A collecting theory: the wife test

[t213]

My wife

Jackie Robinson
Babe Ruth
Stan the Man
Hank Aaron
Johnny Bates - it's a deep cut and a long story

Andy

[brad15]

I asked my wife to name the first eleven baseball players that she could think of. Here are her answers: Albert Pujols Yadi Molina Babe Ruth Nolan Arenado Hank Aaron Pete Rose Shoeless Joe Jackson Stan Musial Adam Wainwright Tyler O'Neil and Aaron Judge.

[Jeff_cvc]

No wife here, so I asked a girlfriend of mine who isn’t a baseball or sports fan. She happily played along. I was surprised she got the players she did and she had fun trying to recall the names. Bonus points to her for the good attitude.

Hank Aaron
Jackie Robinson
George Brett (she grew up in KC)
Bo Jackson (ditto)
Dottie (“from that girl movie, ummm, League of their own!” Followed by, does Madonna count?” Sorry, she didn’t really play baseball)
Yogi Berra (she said, “the one that everyone quotes” before pulling this name out)
Babe Ruth (I told her she was missing the biggest name in baseball lore. She asked for a hint, I responded, “big, fat dead guy who played for the Yankees” Boom, it rolled right off her tongue.)

Great thread, we had fun doing it!

[brob28]

Great thread, I finally got around to asking my wife, I have a display in my office of '33 Goudey HOF cards & she is very supportive of my hobby, but she only got one from that group.

1) Jeter - didn't know his first name
2) Randy... "the tall guy that looks like Rusty" (her friend's husband) I helped with his last name (Johnson).
3) Babe Ruth - this one may have saved her picks in my mind.
4) Mark McGwire- "didn't he get a lot of home runs?"

In between 4 & 5 "I can name a lot of wrestlers" & "who was Field of Dreams about?"

5) Jose Canseco

What I learned is I better finish my list I have promised her of which cards to send to major auction houses when I "go" and which ones can go to local or smaller auctions.


Update: As we got ready for bed last night, out of the blue she says "Ty Cobb & Willie Mays" which improves her list drastically!

[StraightRaceCards]

My wife absolutely nailed it. She doesn’t know many, but she is supportive and has been willing to be educated in the hobby

Her list

1) babe Ruth
2) Joe Jackson (from her hometown)
3) Aaron Rodgers, I mean a rod, I mean Alex Rodriguez
4) Christy Mathewson - my favorite player
5) Tris Speaker- my latest pickup and Texas born!

[jb67]

The Mrs. came up with these.

Jose Canseco
Babe Ruth
Jackie Robinson
Willie Mays
Nolan Ryan.

[Popcorn]

it’s a long story here in Detroit but the wife rattled off:

Juana Berengure (our shops mascot, we have his cards everywhere)
Barry bonds
Mickey Mantle
Ty Cobb
Miguel Cabrera
Peewee Reese

Surprised she didn’t mention Gehrig, our local dance team my daughter is in has raised almost 100k for ALS.