You have one day and two 1888 Morgan's......

[2dueces]

Set up inside a tobacco shop in New York in 1911 and advertise you’re buying all base ball player picture cards for a $.10 a piece. Soon as word gets around you’d have kids beating down your door. Bound to find everything from 1880’s on.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by 2dueces

Set up inside a tobacco shop in New York in 1911 and advertise you’re buying all base ball player picture cards for a $.10 a piece. Soon as word gets around you’d have kids beating down your door. Bound to find everything from 1880’s on.

You'd be out of dough after buying just 20 cards. Offer a penny instead.

I'd go to a Giants game in the middle of the 1908 season and catch Fred Merkle before or after a game, to suggest he always touch second base when a teammate hits an apparent game-winning single.

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by Mark17

You'd be out of dough after buying just 20 cards. Offer a penny instead.

I'd go to a Giants game in the middle of the 1908 season and catch Fred Merkle before or after a game, to suggest he always touch second base when a teammate hits an apparent game-winning single.

Lol. Good thinking. You never know what effect it would have downstream.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Tao_Moko

Lol. Good thinking. You never know what effect it would have downstream.

That’s one of those scenarios where you come back to the present and suddenly all the signs are in Russian and the Chicago Mishkas have 29 championship banners hanging at Stolichnaya Field.

[gonzo]

The Merkle game suggestion is great!
I’d love to attend the Merkle makeup game though - that must have been crazy to see.

Artifact alternative: November 13, 1893, Newport, KY. Use the $2 for bribes or other chicanery to get away with the Dauvray Cup, recovering the trophy and explaining its disappearance in a single shot.

[packs]

If I could travel back to 1913 I'd put the two bucks down on Donerail to win the Kentucky Derby at 91-1 odds.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by packs

If I could travel back to 1913 I'd put the two bucks down on Donerail to win the Kentucky Derby at 91-1 odds.

LOL, when's the time portal close up in this scenario.............and then, what's your weight return limit?

[Leon]

Might as well pick up some Just So Tobacco and get Cy and Buck cards....

[Tyruscobb]

Originally Posted by packs

If I could travel back to 1913 I'd put the two bucks down on Donerail to win the Kentucky Derby at 91-1 odds.

You do realize that your $2.00 bet would only yield a $182.00 profit, right? I would rather spend the $2.00 on cigarette packs. Let’s assume you only obtain common cards. Just one great shaped T206 common card would exceed your $182.00 profit, and cover your particular scenario’s opportunity cost. The remaining commons are then pure profit.

However, let’s assume you obtain just one great shaped hall-of-farmer card...

I don’t see any scenario that buying that racing ticket is a better idea than cigarette packs. To each his own.

[packs]

Originally Posted by Tyruscobb

You do realize that your $2.00 bet would only yield a $182.00 profit, right? I would rather spend the $2.00 on cigarette packs. Let’s assume you only obtain common cards. Just one great shaped T206 common card would exceed your $182.00 profit, and cover your particular scenario’s opportunity cost. The remaining commons are then pure profit.

However, let’s assume you obtain just one great shaped hall-of-farmer card...

I don’t see any scenario that buying that racing ticket is a better idea than cigarette packs. To each his own.

I guess that assumes you're coming back. But $182 in 1913 was like having $4,700 today.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Tyruscobb

You do realize that your $2.00 bet would only yield a $182.00 profit, right? I would rather spend the $2.00 on cigarette packs. Let’s assume you only obtain common cards. Just one great shaped T206 common card would exceed your $182.00 profit, and cover your particular scenario’s opportunity cost. The remaining commons are then pure profit.

However, let’s assume you obtain just one great shaped hall-of-farmer card...

I don’t see any scenario that buying that racing ticket is a better idea than cigarette packs. To each his own.

I assumed he meant, he'd put the bet down, and then he'd have $182 bucks to spend in 1913, instead of 2 bucks.