Joe
Ms.Teacher
Ms.Teacher
6/23/10
Period.6
Period.6
"Mint Condition"
Remember those? When you had to do a book report in school, complete with your name, date, teacher and class period as the header.
The class period number made sense, teachers have like 1,000 different classes in the same day.
The date, ehh. We all did the same thing. It was due on Monday the 5th, you waited 'till the 4th to do it and dated the 3rd.
The teacher name, really? I never understood having the teacher name on there. Do all teachers have secret 2nd lives we don't know about, where they transform into a different teacher? Kindda like how Ricky Martin turns into Jewel. Family Guy? Anyone?
And then the book itself. This was my favorite part. The teacher needed to "pre-approve" the book you chose to do the report on. And for good reason. 3 years in a row I tried to sneak a Garfield book by as my choice. Didn't work. I swear, High School teachers have no soul. Anyway, I'd take a book of my Mom's "college reading" shelf and use that. Every time, every teacher had the same reaction: "Oh, I've never heard of that before". Goooood, goood. That left the door open to make up my own story based solely on the title without ever having to crack open the cover. 90s, every time.
...
I digress. So what does any of this have to do with a baseball card blog? Oh, you'd be surprised.
Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession
I have a bunch of baseball books that I've read the past couple years. I finally found that section in Boarders, so I'm content now. I needed a new book so I scanned the asiles to see what was available. I picked out a few contenders and then saw the above. "A baseball card book that isn't Beckett? Sold."
I'm not gonna paraphrase stuff, or whatnot, 'cause I suck at that. I'll just get to the point (finally) and really recommend it. I've said before that I will never buy a box of Allen and Ginter, when I buy a box of baseball cards, I don't want to get any boxing or football players. That's why I buy "baseball" cards. But it got into the history of A&G and it actually makes sense why they do that. As well as Bowman, Topps, Upper Deck, the 80's explosion, the 90's crash etc. Oh, it also sheds some light on the founder of Beckett (spoiler alert, pretty sure he's insane). It's printed 2010, so it's nice and up to date wit the current state of everything.
Honestly, check it out. As fellow collectors, you should definitely be able to appreciate it!
(...Joe)
The class period number made sense, teachers have like 1,000 different classes in the same day.
The date, ehh. We all did the same thing. It was due on Monday the 5th, you waited 'till the 4th to do it and dated the 3rd.
The teacher name, really? I never understood having the teacher name on there. Do all teachers have secret 2nd lives we don't know about, where they transform into a different teacher? Kindda like how Ricky Martin turns into Jewel. Family Guy? Anyone?
And then the book itself. This was my favorite part. The teacher needed to "pre-approve" the book you chose to do the report on. And for good reason. 3 years in a row I tried to sneak a Garfield book by as my choice. Didn't work. I swear, High School teachers have no soul. Anyway, I'd take a book of my Mom's "college reading" shelf and use that. Every time, every teacher had the same reaction: "Oh, I've never heard of that before". Goooood, goood. That left the door open to make up my own story based solely on the title without ever having to crack open the cover. 90s, every time.
...
I digress. So what does any of this have to do with a baseball card blog? Oh, you'd be surprised.
Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession
I have a bunch of baseball books that I've read the past couple years. I finally found that section in Boarders, so I'm content now. I needed a new book so I scanned the asiles to see what was available. I picked out a few contenders and then saw the above. "A baseball card book that isn't Beckett? Sold."
I'm not gonna paraphrase stuff, or whatnot, 'cause I suck at that. I'll just get to the point (finally) and really recommend it. I've said before that I will never buy a box of Allen and Ginter, when I buy a box of baseball cards, I don't want to get any boxing or football players. That's why I buy "baseball" cards. But it got into the history of A&G and it actually makes sense why they do that. As well as Bowman, Topps, Upper Deck, the 80's explosion, the 90's crash etc. Oh, it also sheds some light on the founder of Beckett (spoiler alert, pretty sure he's insane). It's printed 2010, so it's nice and up to date wit the current state of everything.
Honestly, check it out. As fellow collectors, you should definitely be able to appreciate it!
(...Joe)
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