Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

211A - About "About the Cards" (Out-Takes) 12.05.2020 2:42 ↓

Listening in on the pre-show discussion with Stephan and Angela Loeffler.

211 - About "About the Cards" (with Stephan and Angela Loeffler) 12.05.2020 14:13 ↓

Stephan and his wife Angela sit down for a behind the scenes look at their popular podcast.

210 - Origin: Todd Tobias 11.05.2020 13:47 ↓

Todd shares his precocious hobby journey through vintage baseball cards to AFL cards and AFL history.

209B - The MVP Machine 09.05.2020 5:55 ↓

The thesis of this baseball book is that great players are made, not necessarily born - they sometimes take a non-conformist path.

209A - SMART Goals 09.05.2020 5:50 ↓

Goals "should" be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-Bound.  As a hobbyist that's not necessarily so.

209 - Mother's Day Appreciation 08.05.2020 11:17 ↓

How to show appreciation to your mother in the context of loving sports cards - you, not necessarily her.

208 - Dueling Questions: Rich Klein 07.05.2020 13:21 ↓

Rich and I go back and forth with questions in turn.

207A - COVID-Safe Card Shows 06.05.2020 6:08 ↓

What will the shows of the future look like - what safeguards and protections might be put in place?

207 - COVID-Safe Card Shops (with Joe Davis) 06.05.2020 13:49 ↓

Respected Georgia card shop owner Joe Davis discusses what the post-COVID environment might look like for his shop.

206 - Tribute: Jefferson Burdick (American Card Catalog) 05.05.2020 13:19 ↓

Jefferson Burdick (1900-1963), was one of truest and noblest pioneers of our great hobby, our initial cataloger.  His selfless contributions to our later growth cannot be overstated.

205 - Confidence in Grading 04.05.2020 14:04 ↓

How to think about the confidence sports card collectors should have in grading services in terms of variability and consistency.

204B - Raw Vintage VG Cards 02.05.2020 4:52 ↓

Listener Mark Zentkovich laments the challenge of filling out sets of off-condition vintage, where half-off is not a bargain for "good" condition cards.

204A - Topps USFL Football Cards 02.05.2020 4:15 ↓

A look back at Topps two iconic sets, 1984 and 1985, featuring the now-defunct USFL. 

204 - Player: Jose Canseco (with Tanner Jones) 01.05.2020 13:38 ↓

Tanner Jones has super-collected Jose Canseco, even spending a day with the slugger.  More details in his excellent book, Confessions of a Baseball Card Addict, available on Amazon.

203 - Origin: Buck Easley 30.04.2020 13:00 ↓

Vintage collector Buck Easley shares his collecting origin story.

202 - Set: 1968 Topps Baseball (with Rich Klein) 29.04.2020 12:38 ↓

Rich and I discuss 1968 Topps baseball cards.  Rich remembers his first cards being third series of that year, an auspicious start indeed!

201 - The 1970's: Early Card Shows (by Allan Muir) 28.04.2020 13:49 ↓

Allan Muir asks about the early days of card shows before the advent of price guides.

200 - Recap: Podcast Episodes 179-198 27.04.2020 14:03 ↓

We briefly recap the past twenty episodes over the past four eventful weeks.  If you have questions or comments, please send them to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com  so I can address them.

199C - BCCG Question from Ryan 25.04.2020 4:14 ↓

Listener Ryan inquired about BCCG in response to our earlier full episode.

199B - Lou Brown Out-Takes 25.04.2020 5:38 ↓

Lou and I had an interesting conversation before we recorded his origin episode that I thought was worth sharing.

199A - Origin: Lou Brown (Legends Sports & Games) 25.04.2020 13:41 ↓

Lou shares his multi-faceted journey through the sports card hobby from his successful LCS in Grand Rapids, MI.

199 - Twins Collecting (with Stephan Loeffler) 24.04.2020 13:12 ↓

Stephan and I discuss his love of the Twins baseball franchise.

198 - Home Schooling? (with Rich Klein) 23.04.2020 15:34 ↓

Rich and I discuss the use of sports cards in a home schooling curriculum.

197 - Pre-Tribute: Carol Fowler on Administrative Professionals Day 22.04.2020 13:43 ↓

Today is Administrative Professionals Day in the US - what better day than to honor my long-time Executive Assistant Carol Fowler, who is now happily retired.

196 - Origin: Tanner Jones, author of Confessions of a Baseball Card Addict 21.04.2020 14:01 ↓

Tanner engagingly shares his sports card hobby origin story.  More info on Tanner can be found in his excellent autobiographical book, Confessions of a Baseball Card Addict, which I highly recommend.