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Interesting mix, will have to check it out!

@RatedRookie Thanks RR! Would be really great to meet you there in person next year!

@MrJMR1970 My pleasure, thanks for checking it out! Did you attend the National?

I did not. I have only attended the ones held in NJ 1984,1988,2003, 2016 and 2021.

Sounds like it won't be back there for a while

@@brutusonbaseball , yes. I was talking with a guy in the know who said the best chance for a return to the east coast it would have to happen in either Philly or Baltimore. Atlantic City has travel issues for most of the dealers and NY because of the ridiculous costs it will never happen there.

@MrJMR1970 makes sense. For selfish reasons I'd love to have one on the west coast...but that's just too difficult for the majority of collectors

If it's a widely recognized and collected error card, then I would treat it like and other. If you prefer to grade your cards, then go for it. If it's not one of those things, then probably not as it may not be worth the grading fee.

It’s the Billy Ripken one from the video great condition

@@midcityvipersbasketball8012 if you think it's in great condition the yes. It's a very popular card right now with how much collectors are focusing on 90s stuff. Some versions are worth more than others but they're all fairly collectible

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I have dale murphy and randy Johnson error cards I need to grade those to see

Very true, I'm sure most of us are happy that Gwynn chose baseball, but in a weirdly almost direct cause and effect it also led to his tragic end. I'm sure those closest to him might prefer a forgettable basketball career instead.

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No I don't have any specific knowledge of this card. This is an example of a printing defect, albeit a fairly rare one with both a blurry front and blank back. The issue here is that they're considered to be printing defects rather than true error cards. The difference is with printing defects the issue occurred on a specific day with a specific printer and got fixed, while some cards did get released into the wild. Error cards are when there was an actual mistake by the card company that was regular enough to make the same error pervasive, and then at some point that error got noticed and fixed. Cards with printing defects don't typically have much of a market, but they sometimes can for set collectors or big star player collectors. You just need to find someone interested in the specific thing you have, which isn't always easy to do.

My pleasure, thanks for watching and supporting!

@Camcollects12 thank you 👍

@@dcowboys0409 Thanks 👍

@@merc340sr 👍

@@brutusonbaseball Can't you tell...I miss my team! Just can't bring myself to cheer for the Blue Jays.

@@merc340sr I can totally tell! I feel for you, the Jays just aren't the same

That sounds amazing, too bad there just aren't many experiences like this anymore

Sneaky good, huh? They've just been very consistently good for a very long time

@@brutusonbaseball I am a former Montreal Expos fan. Everytime the Cards came to town, the games were exciting. I remember in the the late 70s, Cards often had 4 batters in the top 10 batters list: Hernandez, Reitz, Simmons and Templeton. Devastating offense! Mid eighties, Darrell Porter hit a grand slam home run walloping the Expos...

@@merc340sr Nice, it's always so refreshing to hear from anyone Expos fan. Just not enough of them around anymore! Would love to see them back in some way in the future

@@brutusonbaseball You bet. The problem here is that the public is uneasy about using public funds to build a new stadium. Secondly, Toronto is a much larger market and attracts most of the advertising and tv contracts. Difficult for the Expos to raise enough revenue to pay their players. That said, the Expos were brilliant at drafting and developing talent. Maybe someday they'll be back. I hope.

I remember watching those reruns as a kid, that format was a ton of fun. Great ideas, fun to think about...but you'd never get buy-in from the players and MLB during the regular season. I would be curious about an idea sort of like this for the offseason though, perhaps that would be a fun attraction during the winter to keep interest alive a bit. A lot of Latin players do winter ball where they participate in their own home run derbies, but perhaps guys would be interested to earn a few extra bucks during their offseason workouts? MLB tried that traveling home run derby in recent years...maybe there's some synergy there.

@@brutusonbaseball You might be right, but to be clear, we wouldn't be asking any player to go anywhere that he wouldn't be going anyway, there are no brackets, if two players who are still alive in the tournament happen to be playing against each other on a given day, we can set up a matchup. All it would amount to is an extra 15-30 minutes of BP. Maybe they'd say no anyway, if they're that slavish to a routine, but we're not setting up extra side trips. While I like your winter idea, that situation would actually be asking players to go somewhere that they wouldn't be going otherwise. So I don't know which would be easier to talk guys into participating in.

Yeah, I like your thinking but it's the routine that would be broken up, and there's been complaints in the past about how the derby can mess with your swing. I doubt they'd want to do that before games. I would enjoy it though, which is what matters. The offseason idea would definitely have to recruit and pay players, but if it's a big draw that might pay dividends in the end. You know anyone at MLB we could approach with our great ideas??

I think it's a favorite for a lot of collectors, it's a great set!

Will do my best. I'm comfortable with baseball, but being in front of a camera and all the tech is not my forte!

Lisa' husband, Andy here. Great show as usual. Do you do requests? I wondered if you could do a show on the Big Red Machine of the 1970s. They were before my time but looked a really exciting, hard, controversial and talented team that was loved and hated by the pundits. With, Rose, Morgan, Bench, Griffey, Concepcion, Sparky etc. I would have loved to have seen them. They remind me of the famous 1970s Leeds United team in English football. All the best. 👍

@@lisaw1525 Absolutely, I love taking requests because I know there's at least one person out there interested in the subject! And where there's one, there's bound to be more. I haven't done a history of the Cincinnati Reds yet...but that would be about a lot more than just the Big Red Machine of the 1970s. Let me think about what kind of video I could make, but I'll add it to the list.

He certainly would have!

@@dianeolson-salmon8907 my pleasure, they don't call it the Golden Era for nothing!

You might be right about the Yankees, I always wondered why Richardson made so many All Star fans. The Reds scenario is a lot more intriguing, but I didn't explore it much because it didn't feel as "sexy" as the Yankees/Red Sox thing. The impact though is the one you pointed out, much more heartache for Red Sox nation and much fewer good memories.

@@brutusonbaseball World Series winning manager manages the All-Star team and picks the reserves, and there weren't a lot of great AL second basemen between the end of Nellie Fox and the beginning of Rod Carew. Also, Richardson had World Series MVP hardware. But that just speaks to the point, if Yankee managers pick him for the All-Star team, they're surely going to pick him for the regular lineup. Totally get why you went with the beloved Red Sox star going to the Evil Empire theme. Other alternatives is why I'm here. 😉

@big8dog887 makes sense, thanks as always for chiming in!

My pleasure, I've got just a couple more of these videos to do. Do you enjoy the concept?

The 1994 set was particularly nice for me. I've considered making a video about my top 10 single year insert sets, and the 94 would definitely make that!

@brutusonbaseball I had doubles of the whole set,unfortunately I hit some hard times had to have back surgery and a hip replacement back to back,sold what little of my childhood collection and got dick for all my cards,none graded but I still had some nice stuff I think they are undervalued,I bought tons of boxes and never pulled mattingly, Maddux or bonds I had to buy them,I miss them

@DamonTul sorry to hear that, definitely some great cards there. I have the whole set except the Bonds card...no idea why that one is so tough for me to get a hold of!

@brutusonbaseball I seen the bonds on ebay pretty cheap ya know because of the steroid scandal,if I had it I'd give it to you for nothing but I don't anymore

Love the analysis once again, I agree with you that the Red Sox were not likely to sign a black player any time soon (they were the last to integrate), and that Jackie likely would have had more bumps in the road, but ultimately would have brought a good team together. The most fascinating scenario for this one though would be getting Ted Williams and the Red Sox a ring earlier...

My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks Ray, totally agree with you there!

My pleasure, thanks for checking it out!

My pleasure, thanks for watching! Be sure to check out the second episode in the series if you haven't yet!

That's a really great one, and surprisingly one that no one seems to have commented on with all the views this video has received! Especially since it's a Hall of Fame player. I find a couple things really interesting about this one. First is that it's almost exclusively referred to as the "Reverse Cubs Logo" error version, where the logo is pretty clearly upside down, not reversed. Semantics I know, but in a hobby where so many collectors love the details, I'm always surprised about this one. Second is that there's not a huge disparity between prices on the error and corrected versions. If you look at the PSA pop reports, there appears to be a higher population of the corrected version, but the error version only goes for about 50% more, if that. I would have expected it to be higher, especially after Smith got into the Hall of Fame, but maybe there's just not enough people that know about it...?

That's great to hear, glad you got one in! Welcome to the crew!

Thanks Elliot, the DK run will be a long journey...but that's the kind of challenge I like!

Ultra really did a put a lot more effort into their inserts game in the early to mid 90s that really separated them from the rest of the pack. The 90s are mostly remembered as the height of the junk wax era, but I agree that if you focus after 1992-3, the 90s really were a magical time. And I'm sure that you're not alone having no idea what the current companies are doing in terms of how many versions of each card are out there

Interesting perspective, not the first time someone has noticed that mistake, but the first time someone has questioned the whole video from one "botch" in the script. Would be easier if I had a research team, editor, and producer, but it's just me...so there will be some mistakes. It's been cut and fixed now, hope you come back to check out more!

Thanks, love those Mauer rookies!

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I'm not sure I would buy that Clemente would be so outspoken, especially against a team like the Dodgers, so early in his career. But this alternative scenario to the alternative scenario would have been quite interesting too...it seems most roads in these videos lead to a Giants dynasty that never was!

@@brutusonbaseball Ground broke on Dodger Stadium in 1959, so you're right that he would have been late to the party in terms of trying to stop the project. But Clemente would have been a participant in the 1959 World Series, and probably in 1961 as well. The stadium opened in 1962, which, with Clemente, would have been another pennant for the Dodgers, and sometime in there, I would think he would have established a platform to speak out on maybe getting some compensation for those who were displaced. Of course, I could be wrong about the Dodgers trading him, maybe he becomes so popular that the organization decides to do right by those people (although that may have been more of a city problem than a team problem.) Let's address the more positive scenario. Dodgers won the World Series in 1963, were a sub-.500 team in '64, went to back to back World Series in '65 and '66, winning one, getting swept in the other. After Koufax retired, the Dodgers were a sub-.500 team for 2 years, Clemente puts them over .500 but no pennant. 1969 is interesting, the Dodgers finished 8 out, Clemente's WAR was 7.5, but he would be replacing a literal "replacement-player" in right field (Andy Kosco, 0.1 WAR). I think the intangible of Clemente's leadership improves somebody else's WAR enough to put the Dodgers over the top. Not sure they're beating the Mets. Dodgers also probably win the division in 1971, where they maybe (I doubt it) meet the Clemente-less Pirates in the playoffs. So we can add 2 more pennants and 2 more division titles which could be pennants to the four pennants the Dodgers did win in that time frame. Clemente still would have made the trip to Nicaragua, whether he would have had access to a better airplane, we'll never know. If we add Mays, we can probably throw in 1960 and 1964 to the pennant mix, they were still too far gone in '67 and '68, and Mays was still good, but not Willie Mays-level good in 1970, so I don't think he gets that one. So Mays-Clemente Dodgers could be 8-10 time pennant winners, with maybe 5-6 rings. As for the Pirates, they won in 1960 by 7 games, Clemente's WAR was 4, so they probably still win that one, but I don't think the early 70s (3 straight division titles, one World Championship) are nearly as successful, given the impact of Clemente's leadership. Then you also have to wonder about whether Willie Stargell would have become the leader he was in 1979.

@@big8dog887 I'm with you. Everything I know about Clemente, the man, tells me he would have spoken up. By the 1959-1960 period he was already speaking up in his real life. He did speak up about how low he placed in MVP voting after the 1960 season for example, and included points about respect for Latino players. Assuming his alternate timeline season of 1960 with the Dodgers was as strong as with the Pirates, he'd have spoken up on this issue I think and he'd have his platform. A case can be made that by 1960 he was one of the top stars in the game, more deserving of the MVP than Dick Groat. I wonder how Dodgers management would have reacted. Place him in a different location and he may have been an even bigger civil rights figure of the era as well as bigger star. The alternate history with Clemente that I turn to is his role in civil rights. As for the Jackie Robinson rumor mentioned in the video, I see it stems from GM Buzzie Bavasi, cited in 2006 by Stew Thornley. I find the claim highly implausible. I don't question Thornley as a journalist. I question either Bavasi's memory (he was 90 at the time of an interview with Thornley) or motivation. He is widely praised for his role with Robinson, Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe, but the displacement of people in the Latino community while he was GM is a stain on his record. I can picture questions being raised by Robinson perhaps about Clemente's readiness, after all Clemente did struggle offensively when he first made it to Pittsburgh. Clemente was very young and there's no shame about a bit of time in the minors. Nor would there be any shame if Robinson and Bavasi may have discussed some time for Clemente in the minors. But the way the rumor has evolved makes it seem like Robinson was appeasing systemic racism, and that goes against everything Robinson's legacy has come to stand for; it also goes against the theological interpretation of the scripture that informed him (long story related to the AME Church and to the Great Awakening of the era). In the end, this simply seems like moral cowardice on the part of Bavasi. The decision rested with Bavasi as a GM, not with the players. If Clemente was considered not quite ready, no shame on Bavasi at all. But to shift things onto Robinson is as far as I'm concerned an act of moral turpitude (though the real moral turpitude is what happened in Los Angeles with the Latino community). In the end Robinson and Clemente are on the moral side of history, Bavasi is not.

@@billkerns9258 I'd never heard the Robinson story before so I did a little digging. According to an article on the ESPN website, apparently, in 2005, Buzzie Bavasi, the Dodgers GM at the time who was 90 years old recalling a story from over 50 years before, was the one who told it. Of course, Bavasi painted himself as the good guy, he was arguing for promoting Clemente against Walter O'Malley and the board, they decided to call in Robinson, who allegedly advised not to demote a more popular white player (fellow by the name of George Shuba). I agree that doesn't sound like Robinson, and the story does seem a little self-serving on Bavasi's part, nobody else in the room was still alive to either back or refute the story. If it wasn't true, I can't say whether to blame racism, CYA, senility, or some combination. As for blocking the channel, you've got to do what you feel is right, of course, but I think it's a little harsh to judge a guy based on one sentence in one video that may not have had proper context assigned to it. As a longtime viewer, I'll vouch that this guy stands for the right things.

I would agree with you, but I just don't see that happening with the lack of support that Grich has gotten. I think the committee will see Jeff Kent's home run totals for a second baseman and put him in pretty quickly.

Thanks JL, really appreciate it! Any favorite so far?

​@@brutusonbaseballWhat could had been Dodgers' dominance if Mays was on the team.

For sure, that's a good one...crazy to think about!

Thank you, glad you're enjoying them! If you've liked these, I do have a handful more to tell. They're not getting many views, but they're fun to make

What card is it? Sounds like you have a rare/limited serial numbered parallel while your friend has a common base card?

@@brutusonbaseball Connor wong mosaic pink parallel rookie card has silver numbers on back saying 01/10 in silver card number 210 people have same card on eBay but there’s don’t say 01/10 like mine ?

@tristancreasey9539 sounds like you got the limited fluorescent pink version, similar to other versions in the set but that aren't numbered to only 10. Great pull! Check out this link below to get more info: baseballcardpedia.com/index.php/2022_Panini_Mosaic

@@brutusonbaseballthank you so much this helps a lot

@@tristancreasey9539 my pleasure!

Interesting choice, what about him do you find to make such a glaring omission? He won almost 300 games and had a decent ERA by today's standards, but he also lost over 250 games and his ERA+ compared to his peers was just above average. He played the field and hit too, but didn't really do either well enough to add much value. Would love to hear more about your perspective!

@@brutusonbaseball pitch innovator as well. Candy Cummings got in and has much lesser numbers. Bobby was an innovator for the spitball and break away pitch

@mikeimpressionsreviews9831 ah yes, makes more sense with that. Would have to get in as a contributor/pioneer in addition to player

For sure, I mentioned there were a total of 38 players in the Hall that had played for the Orioles or Browns, but I didn't take the time to mention them specifically unless they wore the team cap. Only five of those four the Orioles, but lots more players that spent at least a season with the team.

Yes, someone else noticed that mistake when it first came out. UA-cam has gotten better with their editing capabilities, so I'll take a look and see if it's something I can fix