Michael Eisner - ruining yet another childhood institution

[Ghoulish Delight]

Topps to be exclusive licenses baseball card (http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/therundown/2009/08/topps_to_become_exclusive_baseball_card_bud_selig_ michael_eisner.php).

Topps, whose CEO is Michael Eisner, is about to enter a deal in which MLB will license only them to produce baseball cards. Bleh.

[Alex]

Weren't baseball cards already ruined when somebody decided they were a commodity first and a childhood institution third or fourth?

Though when you think about it they are wonderfully archaic as a general idea. Do current kids really have much interest thedr days?

[BarTopDancer]

Bleh.

Now where can I sell basketball cards. I have a ton of them, full sets.

[Melonballer]

That is disgusting. I hope the MLB turns him down.

[cirquelover]

Bleh.

Now where can I sell basketball cards. I have a ton of them, full sets.


My brother has been selling them on Ebay and actually making some money. Other than that he trades them on other sites for different cards.

[Strangler Lewis]

Baseball cards? Gosh, even if I wanted a pack, I'm not sure where I'd go to steal one.

[BarTopDancer]

My brother has been selling them on Ebay and actually making some money. Other than that he trades them on other sites for different cards.

Thanks! I'll look on ebay. I just want to get rid of them. When I was a kid my friend and I would "work" for her dad and he'd pay us in cards. We were in to Basketball so that's what we picked. I have full Dream Team sets, full All Star sets, a bunch of Magic, Michael Jordan and Larry Bird cards. I should get a Beckett and see how much they are worth, but I really just want them OUT of the house.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

When I was a kid my friend and I would "work" for her dad and he'd pay us in cards.

Oh Kevy, where art thou?