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Tim TroutFiled under: Beckett Blog, ebay | Tags: admirable, eBay, genius, heavy drug use, hilarious, positive feedback, potentially dangerous, unbalanced mind
Most ebay users are familiar with the standard positive feedback that people leave for each other. They say a lot without saying anything at all, and are about as genuine as a raw Michael Jordan rookie being sold for $50.00.
Most folks are just too busy to personalize each individual feedback, and many leave feedback for multiple people at once. I am not in any way talking bad about people who leave that kind of feedback, or I would be talking bad about myself. People who don’t bother to leave anything at all on the other hand…well, that’s another topic for another time.
I was reading some of the baseball discussion boards on Beckett.com and it came to my attention that there is at least one ebay user who really takes his or her time leaving feedback for other people. I am not sure how much actual thought is put into these, but the effort is certainly there!
Click here to see what I am talking about—-> “DIFFERENT” EBAY FEEDBACK
Thanks to (user name withheld, for now) on the boards for pointing this out. I told him I would steal his idea and put it here, and am waiting to see if it’s OK to put his name here.
Filed under: BGS, Beckett Baseball, Beckett Blog, Beckett HQ, Beckett.com, Sports Cards
While attending the “East Coast National” show in White Plains, NY this past weekend, I remembered Saturday was the 60th anniversary of the passing of Babe Ruth (and my wife wonders how I forget our anniversary).
Anywho, as I was standing at the BGS booth I thought I saw the ghost of the Bambino walking the floors of the show.
Well, ok that was a little strange but then I heard over the PA system that “Babe Ruth” was here and get your picture taken with him!
The “Babe” was there, only it was a Babe impersonator. Now, I’ve seen Elvis impersonators and even women impersonators (don’t ask) but this was the first sports impersonator I had ever seen. This guy really looked like the Babe walking around the show!
I didn’t get to pose with him as I was the only person at the front counter at the time but I did ask him to pose for me. I wish I had gotten his name. Anyone else at the show?
Filed under: Beckett Blog, Contest | Tags: Art of the Stars, Babe Ruth, Contest, humor, live call, new york yankees, outtakes, semi-unprofessional broadcasters, shoddy camerawork, Steven Holland, tape delayed, winner
Another contest winner was chosen last week, this one from the magazine end of things at Beckett. We have been running a contest from Art of the Stars, this one a Steven Holland painting titled “Bambino.”
Needless to say it’s a Babe Ruth painting, and it’s valued at $6,000.
Here is the video of Ted barker and Tracy Hackler calling the lucky winner.
Not a bad addition to anyone’s Babe Ruth or Yankees collection!
