EPISODE 121 - Clark and Hyung start the show talking about Philadelphia Phillies reliever Matt Strahm's unique baseball card collection. They also discuss how cool and interesting it is to hear more athletes, past and present, getting into card collecting and what they have in their personal collections and the stories behind them.
Then Clark interviews Matt Novogratz, Candy Digital Co-Founder, about the future of digital collectibles and NFT sports cards as well as what Candy has coming to coincide with the start of another new MLB season (Showstopper ICONs!). During the interview, they also go deeper into how collecting digitally can lead to more unique and cool experiences for the collector including being rewarded for completing an online collecting challenge or opening a digital card that has special utility behind it (ie. meet and greet player on the card). They also discuss which demographic is helping grow the Candy customer base (ie. old school collectors dabbling in opening NFT packs vs. purely digital asset collectors or a combination of both).
Then to round off the show, Clark and Hyung play another round of Overrated/Underrated with the theme being "non-rookie cards." Some of the cards they debated include modern autograph cards of retired players, superfractors of non-rookie cards, and second-year vintage sports cards.
Lastly, they finish the show off with the regular "Pick One" segment where each host names two cards or sets, and then debate which one they would rather invest in. The pairs chosen this week include: Bobby Witt Jr. 2022 Topps Update SP image variation vs. Bobby Witt Jr., 2022 Topps Chrome Sapphire #72; Kyle Tucker 2015 Bowman Chrome Refractor Autograph Card vs. Rafael Devers 2015 Bowman Chrome Autograph Card.
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