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Jack of all Trades

When baseball cards reallyexploded

when baseball cards really
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when baseball cards really exploded.
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4 seconds
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22
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:30
Uploaded
Jun 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
R2-G2,5’7 Films

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An investigative look on the baseball card scandal during the 1990's.
- 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...
- Well kids, baseball season's here again, - Jack of all Trades 00:07
- Well kids, baseball season's here again,
- The '52 Topps card is the prototype - Jack of all Trades 00:09
- The '52 Topps card is the prototype
Baby Boomers who grew up then, who loved Mantle, - Jack of all Trades 00:07
Baby Boomers who grew up then, who loved Mantle,
- Yeah. Where is everybody? - Who knows? - Jack of all Trades 00:04
- Yeah. Where is everybody? - Who knows?
As a kid, going to card shows with my dad - Jack of all Trades 00:06
As a kid, going to card shows with my dad
They were just massive, and they had so many people, - Jack of all Trades 00:09
They were just massive, and they had so many people,
- When your mother and I were kids, - Jack of all Trades 00:05
- When your mother and I were kids,
- Card shows were the best because Bubbe would give us - Jack of all Trades 00:12
- Card shows were the best because Bubbe would give us