The Beckett Blog

When Asdrubal Cabrera turned major league baseball’s 14th ever unassisted triple play Monday night at Jacobs Field in Cleveland tonight, it was incredible from a memorabilia standpoint that he tossed the ball into the stands on his way to the dugout. No doubt, that created an ugly tussel in the box seats.

Jacobs Field also was site of an ugly incident in Beckett history.

Well, it wasn’t anything heinous. But in 2001 during the Cleveland National, Upper Deck hosted a gathering of hobby glitterati, including some Beckett editors and pricing analysts, in a luxury box at The Jake. UD trotted out hot dogs, drinks and a slew of boxes of products to open. Pack wars prevailed. Gluttony ensued.

Did I mention that we have some passionate collectors who work at Beckett?

Well, the combination of food, people and baseball cards was a bit much for one of our employees in attendance. Former Co-Worker Rich became overly excited, barked at a few people, and eventually spilled hot dog condiments all over a box of cards before he calmed.

His response was, “It’s better to have a food-stained box than food-stained cards.” I guess that makes sense. – ph