Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
A 1954 Phil Rizutto
Once upon a time...
As much as I’m embarrassed to admit it, I used to collect baseball cards as a hobby. When I was a teen, my friends and I would go to baseball card shows (long before this become a huge industry). We’d buy a few and steal a few, and eventually we built up some impressive collections. I even owned a 1954 Phil Rizutto.
You know, the famous poet/shortstop?
Anyway, some of my former baseball card buddies saved their collections to pass on to their sons in an incestuous bit of brainwashing. As for my baseball card collection, I sold it when I got fired from one of the many jobs I’ve gotten fired from. I needed cash, so I took $50 for the whole thing.
Today, when I see the incredibly inflated prices of such bubble gum cards, it breaks my cynical heart to know that my collection would be worth thousands of dollars if I would’ve held on to it.
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Event Alert:
The folks at Waltz-Astoria Café have penciled me in to give a talk on:
Thursday, August 7 @ 8:00 pm
“Myth America: War, elections, and our way of life"
Special musical guest: Val Turner
I hope you’ll join us, bring friends, and spread the word far and wide.
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