Live From the MINT Collective. Plus, MLB Opening Day Overreactions and Beckett’s New Grading Scale.

Sports Cards Nonsense

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4.8 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Mike and Jesse are live from the MINT Collective in Las Vegas. They talk about MLB Opening Day overreactions (0:40) and Beckett’s new grading scale (8:28). Then they are joined by Kristina Thorson from Card Ladder (19:49) and Jeff Hoferer from Panini (34:22). Finally, they end the show by answering your mailbag questions (51:11). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Guests: Kristina Thorson and Jeff Hoferer Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's no secret the NFL has a problem with race.
0:03.0	Think Colin Cabernick.
0:05.0	Think Brian Flores.
0:06.0	But this isn't a new problem.
0:08.0	It's one that started as far back as the 1930s,
0:12.0	with a ban on black players in the NFL, with a past that
0:16.4	informs the president.
0:18.2	Blackball is a new mini-series podcast from the ringer about the four men who broke the color barrier in football.
0:24.0	I'm your host Chelsea Stark Jones. You can people on the podcast we're live in front of people, which is something I hate more than Jesse's musical choices.
0:48.0	And so... I think what we're doing here today is groundbreaking. I think it's good for you. It's good for me.
0:53.7	Gets us out of our comfort zone. Opens us up a little bit. I have to make an
0:58.2	announcement though just for everyone listening right now. You at home listening, you're doing fine. You just sit tight, two seconds. You in the audience,
1:07.3	please do not make direct eye contact with any of us. It will freak us out. We will become like bears and just attack thank you that's
1:15.0	only announcement how you face it should just done what I did just sit at the angle oh I'm
1:19.0	I don't mind it it's more for you I in case you look out there. All right so Jesse's going to
1:23.1	destroy back in a few minutes. We're going to wait till they're here. Oh my do not
1:26.6	lead with that dude. Okay not destroy. He's going to be nice about it. We're
1:29.7	going to talk about this generational announcement that wasn't that big of a deal.
1:32.2	God. And then we've got to talk to a baseball. about this
1:35.0	the generational announcement that wasn't that big of a deal.
1:36.0	Just don't alienate everyone who's actually at the show on this podcast.
1:40.0	Everybody else is doing great.
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