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Originally Posted by brob28
Fair enough question Jason. I personally just feel the movie may have brought him back into the general public's eye once again. But his status within baseball circles and the collecting hobby was already well established by his on-field abilities and connection with one of baseball's most memorable & dubious events.
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Ok but that was ages ago. I see it as out of sight out of mind, there hasn't been a movie about Jackson in what 20 years, so to say a movie is driving the prices up today I don't think is fair.
The true questions come when you ask people under 20 years old if they know who he is, they likely weren't born when Field of Dreams or Eight Men out was in the theaters, so are they aware of him and if so why? If the answer is because of one of those movies and as such they are seeking out his cards then there would be a valid point, if not I can't really see it being directly related.
James G