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Sports Cards Nonsense

Shohei Ohtani Demand is Breaking the Hobby + Why His Cards Keep Climbing

Sports Cards Nonsense

Sports Cards Nonsense

Hobbies, Leisure

4.51K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Shohei Ohtani card prices are doing things the hobby rarely sees, and Mike, Jesse, Shep from Shep's Cards & Collectibles break down why the demand keeps rising.The guys react to the recent Ohtani vs. Judge dual Logoman sale and debate why an Ohtani solo card can still outpace a massive dual-player piece. They also dig into the bigger picture around Ohtani’s market, including why his cards keep climbing, why even common and lower-end inserts are getting real attention, and whether collectors should be grading more Ohtani cards from products like Cosmic, Pristine, and other chrome releases.Plus, Tory joins the show to preview DCSports87’s MLB Opening Day eBay Live event, part of eBay Live’s 48 Hours of Drops is taking place Thursday, March 26 & Friday, March 27.The DCSports87 stream will feature Hall of Famer Andruw Jones, with penny drops of his signed memorabilia, and a loaded lineup of baseball singles. Plus, Mike will be joining in-person -- Thursday at 6:30 pm EDT.Later, the conversation shifts to vintage Beckett nostalgia, old-school card values, eBay Live strategy, flipping singles, and a mailbag full of hobby questions.  Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get 20% off with promo code NONSENSE at shopmando.com! #mandopod #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

That's stupid Otani's all-aices card from 2023. Which was a $4. Did you see what that's doing? Yeah, I sold it last night for $340. You're paid for it. Oh, Lord. Yep. This actually came up in a conversation recently. It says, every time I look at your show, all I see are drinks. And I've never noticed that until today,

0:37.2

because that is generally me with a Celsius at the end. Jesse, is that a guzzler? What is that called? I have two to three drinks at any given time. I found out that's a characteristic of ADD. A lot of them will just have multiple drinks. Sure. And then just a pile of crap and then my pile of crap. But I've never seen you with a drink.

0:40.5

I always have a cell. Almost always a Celsius there. I'm discreet, though. I know marketing.

0:39.0

You've got to keep. a pile of crap and then my pile of crap. But I've never seen you with a drink. I always ever, almost always a Celsius there.

0:39.8

I'm discreet, though. I know marketing.

0:40.9

You've got to keep the stuff off.

0:42.8

Here's the thing.

0:43.4

I've said this before.

0:44.2

If you go to TikTok and you put sports cards and Bucky's in there, you will pull up

0:48.0

this podcast.

0:49.3

Like if they've, if Buckees ever start selling sports cards, we already got marketing all over the place.

1:11.0

I mean, it's free. What's going on over there, Jason? I'm switching the wire to the other side. Smart. Jason Shepard of Shep's Cards and Collectibles. Roger Shepard, if we're going to get official. Our local card shop owner is here with us in shop. And we're back in studio. First time in a while. First time in a while, yeah.

1:13.2

I'm gone Thursday, so one and done.

1:13.6

Perfect.

1:10.8

That's all the people ever need is just one show.

1:17.3

Yep. How goes it? How are things? I feel like this is like a weird, I don't know, I feel like

1:22.3

we need to like get some comfortability worked in. I don't know. It feels like we need an oiling of the show.

1:30.9

Someone say something funny.

1:32.4

I think.

1:33.1

Someone dance for Jesse right now.

1:34.9

It's been good.

1:35.8

Like busy?

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