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1987 Topps set. I loved this set
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Jack of all Trades

1987 Topps set.I loved this set

1987 Topps set.
I loved this set

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1987 Topps set. I loved this set.
Duration
5 seconds
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41
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:14
Uploaded
Jun 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
R2-G2,5’7 Films

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Movie Summary

An investigative look on the baseball card scandal during the 1990's.
This is like the classic Topps set of my generation, - Jack of all Trades 00:05
This is like the classic Topps set of my generation,
- Great. - Packs and packs, - Jack of all Trades 00:05
- Great. - Packs and packs,
This is like, we're... I, I... should sell this stuff. - Jack of all Trades 00:04
This is like, we're... I, I... should sell this stuff.
I will take a box of these cards, - Jack of all Trades 00:08
I will take a box of these cards,
- And the Mattingly? - And the Mattingly is literally - Jack of all Trades 00:06
- And the Mattingly? - And the Mattingly is literally
The first kind of heyday of baseball cards - Jack of all Trades 00:09
The first kind of heyday of baseball cards
So, some tobacco honchos had the brilliant idea - Jack of all Trades 00:14
So, some tobacco honchos had the brilliant idea
When baseball cards really exploded. - Jack of all Trades 00:04
When baseball cards really exploded.
- Hey, Johnnie, I have free baseball trading cards! - Jack of all Trades 00:04
- Hey, Johnnie, I have free baseball trading cards!
- Free baseball cards? - Yeah, front of the packaging. - Jack of all Trades 00:04
- Free baseball cards? - Yeah, front of the packaging.
It was competitiveness among these, these candy makers, - Jack of all Trades 00:06
It was competitiveness among these, these candy makers,
And also just the growing popularity of baseball. - Jack of all Trades 00:04
And also just the growing popularity of baseball.
You had these great Yankees and Dodgers teams of that era. - Jack of all Trades 00:05
You had these great Yankees and Dodgers teams of that era.
There's Roger Maris and Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. - Jack of all Trades 00:05
There's Roger Maris and Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle.
The birth of the modern baseball card - Jack of all Trades 00:06
The birth of the modern baseball card
- 1951 Topps, which was a game, - Jack of all Trades 00:09
- 1951 Topps, which was a game,
And these were all conceived by Sy Berger, - Jack of all Trades 00:11
And these were all conceived by Sy Berger,
The famous story goes is he designed the early sets, - Jack of all Trades 00:07
The famous story goes is he designed the early sets,
Because the Mickey Mantle card was in the last series, - Jack of all Trades 00:10
Because the Mickey Mantle card was in the last series,
And then he's also famous for dumping all the 1952 cards - Jack of all Trades 00:13
And then he's also famous for dumping all the 1952 card...