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05-15-2025, 05:26 PM
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The nonchalance of saying the word "History" just before you're about to cut it up into hundreds of tiny pieces, gives me a headache.
Does anybody know where they sourced this? Part of me hopes it's some bullshit "Coaches Corner" purchase. 
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In the 2000's, the card companies cut up some incredible jerseys from Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Gehrig etc. I collect the 'game used cards' that they made, but still, that is hard for me to stomach. I don't believe any card company has cut up a significant jersey in 15+ years (though I may have overlooked one).
I feel far less strongly about pants and almost feel like they are the perfect compromise. They don't have much presentation value whole (which is why they sell for a tiny fraction of what the jerseys sell for) and in a card, they look the same. I do think it is amazing that one can own a card with a small piece of Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig or Jackie Robinson's jersey for a few hundred dollars. Last edited by Topnotchsy; 05-16-2025 at 12:42 AM.
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05-16-2025, 08:08 AM
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I could never own a Jackie Robinson uniform, but I can own a piece of it, and that's amazing to me. If it were kept intact I'd be unlikely to see it anyway -- it would probably be in a private collection, or at some obscure museum somewhere. It makes me sad to think they're being cut up but makes me happy that I can own pieces of these things, and as long as there are SOME preserved I don't see the need to preserve ALL of them. (What's the difference between these Gehrig pants and the ones that are inevitably at the HOF?)
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05-16-2025, 08:43 AM
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I am sure I'm in the minority, but I'm completely fine with this. I wouldn't mind having one of those cards, I really wouldn't want the pants, nor I would not stare at the pants in wonder at a museum and ponder to myself,"The Iron Horse probably farted in those."
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05-16-2025, 08:53 AM
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Just me
I hate it. Especially with that great red stitched name. Put me in the minority here but I consider it a desecration. Cut signatures on cards can be cool unless they butcher the centering and cut off half the name as I’ve seen some times. What’s next? Cut up a 1952 Topps Mantle and get a little bit????
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