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12-26-2022, 08:40 PM
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A collecting theory: the wife test
My wife is not a sports fan, and hasn't watched a whole baseball game in her entire life. I've long held the belief that a good way to determine players with long-term staying power is to find players who have crossover fame and are known to the non-sports fan. Putting two and two together, I came up with something I call the wife test. Simply ask your wife to name every baseball player she knows.
Here are the five baseball players my wife could name, presented in order (with her corresponding comments): 1. Jackie Robinson (obviously) 2. Derek Jeter (ugh) 3. Babe Ruth 4. Lou Gehrig (the guy with the disease) 5. That guy who married Marilyn Monroe It's not a perfect list, but you would probably do better than most by sticking to these five players. Anyone else want to administer the wife test and report the results? 
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