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Originally Posted by Al C.risafulli
This is a prewar board, so it doesn't surprise me to feel a little anti-shiny bias here (and it definitely is here). I detested the relic and bat cards too, until something happened. My son (8 at the time) opened a pack of cards that had a Bobby Thompson bat card in it.
I explained to him who Bobby Thompson was, and his eyes got wide, and he said "and this is his BAT?" He actually gasped.
I thought that was awesome. He has a couple of other game-used cards now, and he collects - both shiny cards and older ones. I gave him his first T206 a few months ago. He loves the hobby. And he loves those game-used cards.
I love this hobby and I love that there are a bunch of grown men and women that I call my friends and share the hobby with - but at the end of the day, this is a kids' hobby, and if carving up some bats will help kids discover the history of the sport - then I'm all for it.
-Al
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I completely agree with Al. Also, a lot of people that collect the game-used cards, eventually start to gravitate towards true vintage memorabilia. How can that be bad?
And one more thing, Cooperstown has more memorabilia than they will
ever display, so as bad as cutting up these pieces may sound, it's not going to have an negative impact on
any of our collections, present or future.