I'm a lone wolf. Not a single one of my friends collect. I have no one to show when i pull a cool card. My wife definitely doesn't care. Lol😢

It's interesting to hear about how other people collect.

Love the black jelly bean aspect

Always get excited when they bring up my tigers... BUT not today... THANKS TY.

Need to see this group more often. Was glad to see the opinions on the hobby.

Great episode as always! Funny you brought up that Machado because I was the one who sold the Gold 1st auto that was referenced a few months ago via consignment post National. Small world. 😂

Alonso: This guy plays games. Enough said he could end up with a better career than most every player mentioned!

What I try and do is buy the card I want when I feel like it’s at the bottom. Even though I’m collecting I look at it as a loss when I buy a card that drops. Could have saved there and had more for something else. If something does go up enough and my grip isn’t that tight I’ll sell. Try and recycle that money into something I want more.

there is no right way to collect, but one of the primary benefits to having your own collecting lane, or as a specific player collector, is that the friends you make keep their eyes out for your guy. a hobby friend of mine just sent me a 1/1 card i'd have never gotten if he didnt know who i hunt. if i just chased the hot player of the week i'd never had that benefit.

Went down the rabbit hole on eBay looking for a black jelly bean card and wow...lol. I like to look closely at the cards and see what other people overlook in cards from all era's. The card may have little value, but the hunt and what you may find in the card could have some value to you.

Hopefully we can all just have fun. There's absolutely nothing "moral" about collecting cards of any kind, it's property acquisition and enjoyment of an art form

Good stuff as always guys.

Great Great show guys!!!

collecting gives regular people the opportunity to have the best of something with their individual hobby favorites. i like to claim to have the best pete alonso rookie card collection, lol. do i really, whos knows but it feels great thinking that it could be true. the more specific the favorite maybe the easier to have the best collection ever. for me pride of ownership means more than anything else. the money will come and go but the memories last and last

I have to say, that was probably my favorite episode of Market Movers, keep it up Ty!

I'll take the Polar Bear over Cody all day and the Gold 9 + $1k over the atomic! Another great episode, thanks for putting out some good content!

I know what you mean, Chris... I'm a big Freddie Freeman collector, as well, and for so long I felt like he was my little secret because his cards were SO cheap. Ever since he won the MVP in 2020, however, his cards have skyrocketed... I'm glad because that means my thousands of Freddie Freeman cards are worth more, but I'm kicking myself for not buying more prior to 2020!

If you pay for them you can do whatever you want with them. Hell, we used to put them in our bike spokes - the motorcycle effect. Choose cards wisely if you do this! :)

Great convo guys 🤙🤙

I love lasers.

Pete Alonso, if he re-signs with Mets, is a better play. The Mets have *never* had a home grown position player in HOF, and he has a shot. There is no such thing as a HOF rookie card for a Mets position player. His upside is better for sure.

A lot of times if the rookie card features the player in a jersey he isn’t associated with, it spoils the card a little .

So .. fun fact... ive already put 2k into Belli. I bought the bowman chrome gold bgs 9.5. Time will tell if im crazy or a genius. haha

Best baseball card info,talk,on the internet! Hey can u guys talk about what all the stats mean...like war n ops....ops+....ect....I get lost bc idk what any of that means.....I know....lol

This seemed like a CFO interview than anything... still good content 👌

Have me considering Alonso now 🤔

Hopefully my wife wont ask why I’m googling pete Alonso no shirt

Alonso comp is Harmon Killebrew - not sexy! But a masher.

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Availability is the best ability I'm taking Alonso over bellinger. It would b crazy to give bellinger 200+ million his agent is scott boras I believe. Dunn I believe 400 hrs but a terrible war score. Thome was awesome

Freddie Freeman was a black jelly bean for a while

Big value bellinger has is his defense versatility. He plays multiple positions and plays them above average. Personally it’s Alonso all the way. I’m a big Mets fan and I Pc Alonso. That to the side. Alonso is a lot better on defense then most ppl assume. Also putting up the numbers he does in Queens is very impressive. We’ve seen plenty of ppl that aren’t cut out to play in New York.

Goldschmidt has a higher OBP and OPS+ than Alonso, and is very close in SLG. And Alonso probably just finished his peak

Pete Alonso or Cody Berlinger? Would you rather have your teeth knocked out with a hammer or a hot poker shoved in your eye?😂. In all seriousness, it’s not that horrible of a choice, but I just don’t find either particularly appealing. Completely agree about no right way to collect. Can’t stand the back and forth snide remarks between vintage and ultra modern collectors. It was out in full force during the Wander debacle. Investing, however, is a different animal.

I thought jeff was scottie´s favorite person or somethin lol it seemed a bit like a bad joke i just realized its his IG name haha thanks for the vid anyway