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Originally Posted by gonefishin
However, if MLB had vanished - let's say in the steroid's era - because no one attended or watched a baseball game. The baseball cards that everyone cherishes would be absolutely worthless and would be exactly what they are - pieces of old cardboard.
The old saying "Throwing baby out with the bath water" is applicable in this case.
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I disagree. After all, the collectors of old baseball cards are not doing so because they're enamoured of the present day game. They collect old cards for other reasons of their own. See the other currently active thread for precisely those reasons.