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heisman said:
Warms my collection’s heart. :lol:

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I was a baseball card collector when I was a kid. One day when we were moving my father decided that we didn't need the extra weight and threw them away. He didn't tell, I just noticed they were gone and asked him about them. he said that he thought that I'd outgrown them. These were cards I'd collected from between 1972-1981. My Mad magazine collection also went into the garbage.
 
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DubCoffman62 said:
I was a baseball card collector when I was a kid. One day when we were moving my father decided that we didn't need the extra weight and threw them away. He didn't tell, I just noticed they were gone and asked him about them. he said that he thought that I'd outgrown them. These were cards I'd collected from between 1972-1981. My Mad magazine collection also went into the garbage.
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A 1980 Topps PSA 10 Rickey Henderson goes for about $150k.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
I saw it late. Of course you need a human back there to do the other stuff but calling balls and strikes should be out of their hands about 3 years ago.
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Disagree to agree. I know the 3B ump has little to do, but I really don't want to force the home plate ump to just stand there doing nothing for almost the entire game. The head tap will be enough, imho.
 
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Zem said:
Disagree to agree. I know the 3B ump has little to do, but I really don't want to force the home plate ump to just stand there doing nothing for almost the entire game. The head tap will be enough, imho.
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The fully automated system is what I am talking about. Been in the stadium with a game using it. They just get word from ear piece of what to call for balls and strikes. It works perfect if that’s is what you mean by a head tap
 
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Zem said:
Disagree to agree. I know the 3B ump has little to do, but I really don't want to force the home plate ump to just stand there doing nothing for almost the entire game. The head tap will be enough, imho.
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That’s not how it works. They still call balls and strikes based on the AI data in their earpiece.
 
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Zem said:
Disagree to agree. I know the 3B ump has little to do, but I really don't want to force the home plate ump to just stand there doing nothing for almost the entire game. The head tap will be enough, imho.
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When I played I don't know how many 3B coaches I baited into waving a runner home while I held the ball in the outfield for a second or two. Threw every one of them out at the plate. My coach chewed my ass but the bottom line is I got the outs. One was in the top of the 7th (Babe Ruth League)in a tied game. They had a runner one first with two outs and their best hitter at the plate. The base runner stole second and the catcher overthrew second base. I was playing center, backing up the play. I picked up the ball, looked at the 3B coach for a second and he waved the runner home. Nailed him. My teammates were cheering me. When I got to the dugout I got an ass chewing. We won the game in the bottom of the inning.
 
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