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**OnlineHost** You have
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Elijah_Price:
This
is a 1982 Topps Traded Cal Ripken, Jr. rookie card. |
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Elijah_Price: It's a
classic depiction of superhuman ability. Notice the
piercing, determined look - common in most Hall of Famers.
And the hat that looks like it has that stupid plastic
webbing on the back. This again is common, but only
in the '80s. |
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Elijah_Price: The
thing to notice about this card...the thing that makes it
very, very special...is its beautiful simplicity. |
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Elijah_Price:
When the baseball card industry progressed
into the '90s and companies stopped selling packs of 15
cards for 50 cents so they could sell one card with a
piece of the armpit from Danny Gladden's jersey grafted
onto it for $50... |
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Elijah_Price: Kids
were alienated from the hobby by its overweight, greasy,
dishonest, swindling adults whose love of the game was
usurped by their love of money...as always happens. |
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Elijah_Price:
But this...this is vintage. |
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Businessman: Wrap it up. |
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Elijah_Price: You've
made a considerably wise decision. |
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Businessman:
My kid is gonna go berserk. |
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Elijah_Price: /pause
Once again, please? |
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Businessman:
My son Koby. It's a gift for him. |
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Elijah_Price:
How old is Koby? |
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Businessman: He's 15. |
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Elijah_Price: No. |
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Elijah_Price: No, no,
no, no, no...you need to go now. |
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Businessman:
Wh-what did I say? |
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Elijah_Price: Do you
see any Thunder Stix around here?...Do you see a slender
plastic video camera clipped to the side of a catcher's
mask?...Do you see Byung-Hyun Kim with a blank expression
blowing a big game whenever you give him the
ball?...No?...Well that's what you see in modern-day
baseball! |
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Elijah_Price:
And you must think this-- |
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Koby:
/crashes Hummer through wall
HAY DAD SOME KID STOLE MY MAP AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE
ROAD WAS |
