Just when you think baseball cards are the center of the universe

[vintagesportscollector]

I don’t find that surprising at all. In fact I would have been shocked if more than 1 of the contestants knew it. You can walk down any street in any city in America and ask 100 people, and I will bet you that no more than 20 people will know, if that many.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by vintagesportscollector

I don’t find that surprising at all. In fact I would have been shocked if more than 1 of the contestants knew it. You can walk down any street in any city in America and ask 1000 people, and I will bet you that no more than 2 people will know, if that many.

I fixed that for you.

[Jeffrompa]

Honus rolled over in his grave .

[clydepepper]

With apologies to Bill Gates and Warren Buffett...

We collectors are the REAL 1%

[Cozumeleno]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

I fixed that for you.

Agree -

I think a decent amount (maybe 10%-20%) of people are aware of that card in the sense that they know there's some rare baseball card they've seen in the news before. But few could probably pick it out of a lineup and practically none could tell you the name of the player.

[Steve D]

Heck, one of the questions on the show was something like "Barry Bonds broke this man's career home run record, and the first response was "Who is Babe Ruth?"

Then another question was about the record 56 game hitting streak, and they even showed a picture of Joe DiMaggio! The first response to this one (not from the same contestant as the first one) was also "Who is Babe Ruth?"

After those two, I'm not surprised at all that none of the three contestants knew of Honus Wagner.


Steve