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Old 05-05-2021, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigdaddy View Post
In my best old man voice: "Ehhh....These young whipper-snappers have disrespected the honorable Honus Wagner, the greatest shortstop to ever field a ground ball and the holy grail of our cardboard worship. Who do they think they are? What's next, a color photo of the Babe?? Mr. Cobbs texting on an iphone? Today's kids wouldn't know a ballplayer from a buggy whip."

BTW, those Dr. J and Rapid Robert cards are cool, man.
A color photo of the Babe is possible, even if one probably doesn't exist.
A color film of the Babe is also just barely possible, and also probably does not exist. (Oddly, a color photo would be possible of nearly all baseball players, although it didn't become common enough until the late 30's

Cobb would probably be using an I phone today, and would probably be texting about how he invested in these things back when they were the size of a shoebox and only made phone calls.
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