This sums it up about Jeter and 3000

[David Atkatz]

He said one person.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

He said one person.

touche

[packs]

What a "classy" guy. Must be hard to be so ascetic.

[canjond]

Even worse...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...sct=mlb_t2_a14

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by canjond

Even worse...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...sct=mlb_t2_a14

Boy, the room is starting to get crowded. How can I make money on DJ3k? Everybody start lining up!!

[T206Collector]

This thread really surprises me.

First of all, doesn't anyone see this as the social phenomenon that it is? The people are starved for an athlete that they can support who has not and is unlikely to let them down because of off-field behavior.

Second, this is a memorabilia board. To see people on a memorabilia board -- including someone who actually charges money to authenticate autographs (http://richardsimonsports.com/authentication.htm) -- chiding the collecting public and those who rise to the excessive demand in the market, is ironic to say the least.

Since when has monetizing baseball memorabilia been equated with the Devil, or being un-American?

Pathetic.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

This thread really surprises me.

First of all, doesn't anyone see this as the social phenomenon that it is? The people are starved for an athlete that they can support who has not and is unlikely to let them down because of off-field behavior.

Second, this is a memorabilia board. To see people on a memorabilia board -- including someone who actually charges money to authenticate autographs (http://richardsimonsports.com/authentication.htm) -- chiding the collecting public and those who rise to the excessive demand in the market, is ironic to say the least.

Since when has monetizing baseball memorabilia been equated with the Devil, or being un-American?

Pathetic.

Not to pick a fight with anybody else, but thank you.

Seems Jeter's only crimes in all of this was getting his 3000th hit out of the field of play, making more money then most of us (as if that's relevant), and not studying the auction memorabilia market before having the nuts to hit a ball to a guy with a big heart and a student loan.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

This thread really surprises me.

First of all, doesn't anyone see this as the social phenomenon that it is? The people are starved for an athlete that they can support who has not and is unlikely to let them down because of off-field behavior.

Second, this is a memorabilia board. To see people on a memorabilia board -- including someone who actually charges money to authenticate autographs (http://richardsimonsports.com/authentication.htm) -- chiding the collecting public and those who rise to the excessive demand in the market, is ironic to say the least.

Since when has monetizing baseball memorabilia been equated with the Devil, or being un-American?

Pathetic.

I am not going to jump into this argument, I just want to thank T206 for posting a link to my website.

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by canjond

Even worse...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...sct=mlb_t2_a14

Sheesh... couldn't Price at least "play hard to get"?

I wonder if Branca was signing balls "I gave up The Shot" less than a week later?

[danc]

That's simply Steiner's thing. He waits for something grand to occur and then he makes a deal. How many people purchased signatures of that Big Brown jockey with anticipation of getting the Triple crown? He was charging like $99 then and now, you can't get $5 for them.

TMZ just did video where Jeter was going to his helicopter and there was one guy with a baseball waiting for him and he asked Jeter to sign the ball and Jeter walked right by him.

I have met Jeter twice and he blew me off as well.

And Coach's Corner consignors and these eBayers have no issues getting quantities of Jeter, bypassing the Steiner brand? How do they do it, truthisoutthere, how? :-)

DanC

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper

Sheesh... couldn't Price at least "play hard to get"?

I wonder if Branca was signing balls "I gave up The Shot" less than a week later?

Uh... How much money over his career do you think Branca made off of that? Do you begrudge him a single penny?

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper

Sheesh... couldn't Price at least "play hard to get"?

I wonder if Branca was signing balls "I gave up The Shot" less than a week later?

FUNNY!!

[HRBAKER]

Leakage? I hope most of these guys have not gotten so jaded or insular that they regard each gratis autograph they give to be potential lost revenue.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper

Sheesh... couldn't Price at least "play hard to get"?

I wonder if Branca was signing balls "I gave up The Shot" less than a week later?

I wonder if Branca ever appeared at any card shows along with Bobby Thomson?

[ChiefBenderForever]

Richard so funny thanks for a good laugh, I think I did see a homeless guy one time or maybe he was from Vermont.
And Adam, not sure it is so different, if time is money, and the auto is worth something isn't it the same thing as someone asking you for money and not free on their part ? And although I do agree with you, what we think of 'them' is irrelavant and won't effect them one bit and they know it. As good as they seem to have it they also have lost any sort of privacy or freedom to enjoy the most basic of things and it has to get so old so fast I would think it gets to be a very lonely world for many of them. And when people like Mays and Bonds have a stigma of being such jerks in public I bet it keeps a lot of people at a distance as they are very careful to approach them. I guess in the end it's a thin red herring........

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

I wonder if Branca ever appeared at any card shows along with Bobby Thomson?

Sure he did, quite a lot of them. And........he answered his mail requests for free for decades after his playing days.

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

I wonder if Branca ever appeared at any card shows along with Bobby Thomson?

I'm sure this is a rhetorical question and you know the answer.

In my view, there is a big difference between signing DECADES later and signing less than a week later. Does Price need the money so badly that he must sign NOW? Where is the professional pride?

And by the way, I don't begrudge Ralph Branca one penny. I met him and Bobby many times and had them sign many items. It was always a pleasure.