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Al C.risafulliI'm not sure about that, in my case.
My office at home has vintage cards and photos displayed all around it. There's an entire wall of SGC-slabbed HOF cards from the 19th century to today. There are two more walls of photos of guys like Jackie Robinson, Christy Mathewson, Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Hank Greenberg, Bob Feller, etc. There are cards everywhere - I'm immersed in them, and my son's not impressed. One time I sat him down and said "Let me tell you why Jackie Robinson is one of the most important men who ever lived." Other than that, he's never been that interested.
It was the concept of a piece of a BAT, stuck to a card, that interested him. This is really a piece of his bat? Who was he? When did he play? What made him so special?
He likes basketball, and he's got a bunch of basketball cards (thanks largely to my friend Jay Wolt). He likes those relic cards, with a piece of Jason Kidd or Shaq's jersey attached. But he's got no interest in baseball cards.
But man, that bat got him asking questions.
-Al