Wentz, Nash and Bill Mastro

[sbfinley]

Mr. O'Keefe

I don't always agree with your opinions, but I could accept your statement at face value until you reached the subject of Cobb and Edwards. I have no room for people who substitute disillusion in place of reason. The card is not real. Anyone who has a minimal knowledge of the set can tell as much from just a scan. My wife could look at it and point out a half a dozen issues with it within 30 seconds.

The only reason the topic of this card continues, sadly, is because of the race of the owners. This issue is not only the product of the rhetoric some less than poetic voices on a internet message board used, but also because it has become the irrational propaganda the two use to further their imaginary cause. Forget race, that is illegitimate to the issue at hand, the card is not real.

Frankly as an educated member of the hobby, your statement "I’ve never said their card is authentic. I’ve never said it is inauthentic. It is not my place to determine that" is a weak statement to cement a position of neutrality. You might not be a paid consultant or grader for a TPG company, but you have a concise enough knowledge of the hobby to know without uncertainty that a.) The card is fake and b.) there is absolutely no tangible evidence to back up the claim that the card is a "pre-set test proof" or whatever they claim to call it.

This issue will continue until Cobb and Edwards do the only logical thing, which is to have the card examined by one of the renowned and respected TPG companies. Because until that moment arrives they will continue their waltz in public and key members of the hobby, including many on this board, will have to continue to defend their obviously deserved opinion regarding the card. Thus the cycle with continue ad nausea.

Steven Finley

Originally Posted by JasonD08

Mr. O'Keefe

My guess is that you are a liberal Obama supporter. Just curious.....where do you stand on gun control and minimum wage??

Unless this is an inside joke between you and the OP, statements such as this that have absolutely nothing to do with the subject matter at hand are partially to blame for the undeserved exposure that Cobb and Edwards have received. It is ignorant to discuss matters of race, political affiliation, or religious preference in the context of a hobby such baseball cards. We all come from different backgrounds, but are brought together because we intrinsically value pictures of long dead sporting men. No more. No less.