No National? No Problem. Hobby Homies with Tim @thebigleaguefind

Welcome to the Goldin Age of Cardboard podcast, where we remember a time when stacks of cards were held together with rubber bands and Mickey Mantles were put in bike spokes. We hope you will enjoy and reminisce as you come along with us as we tell stories about the baseball cards from the Goldin age of baseball. We will examine the state of the vintage baseball card market and talk to some of the greatest collectors in the hobby. You one-of-one be hearing us talk about any chrome or shiny cards. Here now to take you on this retrospective journey, here's your host, direct from the shallow end of the gene pool, my son, Mike Moynihan. Yu-Gi-Oh And hello, everybody. Mike here. Welcome to another awesome episode of the Goldin Age cardboard podcast. Sorry I missed last week, guys. I was just too busy to do an episode. I don't, I don't have a good excuse other than that, but I am back this week, and I wanted to do another hobby Homies episode, and I was talking to a buddy of mine, and we had not caught up in a little while, and we'll get to those reasons here in a second. But he's one of my favorite people in the hobby because he exudes an enthusiasm that is absolutely infectious, and it's exciting to hear him talk. And, and he's got a pretty amazing collection to talk about. And that's Timmy. Timmy from the big league. Find. What's up, buddy? What's up, Mikey? What's going on, kid? How are you? I'm good, man. You've been having a busy summer. You were in Iceland, right? Yes, I was. Yes, I was. I went down there. I went out there with my girls. Probably one of the most remarkable experiences, traveling experiences that I've. That I've had in, I, I, I don't know in my life, but, but they. It's got to be up there. It's got to be up there. And I, it was, the experience was based on, on the different landscapes. Like, I, I don't. I, I'm not, like, completely tuned into that stuff, but hiking in glacier where, Glacier areas, and then hiking where there's a volcanic activity, and it really took me and I had some emotional moments in my, in, in my, you know, on this trip. And it was great being there with my, with my girls, you know, with my daughters, and went there also with, with another part of my family, which, which, you know, we all get along really, really well. So it was, it was a lot of fun. We had a blast. No doubt about it. Do you fly direct to Reykjavik or Do you? Yu-Gi-Oh We flew direct to Reykjavik. I'm sorry, five steps back. We, we were supposed to leave on Thursday night. We drive to Dulles, and as we're getting ready to board, we're told that our flight is canceled. Like, just. That's. They came across the intercom and they said the flight is canceled, so we had to scramble and we then flew out of Richmond to Boston and then Boston to Reykjavik. That's not cool when they do that. I know. It was not cool at all because we were ready and then we had to wait a full 24 hours, you know, to, to, to, to get back up there. Not full 24 hours, but we had to go up to Boston and connect, so. But it was, it all worked out, man. That's how, that's how I look at it. It's. It started off in a challenging way and turned out to be one of the greatest trips of, of my life. That's awesome. Well, this will air during the national week, which is funny because neither one of us are going to be at the national. That's right. That's right. Any fomo? Any, any. Do you kind of wish you were going or. You want to know what? The only FOMO I have is, is the fact that I love talking to people in the hobby. I love having those conversations with people and just seeing the excitement. Like, that's, that's, that's pretty contagious. Don't. I mean, it really is. And you talk about that, you know, the hobby being in a good place. It is, it's fun to, to see the excitement and, and no matter how it presents itself, it's just one of those. Yu-Gi-Oh a little fomo. But, but I'm good. I'm good. You know, it's, you know, I, I still have this collection and, and this is really what I, I truly enjoy. And I, I, you already know this about me. I come in here every day and I get to experience this awesome, you know, arrangement of cards on a daily basis, whether it's baseball, football, basketball, hockey, you know, non sport, whatever it is, I, I get to experience it. So it's pretty cool. Yu-Gi-Oh I'm not feeling it. I'm not feeling upset or unhappy that I'm not there, any of that. I'm not feeling the FOMO now. As the week progresses, I might start seeing videos and, and like you said, interactions with people. They're getting to see friends and all of that. I got to see you that. With that. I loved introducing you to people in Strongsville when you were There with me, watch you be you with people, and it's. It's. It's fun just to sit there, you know, me and Brooksie were sitting there, you know, just watching you do your thing. And, Yu-Gi-Oh it's pretty. It's pretty cool. We. We. We do. I was gonna. That's what I was gonna ask you. I mean, you're the one who. I gotta believe at some point this week, like you said, you probably are gonna have a little bit more FOMO than me because of your presence in the hobby. And. And, you know, I gotta imagine that there are people that would look forward to seeing you and in wanting to interact with you because, you know, you've created this. This network for yourself, you know, for yourself and for. For people in. You know, for just in general. Like, you created this network, and I think that that's. Oh, damn it. I'm sorry. That's all right. One second, kid. One second. Q and I. There we go. Timmy's got dog Pro. I have dog. It wouldn't shock me if my dogs went nuts during this episode like they do most weeks, because they're not humans and they don't understand that we're recording a show. Yu-Gi-Oh When I think about the text. I've gotten a bunch of texts from guys over the last week, days. Oh, man, I can't wait to see you at. At the National. And I'm like, I hate to break it to you, but I'm not going. And it's funny because a bunch of them are friends of mine, and I've mentioned that I'm not going on many videos, which goes to show they're probably not watching my videos, so I'm keeping them on a tight leash as friends. Timmy, I. I muted you for a second. You're back up and live all. All things. Okay, there. Yes, yes. Just. Just a. A good buddy is. It just came into the house and. And. And he's gonna sit and chill for a little while. This is what. When you have this collection, that's. That's the cool part is because it's not at my home. It's sort of in other places. And people, you know, a buddy will drive by and then pull up and be like, hey, dude, I'm coming in. And this guy is. Is a really good guy, man. I really enjoy his company. He's a very similar to us, collected back in the late 70s, 80s, and is a collector. Paused a little bit, but now is getting a little bit back into it. So it's pretty cool. Yu-Gi-Oh Someday I'M just gonna tap on the door and be like, hey. Hey, dude, what's up, Mike? 100, you know. You know, not even a question. Absolutely not a question. Well, I was mentioning. Go ahead, go ahead. I was just mentioning that I have gotten some texts and. And guys telling me, hey, can't wait to see you. I'm not gonna, like, sorry, I'm not gonna be there. And. And it's so. I do feel like there are some people that would enjoy hanging out and I would enjoy hanging out with them, but. And people like, oh, you're going to be. Some people that do know. I'm not going to be there are texting me like, hey, man, you're really going to be missed and this and that. And. And I appreciate that, truly, because, you know, you hope you have a positive impact on people. That's. That's the goal. And, Yu-Gi-Oh people are letting me know that. So that. That does feel good. I'm not gonna lie. I am. I can say with. With 100% certainty. I'm not surprised. I'm not surprised because, Mike, you really do your intro for me. I'm going to flip it right back at you. You are. You're, you know, you're a shining light in this. In this hobby. And, and it's. I think you need to. I think you need to recognize. I hope. Excuse me. I hope you recognize that. I do. I really do. I hope that you recognize that. And, you know, that's just. That's just you, though. That's just you. And, you know, and I think people really enjoy your content, your friendship, your. Your ability to connect, which I think is pretty cool. And I know your. Your humility is probably getting the best of you right now, but. But just accept it. Accept that compliment. Thank you. I. I enjoy the hobby and that come. I hope that comes across. I enjoy hanging out with other guys and hearing their stories and, you know, it's. It's all. That's just how I roll, I guess. I know. And it's a lot of fun and, like, my last few videos have gone kind of nuts, man, on the channel, so. Absolutely. Are you. Are you kidding me? I think it's. I think it's pretty cool, man. I think that that's. The really cool part is when you do a video, you just don't know how it's going to set or how it's going to sit, and then all of a sudden you go, Yu-Gi-Oh that's awesome. Like, I'm really, really excited that it. That it. You know, it Connected with people. I'm the same way on. On, you know, I'm gonna. On our Instagram channel, I'm the same way. Like, I don't know how it's going to present itself. And then all of a sudden, Yu-Gi-Oh we'll, We'll, We'll. We'll have something that just absolutely crushes it. And it makes me really happy because yours is a little bit. Yours are long form, where these are a little bit shorter. But it's cool because the interaction, that's how, you know. You know what I mean? For me, that's how I know what. What I've established or, or what's, you know, being established by that video. You know, the interaction, you know, how people are reacting to it. Well, the. I'll tell you, the dark side of that is, you know, these videos, any video that you talk about money. Right. Or. Or have that in your title or whatever. And if it catches the algorithm, right. And you go into people, like, I've got all these people commenting that I've never even seen their name before. They're new. New to my videos. It's sad that that's the state of the hobby that we're in, where the money part of it is such a driver for people's interest. Sure. And, like, look, I like my cards to be worth money, too. I'm not. I'm not sitting here trying to say I don't care at all, but at the same time, I'm not doing it for money. Yu-Gi-Oh In terms of collecting, I'm a collector. That collector mindset, there's. There's certainly a core group of those people. There's no question that they're out there. But, man, you put money or investment or gains or losses or whatever in a title, and, man, you're gonna see the people come out of the. You're gonna be like, who are all these people? Where have they been? You know? Sure. And that saddens me to a degree. I mean, there's always. Money is part of the hog. Like, there's no question it's a significant part to the hobby. You know, that's just. That's the reality. But I wish it was from a more pure place, I guess. And I don't know that it is. I'm not here to judge the hobby here. That's not what I'm trying to do. It's just. It's interesting. I'll just say that it's interesting. It is. But. But, Mike, you just hit the nail on the head. I mean, it's we're in, we're in a time where the financial side of, of the, of the hobby and the business is, is really probably the highest or at the, I mean it's, it's at the highest. Let's just call it what it is. It's at the highest that it's ever been. I mean that's, People are making significant livings in the hobby and we're not just talking manufacturers, we're not just talking, you know, dealers. We're actually talking about, you know, we're talking. Some of these, some kids are so tuned in to the financial part of the hobby that it's, it's, it's great. But it's very different than what I, how I got involved. I never even thought about selling a card when I was a kid. All I thought about was obtaining the stuff that I loved and being present in my own collection and reorganizing it on every other week or whatever. Like, I mean, how many times did you reorganize your binders? Yu-Gi-Oh that's it. And that was what, that's what I was completely tuned into was, was that piece of the, that piece of the hobby was. Was what I was completely tuned into. Which is, which is pretty cool. Which is pretty cool. It's interesting. One aspect that you're, you're kind of dancing around is yes, tops Fanatics and whoever's making cards is doing really well. But the ancillary businesses that are affiliated with the hobby Hobby, there's so many of them popping up, you know, and it's not just card shops or any of that. I had a company reach out, Tim from They, they make very high end display cases like. Sure, sure. Crazy high end stuff. Like stuff you'd put a 52 mantle in, you know. Yu-Gi-Oh And they've been doing it for years with watches and knives. Like they make these really expensive high end display cases and they're moving into sports carts, sports cards, ecg. And they reached out and said hey Mike, we want you to promote our product. Can we send you one? We've got this new line coming out in September and we're gonna, we want to send you one first. You, we want you to be one of our kind of give us a, some feedback and, and do an episode on your show and talk about. This is a company out of Europe. Okay. Even in this. I mean they're in, they have a presence in the States, but they've got. I've been talking to their main guy which is in, he's in London then They've got a marketing person in Australia that I'm talking to. It's like this thing has gone so global. It's just this weird. And I'm like, I'm just a little dude in Texas and I'm having these conversations with these people. I'm like, if they really knew, like, how. Not important. Oh, stop it. That's the whole thing is you are important. Like, they see, they see your, your, they see your, your. The network that you've created, Mike. And I think that that's, you know, that's. I said it earlier. You, you really need to accept that. And I think that it's important because it's so, it's. It's a positive light in the hobby. You know what I mean? I mean, you and I are very, very similar. We are, we love vintage. We love that part of the hobby. And, you know, that's, that's what we do. Like, that's what we do. And there are a lot of people out there that are the same exact, you know, they feel the same exact way that we do. And we love vintage, though. Tim. The most slabs I have in my collection is from the 80s. Like, if you looked by decade. I track this. I know I have spreadsheets. I'm such a door. Sure. But the 1980s is, you know, I have like 1300 slabs from cards of cards from the 80s. And that's our childhood. Right. That's our. Sure. When we kind of were growing up as collectors. So there's always a place for that. Even the values of those have gone a little bit bonkers in the higher grade stuff. It's kind of weird. It. Speaking of that, like, I think of in correct me if I'm wrong and I'm not sure, but didn't a 1983 opichi Tony Gwyn rookie graded a 10 sell for like, astronomical amounts of money at one point? That is very possible, by the way. Maybe I don't see. I don't. You and I don't, like, we're both going, Yu-Gi-Oh maybe. I mean, if I hear about it, yes, I. But I'm not seeking out all that hobby headlines as far as record sales on these charts, if I happen to come across it or somebody else does a video that I watch about it, I might pick up on that. But Yu-Gi-Oh that's a highly desirable card and very difficult to get in a 10, I would imagine, because it's opici. You know, rough cuts, all the things. Yu-Gi-Oh Yu-Gi-Oh I would think that would go for a lot of money and Highly desirable. How about a signed Tony Gwen Opici 1010. That'd be, that'd be a card right there. Oh my gosh, are you kidding me? I don't think that I would be. I would love to know if it exists. Well, the Gwynn rookie right now sign. You know the top squin rookie signed is well over a thousand dollars now and I don't have one. That's the 180, you know, the 83 trifecta. You know, Sandberg, Boggs and Yu-Gi-Oh I have the Sandberg and the Bogs but they're, they're easy. I got the Sandberg TTM myself. I sent it off and sure, he sent it back for 10 bucks, you know and Gwen's obviously been passed away for a long time which is why that card is so desirable to have signed because he's not around to sign him anymore. Boggs can still sign. Obviously Sandberg passed away recently. But that's the, the graded or the, the signed rookies is of hall of Fame rookies is kind of my. If you were to say what part of your collection would you never want to get rid of or the last you would want to get rid of? That would be the part that I would want to keep. So. So what's holding, if you don't mind me asking. Yu-Gi-Oh what's holding you back from picking up that, that Gwen Lazy. I don't, I don't have a good answer. You know, just bought a Gibson rookie at the Dallas show signed. So that was a fun pickup. I didn't see a signed Gwen rookie there. I might have bought that. But Yu-Gi-Oh you know, do you think. Let me ask you this question because this, given what you just said, we're at the highest. Right. And I always, my clients always ask me all the time when I'm talking about the stock market. We hit all time highs and they give me, you know, 100 grand to invest for them and I'm like, well should we put it in now or should we wait? And I'm like flip. I mean I don't, I don't know where it's going. I don't know where the market's going in terms of the stock market. And so I'm like, look, it's as good a time as any. Or maybe we put in half now. We put in half in a month depending on where it is. But the record show, stock market wise that it doesn't matter long term where you put the money. Yep, 10 years from now it one-of-one matter. It can matter a little bit today, but in 10 years it one-of-one matter. And that's kind of how I feel about the hobby. You know, we're buying it what we feel like or. And are record prices. If we're buying new cards and it's like, well, do you feel like, well, I always say today's high prices are tomorrow's discounts. We're going to look back and, oh, remember when I could get the Gwen signed rookie for a thousand? Now they're 2,000 or. I know, right? Whatever it's. And, but the question that I. I'm dancing or I'm getting to it long windedly. Sorry. You're good. Are we not stupid for just saying, all right, we're at record prices. Shouldn't we just sell everything? Like, if we were being really smart, we would probably sell everything. You would sell all your stuff, I would sell all my stuff, and we could go to Iceland ten times or whatever. You know, how would you answer that? If somebody says, dude, have you seen this? You could sell all this for X dot, whatever that number is. It's a big number. It's more than you paid for it, probably. Whatever it is. Yu-Gi-Oh Yu-Gi-Oh Yu-Gi-Oh Yep. Why don't you do that? I love this too much. That's. I have grown. It's become a part of my life and it's become a part of my everyday joy. So for me, I actually had a conversation with a gentleman who just was Zebra Zebra smart in the hobby, and he's been in the hobby for a long time, and he sort of asked me the same question. And Mike, I guess how this collection was accumulated and assembled is important to me. And so for me, I need to. I need. I feel like the importance of that is more important than me wanting to sell a card for a profit or me wanting to sell a set for a profit or whatever it may be. You know, this. The hobby is. It is what it is, but it doesn't affect how I still walk into this shop every day. It is what it is. But the, the financial side of it is not something that I focus on. Is this collection probably valued higher than, than what I, you know, than. Than what I purchased it for? Yu-Gi-Oh I would assume that it is. I would assume that it is, but that's not something that I'm focused on. And I have to focus on the things that are important to me and then be able to move forward. You and I talk about this a lot. Like the whole how, how collecting in the hobby. Excuse me, how collecting and a An individual's collection can be such a positive influence on their mental health. And that's what this collection did for me, for sure. It really did. It's. It's presented itself in such a way during a very, very, you know, during difficult times in my life. And I get to come in here every day and I get to experience this massive collection that I believe is probably the largest ever assembled, if not the largest ever assembled. You know, nobody knows because this collection was found, you know, in the backyards of, you know, Virginia. And the reality is that nobody knew it existed. And then all of a sudden, I was presented with an opportunity that I could carry this on and carry on the legacy. And that's what I, you know, I take pride in that. And with that pride comes, you know, incredible joy. Incredible joy. I think there's a fine line that you're talking about that is worthy of discussion because, you know, if you think about how much does the hobby. This is going to vary from person to person, but each of us should probably ask this question of ourselves, and that is how, how much does the hobby define us? Right. And what I mean by that is like, obviously if I go to a card show, people don't know Mike, the non hobby guy. They only know what they see on a video or podcast, listen to on a podcast. And sure. And so I don't, I don't. When I die, I don't want someone to get up there and say, man, Mike was a great collector. You know, I want to be defined by what kind of a father I was and husband I was and Fleer of Christ I was and all the things that actually matter. Yu-Gi-Oh that's so unfair. I just, I just said something that's so unfair because the relationships and friendships and, and things that I've been able to do because of the hobby are not. Thing. They're not unimportant because it's. It goes beyond cards. Just like your and I's friendship. Right. We've talked about all kinds of life stuff, way beyond cards. Sure. Some very serious topics and things that we've gone through and been able to, you know, talk to each other about. And that's valuable. Right? That's. But I would. Without cards, we don't know each other. Right. And so to say cards can't be important or aren't important is just so misunderstood, Misleading. But to. At the same time, they're just cards. Right. The people are what matters. And I always say this, this is going to sound a little like I'm preaching or Something. But God's currency is people. It is not cardboard or what's in your bank account or sports cars or nice watches or homes or any of that. Right? He doesn't give a flip about any of that. Sure. And with that mindset, to me, it's about the people. And look, I love the cards too. I love the player stories. And like, I'm not trying to say anything other than keep it in the right place, keep the hobby in the right place. Your family matters more, your. Your job probably matters. You know, all these things, right? We. We have to make sure that we keep the hobby in the right place. For some of us, they're. They're very. They have very limited budgets because they have financial, you know, things they have to deal with. With life. And so their hobby is not as big. You, we have big collection. You, you have the biggest collection. I have a reasonably large collection. And Mike, your. Your collection's massive. Let's just be clear. But it's big. Fine. But one-of-one it's not. We're not comparing anything. It's just some people have more, some have less in the hobby. But always keep it in the right perspective. No matter how big your collection is, no matter how small your collection is, keeping it in the right place in your, in your list of priorities is. Is Zebra important. I think so, man. Yu-Gi-Oh Because I know, like, you've. You've stepped away for months. You didn't even enter that building for months, right? Well, Yu-Gi-Oh there. There was a time where, where it was very, very difficult. Just my. I was, I was going through some stuff and I just. I just didn't want. I was. I was Hyper focused on. On other things in my life. And you hit the nail on the head, I think, like, that is it. Like, I will personally say that, you know, I have, you know, my daughters are incredibly important in my life, and that's it. So they are my best friends. I enjoy, you know, I enjoy going to dinner with them and doing all these things and vice versa. So, you know, this collection, you know, I separate it from that. So this. I'm. I'm in a place in my life right now where, you know, I'm. I get to do this regularly, and for that I'm eternally grateful. But it's only a hobby. That's what it is to me. And, you know, we have built a following of. Of. Of people where, you know, it's. It's that. Enjoy what we're doing and enjoy what we're sharing, and I love that. But it doesn't this collection takes, Takes a back seat to my personal, you know, my personal life. It. It has to. And I think that you, you hit the nail on the head. That doesn't change what I said. This is, this collection brings incredible joy in my life. Incredible joy. And with. That makes. It makes me a happier person that I can, you know, so I can show up and be present in my other. In, in my friendships and in my other relationships. You know what I mean? Yes. And you're saying such a poignant point. The hobby you can step. What's cool about this hobby is while I was building My House, while you're going through things, you can step away for months and guess what will be waiting for you when you get back. That's exactly right. And. And that can be exactly right. It cannot just be. The hobby can be for some people, a source of strife because they, you know, they're spending money they don't have. They're, you know, they're, they're not being responsible. On the other side of that is the great joy that you've, you know, so eloquently put out there so many times. And even today on our talk, and the joy that it brings me and I, I walk into my card room and I'm just like, okay, this is awesome. What do I want to look at? And again, if, if my daughter called right now, just as I'm sure this would be true for you, and she said, I need you to help me right now. I'm hanging up on you right now. I'm not. You and me both, kid. And I'm gonna answer, you and me both. Yep. So having that perspective, but also able to enjoy it. When I got offered, it's been a couple years now, a significant sum for my whole collection and like, life changing money. Sure. And I said, no. And the dude said, why not? And I'm not even gonna tell you who. Everybody would know who it was. And I don't want to. It's not. That's not important. Yu-Gi-Oh Important is when he asked me why not? And I said, because I'm not done enjoying them yet. And I think that's true for you, and I think that's true for most collectors. Obviously, if any of us came into a financial bind where it became necessary, all bets are off. Sure. Everything, you know, everything must go if needed. But I, I don't have to. It's a hobby. I love it. I, I make money all the, you know, I have a job, all the things. Right. So. Okay. I'll keep enjoying it. And there's nothing like walking into this room. And I would hope that that's true for everybody out there. When you spend time in your collection, it's a safe place. It's a. It's an escape. It's a hearkening back to memories of a kid and. And looking at cards and putting them in order and all the things. Right. That's. Sure, sure, sure. Funny how many different spectrums there is or how wide the spectrum is in the hobby of what it can do to you, but, man, we're jumping all over the place. I apologize. What are you gonna talk Uptown, but that. I think this is important. I'm actually going to share with you some of my favorite things to do in the hobby. I mean, in. In this collection. Excuse me. In this collection is when I walk in and I get settled in and I pull out a Pandora Mike. Now, you've been here. You've seen that. I have, yes. We don't need to get into it. But you. There's. Yes, there's a lot of binders in this place. Pulling out those binders because that's what I did as a kid, man. Like, that's what I did. And I start thumbing through it, and I'm looking at stuff that, you know, who knows what I'm gonna find? You know what I mean? And I say that in the sense that. That, you know, there's a lot of stuff that's, you know, there's a lot of binders in here that. That. That are. Are organized. But then you. Then you find a Pandora where there's something that it may not be. Have this crazy value. But it's pretty cool to see. You know, it's pretty cool to see. It might be like A. A 19, whatever, 82 Nolan Ryan Kellogg's card or. Or what have you. Or who. I. I'm. I'm. I can't tell you. I'm not even sure if Ryan. No, I think Ryan was in the 1982 Kellogg's. I believe he was. Yep. So it's one of those things where I'll find that because it's Nolan Ryan, because of my connection with my dad. That's important to me. You know what I mean? But I'm still learning. Like, here I am. I just asked you a question. Like, here I am talking about the 1982 Kellogg's. I know Tim Rains is in it because I collected that set when I was a kid because of Tim Reigns. I know, Rose. I know you know Murray, I know all these different superstars, George Brett, all these guys are in it. And then all of a sudden. But then I'm like, oh, my God, is Nolan Ryan. And I'm asking you, because I'm learning as I go, because it's just. This is a lot, man. It's a lot. I can attest for everyone, you know, what percent would you say you've. How much remains undiscovered? What would you say? So, Mike, you and I have talked a little bit about this in the past. I have gotten to a point in the collection where first I'm still. There is some stuff that I'm still finding, but I believe that. That. That there wasn't. That, like, the previous owner did not hide stuff to the point where I'm like, oh, my God, am I gonna. What am I gonna find what? You know, I'm still opening binders and I'll find some stuff. But it's not. I told you, it's not about the value. It's about the. The. The coolness and. And it's about the. The uniqueness of. Of what. Of what I'm finding. So you asked me what more I need to look through. I mean, I've. I probably only look through about 20%, but I also know that I've looked through. I think I've. I think I've found a lot of what. Of what it is. That doesn't mean there isn't a lot to. To still be found. You know what I mean? Yu-Gi-Oh You know, one of the. One of the things in the hobby that I think is a disconnect for a lot of people in the hobby, especially people that are obsessed with value, is monetary value and cool value are not always equal, have very low monetary value, but have extremely high cool value. Right. It's just neat. It's unique. It's different. A Kellogg set, not much value. But I think there's. They're very high to me on the cool quotient, and I. I feel like there's that, well, if it's not valuable, it's not cool, or, you know, and I tell that to people when I look at collections that I go see. And they'll have this kind of stuff, you know, 80s or you don't love junk, swag stuff or whatever. Just because these aren't valuable doesn't mean they're not cool. And so I don't want you to. I don't want my enthusiasm for the. How cool they are to maybe misrepresent the value of it, because it's not necessarily valuable. Yu-Gi-Oh But I. I think there is that disconnect. And I wish people just enjoyed cards for the coolness fact, which you do to the nth degree, by the way. Just enjoy the coolness. You'll. I love it when you open a Pandora on your videos or you're just going through a Pandora and I love it. I'll tell you, I'll give you this right now when I'm watching you and I. And you'll miss a card every once in a while that I would have thought you would point out. And it's not because you don't know that it's an important card. It's because you're just. You're just going, man. And you're just like, I'm so Hyper focused. I do. And. And Mike, you have helped me out with that In. In terms of. Of. So I do want to take five steps back because I do want to say something. Sure. There's a lot to be found. You know what I mean? And I. We have. We have discovered. And you've been a part of this. You. We have discovered some pretty remarkable things so far. And whether it be, you know, again, Mickey Mannells or Nolan Ryan's or, you know, Willie Mazes or Lou Gehrig's, Babe Ruth's, whatever it is, you know, we have found some pretty cool stuff. We just haven't showed it yet. You know, I mean, there are certain things that I just have not shared with. With the public yet. And I think that I, you know, I'm. I'm slowly but surely getting to those points because you've been in here, you know, And I say this. You've seen my collection. I haven't been to your home to see your collection. You've been here to see this collection. You know what I mean? We need to remedy that. By the way, the other one. I know. Without a doubt. Without a doubt. Is there. I want to do something with you, though. Yu-Gi-Oh Can we open something? You have anything. So you mentioned. You mentioned that you love flir 80s flir, correct? Yu-Gi-Oh I do. I. Because that was. We didn't buy tops as a kid. Fleer. Look, the trifecta, right? I'm gonna give you. Ready? You want me to hit it here? I'm gonna make it here. We'll do. Hold on. I gotta fix this. Let's see. Let's do that. Nope. No, that's not it. Nope. Let's flip that and maybe I can do that. There. Now you can Be star of the show. On the Fleer pack. Kirk Gibson on the back. Nice. Yep. Showing Gibby on the back. Right removed from. He was about to be five years away. He was going to hit an epic home run in the World Series. I know. Isn't that nuts? Okay, ready? Yu-Gi-Oh We've got Rafael Landestoy, Dwight Bernard, Max Venable. Max Venable had a pretty decent career, don't you think? I want to see some cards. You're. You're hoarding them to yourself. Come on. Max Venable. Yes. Yep. Then do you remember Bill Lasky? I don't. Bill Lasky had it. He had it. I don't know how long he played, but I remember. I vaguely remember Bill. Bill Lasky, then Doug Corbett. Okay. Doug Bird. Okay. Bird is the word. All right. Yes. He is not the same Bird, but. You ready, Jesse or Roscoe? Great. Great closer. Great closer. Do you know Tim Rains when he came back from taking a month off because he was. He was negotiating his contract. He had to sit out the first month. He hit a granny. A grand slam off of Roscoe on his first day back. If you go back and if you. If you. If you hit Tim Reigns or whatever, Jesse Orozco, it will show you that game, I think they called it, like, you wouldn't believe it if you knew it. I think he was like 4 for 5 and he had a stolen base. And it was ridiculous what he did that day. And it was his first game. As we continue, John Montefusco. Yu-Gi-Oh Yu-Gi-Oh This is funny. It's a lot of Padres, like, a lot. Well, we need a certain. We need a certain Kurt Bavaca bubblegum card from Topps Yu-Gi-Oh Oh, Yu-Gi-Oh he. He could. Yep. Mark Clear. Yep. Pitcher. Yep. Rick Camp. Okay. John Denny. John Denny. Had. John Denny. Could. Could, could chuck it. Did I think he threw a no hitter at one point? Did he? All right, now, I gotta Google that. I. I don't want to talk out of my. Of course, Lonnie Smith, he could run Jeff Laddie. Yankees and Padres stickers. No, he did not hit a. No, he did not pitch no hitter. So I was. Okay. Okay. Could you be thinking of Len Barker? I knew Lynn Barker. Lynn Barker threw a perfect game. Perfect game. Yep. Yu-Gi-Oh Yep. Ron Guidry, at one point, he was a Hall of Famer. Right. Louisiana Lightning man. Yu-Gi-Oh Rich Dower. Loved Rich Dower as a kid. Joey McLaughlin, checklist. I love those cards. I know. Tom Brunanski. Yu-Gi-Oh Power hitter. Yes. Could crush it. Is that his. Is that his rookie Maybe it might be his rookie. That might be Bruno's rookie, Frank Viola. Great pitcher, Great lefty. Yep. He's a Jack. Hall of Famer. Viola. Jack Clark. Oh, man. Yu-Gi-Oh Bucky Dent. Bucky, he's on the Rangers there. I know when I remember when he came to the Rangers, I was like, oh, my gosh, we got Bucky Dent, you know, and we still. Yu-Gi-Oh Though it didn't. And the weirdest thing is Bucky Dent, good player, great shortstop. But he was your atypical shortstop back in those days. Not no power, just great glove. Yu-Gi-Oh You know, then we've got a checklist. Cesar Geronimo. This is a, this must be like a cello pack or something. Oh, Yu-Gi-Oh this is a cello. Yu-Gi-Oh Jerry Martin. Okay. Gary Templeton. Yep. Gary Templeton. When he came up, he came up like just blue, blazing, man. Yu-Gi-Oh he was a raker, you know, Bob Ochinko. Another checklist. So now we have. What did I show you? Three checklists? Yes. And then Gibby. Well, that was fun, right? Nothing we didn't get. We didn't get any of the trifecta, but we got, we got a lot of, A lot of fun, right? Heck Yu-Gi-Oh Heck Yu-Gi-Oh we did, man. Yu-Gi-Oh Makes me want to grab another. It does. Let's not do it. We'll just keep opening packs and never be done. But. Oh, I, I, I, I know, I know. And, and I, I, I know that, that, that you always try to stay, stay in, in, in your time frame of, of, of episode time. So I don't want to. You and I, you and I could just keep going and going and going. See you guys on Friday because that's how long it'll take you to listen to this. No, Timmy, man, great stuff. Thanks for being on Homies on a little sub series here on Goldin Age of Cardboard. But Yu-Gi-Oh thank you for being a great friend and love talking to you all the time and love it. We, I'll do, I'll do something for you now. We'll, we'll do a home and home here, so. Well, what I'll do is, is that hopefully we can reciprocate and you and I can, you can, I, you and I can reconnect on, on the cardboard on a card. Bros again. Dude, I was the first card, bro. I know you were. I know you were. I know you were. I love this thing, man. I love this collection. I love the hobby. I love everything about it. And I'm going to keep finding and sharing and doing all the fun stuff that I'm doing and I hope that, that we can. You and I can just keep reconnecting regularly a lot more regularly than what we've been doing recently just because I'm, you know, as you. As you had said, we're. I'm moving forward. Right. Yu-Gi-Oh We're both been busy and that's okay. That's. It's. It's still here for us. Right? I. I'm still going to answer when you call. Right. I mean it's, it's all good. And if you guys don't know, Tim is on YouTube as the big league find. He's also on Instagram so check him out both places any of those things and follow that. If you don't know Timmy, go learn about Timmy and you will see what I love about him and that's his enthusiasm and passion. So Tim, thanks man. We'll catch up with you guys soon for another episode of Showcase Showdown. Thanks for watching. Thanks for listening. Take care and keep collecting.