OT - Marlin's Rookie works offseason in card shop

[collectbaseball]

Funny little story, I like it.

I remember a couple years ago there was a Marlins rookie pitcher (Chris something?) and his mom was buying up all his signed rookie cards on eBay which artificially inflated the price. A card that should have been ~$8 was going for $30-40.

[lhoyle]

Maybe not quite as cool as working in a card store, but Phil Hughes used to post quite frequently on the Beckett Baseball boards. Maybe he still does, but I have not been on their boards in over a year.

Us old-timers know that Gary Carter used to be a BIG card-hound. Tom Candiotti was as well. Candiotti spent some BIG bucks on cards.

[bbcard1]

There's a saying which I am sure is purloined from another industry that owning a card shop is like being married to a nymphomanic. It is fun for about two weeks.

[tolstoi]

Market overkill is right, that is sad about the 90 cards etc. I mean who would even want to get involved with the modern hobby nowadays? It is too much of a headache.