NYT Interviews Hobby Execs at National--What's Right and Wrong with Hobby

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08-09-2025, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by JollyElm

To call baseball card collecting these days a hobby, is like calling the Corleone family olive oil importers.

+1000000 on that! Everyone needs to stop pretending. The only way it's a hobby is if you have mafia wealth. It's an industry.

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