Josh Gibson

It is indeed.

What are we looking at? This is a 2006 Allen and Ginter Josh Gibson mini card.

But this one has a cool backstory because this is a rip card.

mini.

And this really represents that.

Uh, so the concept here and Dylan, I think is familiar with these cause he was ripping this product back probably in 2006.

Uh, but you would pull a full size card in your Allen and Ginter pack and nested inside of it completely encapsulated in the cardboard was a mini card, an unknown, mini card and they had like autographed ones and other kind of chase cards But there was a whole high number portion of the mini card checklist that contained these mini cards that were inside these rip cards and So they're they're pretty tough to come by I've been searching it This is actually a great lead-in from sort of what we discussed a minute ago because this is a card that I searched for for years and when they do come up, they're usually quite expensive like maybe even verging on comma card or territory for this Josh Gibson.

This one surfaced for like $200.

Cool Papa Bell and Satchel.

How about Josh Gibson.

Some say I've had people tell me the greatest player they ever saw.

Kurt doing his research I tell you you hear more stories about Josh.

We are emotional towards it.

But one of my favorite stories about Tony is this Josh Gibson card, Tony.

And even though Tony had a dream card that was more than anything, it was just cardboard, right? And Tony, kind of expand on that for a second about what that story is, because that's one of my favorite stories about you.

Yeah, so, yeah, you kind of put me on the spot.

I felt led to get it.

I gave up a 1914 Hannes Wagner Cracker Jack card.

I gave up a 55 top sign Jackie and a 52 tops Mickey Mantle card to get that Josh Gibson card.

And some people probably thought I was crazy, but I was very passionate about the card and who was on the card.

I believe the niggas talking.

I never see Josh Gibson

play.

You know what they, when they were sitting there and they were like, listen, you know, you want to talk about talent, but one of the worst pieces of shit human beings you ever met in your life, well, that's Ty Cobb.

I'll give you an analogy.

When the Expos moved from Montreal to Washington and became the Washington Nationals, and they built their new ballpark, they put up statues of Walter Johnson of the old Washington Senators and Josh Gibson of the Homestead Grays.

There may not be any legal continuity between the Senators and the Grays and the Nats, But the message was we're not starting something new.

We're continuing a story that began generations ago.

My grandfather was the first black player to play the Chicago White Sox.

He played in the Negro Leagues, played against Jackie Robinson, played against Satchel Paige, played with Satchel, played against Josh Gibson, WD to Ratcliffe.

And hearing those stories as a kid.

And then it became really cool in the 90s because you had that hip hop wave and they really gave love to the Negro Leagues.

Yeah.

And my grandfather telling me stories and he almost, he got my grandfather in trouble because he kept making my grandfather stay longer after games.

Cause he wanted my grandfather to tell stories about Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Josh Gibson, Michael Jordan ate that up.

He loved my grandfather hearing those stories that his dad told him.