29, 2022
Saturday Jan 29, 2022
A brief synopsis of the past twenty-five episodes - I get a chance to reflect on what I'd like to add and some of you get a chance to hear a little about an episode you may have missed - thanks.
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Friday Jan 28, 2022
GemRate has earned a place in the hobby in a short time - by bringing data analytic capabilities to pop reports - thanks Ryan for your free GemRate e-newsletter.
Thursday Jan 27, 2022
Thursday Jan 27, 2022
Industry veteran Ted Barker discusses exciting current trends in trading card industry events - not just card shows any more - lots more to offer!
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Dustin has been a guest here before and has his own YouTube show - but this was a chance for us to exchange questions with each other about the hobby - thanks Dustin!
Tuesday Jan 25, 2022
Tuesday Jan 25, 2022
Should you open your box of sports card product immediately or wait a while? - or flip it unopened? This dilemma repeats itself every day in the modern hobby - we discussed this on Hobby Hotline with Val Marz, Adam Palmer, plus live call-ins and commenters.
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Rich and I break down the enigmatic 1981 Donruss baseball card product, which was rushed to market, and hence not their best product in hindsight, and yet by 1984 Donruss was riding high.
Saturday Jan 22, 2022
Saturday Jan 22, 2022
Ryan Stuczynski shares his hobby origin story, resulting in his founding of GemRate, which has been steadily gaining traction in the world of making sense of pop reports and grading capacity/velocity. Thanks Ryan.