Overthinking Baseball Cards goes corporate
We are collecting in baseball cards' industrial era. Multibillion dollar companies and social media compete for our interests, improve our experiences, exploit our personalities, and bring out both ou...
15 Jan 1h 27min
The Shallow End ep 109 - The Grading Dilemma
What do you do when a sports card you know belongs in slab looks better unslabbed? Is what's right for the collector the same thing as what's right for the card?The Shallow End is hosted by Dave Schwa...
9 Jan 24min
The Shallow End ep 108 - Five Top 5's for 2025
Let's remember, recap, and rate 2025 as the. year draws to a close.The Shallow End is hosted by Dave Schwartz @Iowa_Dave_Sportscards
30 Dec 202530min
The Shallow End ep 107 - 'The Hobby has Lost the Plot'
There is so much noise in the hobby, so much content, so many distractions, and so many options. Ribhu (@PerimeterCollectibles), a dealer and collector for 25 years, is here with an important message:...
26 Dec 202536min
The Shallow End ep 106 - Coming Alive Through Your Cards
We're still talking about Walter Benjamin's 1931 essay about collecting. In this episode, Aaron @Two2SportsCards jumps on the mic to discuss the Benjamin quote that most resonated with Aaron and his c...
19 Dec 202538min
Overthinking Baseball Cards: Ranking the Best Years for Baseball Cards 2001-2025
The baseball card landscape has witnessed several shifts since the turn of the millennium. In this tiered ranking, we determine which years stand out, which fall back, and which years do we wish would...
12 Dec 20251h 9min
The Shallow End ep 105 - What Being a Collector Means
In 1931, German philosopher Walter Benjamin wrote an essay about collecting. Nearly a century later, that essay is as applicable today as it was then.The Shallow End is hosted by Dave Schwartz @Iowa_D...
5 Dec 202533min
The Shallow End ep 104 - We Can't Stop Talking about Gambling and Addiction
In all walks of life, we have a habit of talking about a problem once and moving to the next thing. Last summer, gambling and addiction in the sports card hobby had a moment. It seemed everyone was ta...
28 Nov 202540min
