Baseball Cards in TV Shows & Movies

mouschi · 03-14-2022, 05:26 PM

Last week, I posted this on Facebook, and thought it would be fun to hear of other baseball card sightings on tv and the movies. Beside Seinfeld, where else can baseball cards be seen?

PumpnDumpling · 03-14-2022, 05:31 PM

Patriot's Day has a pretty sweet scene of Marky Mark playing with his cards he keeps under the couch

griffan15 · 03-14-2022, 05:33 PM

It was an awful movie, so awful I can't remember the name. But Bruce Willis had a 1952 Topps Pafko PSA 10 that he was going to use for his daughter's college and then someone stole it.

Cop movie with Stifler.

blitzaceod · 03-14-2022, 05:34 PM

52 Mantle in Christmas Chronicles

Vosen8832 · 03-14-2022, 05:58 PM

Better Call Saul, I think it's Episode 1 of season 2 has a pretty good scene.

A character who was selling pills had there house broken into was very upset that there baseball card collection was stolen. When talking to the police they even go into detail about the centering on the Mantles and Hank Aarons and maybe even the years of the cards.

jduds · 03-14-2022, 06:00 PM

The short lived Bobby Moynihan show Me, Myself, and I had an episode with a signed 86 Jordan as a major plot point. Surprised that was the first one that came to mind.

boston12 · 03-14-2022, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by blitzaceod

52 Mantle in Christmas Chronicles

Such a great scene

badkarma318 · 03-14-2022, 06:02 PM

Rain Man.

gmoney328 · 03-14-2022, 06:12 PM

Old 80's show, Hart to Hart, had an episode where a bunch of 52 Topps were stolen. Details are fuzzy, but I remember even in 1982 the 1952s were kind of a big deal.

caster513 · 03-14-2022, 06:15 PM

Home Alone, one of my all time favorites.

1989 Fleer Fred Mcgriff

Scoat · 03-14-2022, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Vosen8832

Better Call Saul, I think it's Episode 1 of season 2 has a pretty good scene.

A character who was selling pills had there house broken into was very upset that there baseball card collection was stolen. When talking to the police they even go into detail about the centering on the Mantles and Hank Aarons and maybe even the years of the cards.

The actor is Mark Proksch, I recognized him from On Cinema. When he got the cards back, he dug through 4-5 row boxes of what looked like 80s-90s junk. They didn't pay much attention to detail there but Better Call Saul is most likely the best show on TV right now.

ATLSevarb · 03-14-2022, 06:26 PM

Mask.

80’s movie about Rocky Dennis that scared the %#*! out of me as a young’in.

Collected Brooklyn Dodgers cards in sandwich bags.

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Halonut · 03-14-2022, 06:26 PM

Married w/ Children when all is gathering all of his belongings to hand down to the kids and he has a Joe Nuxhall card that Jefferson folds in half and explains how they use to make boats out of them and float them down the gutter.

LCM1223 · 03-14-2022, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by caster513

Home Alone, one of my all time favorites.

1989 Fleer Fred Mcgriff

Yea that 89 Fleer box/tin always catches my eye

gresh87 · 03-14-2022, 06:29 PM

There was a Stephen King film from the 90s that had a kid selling his soul in exchange for a 50-something Mantle to complete his set. Someone help me here with the name??

caster513 · 03-14-2022, 06:31 PM

bmann33 · 03-14-2022, 06:37 PM

Blast from the Past has some good vintage card scenes.

soey10 · 03-14-2022, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by LCM1223

Yea that 89 Fleer box/tin always catches my eye

It is a fleer glossy tin. When they do the up close you can tell because the backs are blue instead of the regular yellow backs.

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kdog4187 · 03-14-2022, 06:54 PM

There was an episode of Baywatch where something happened involving baseball cards. I remember Hasselhoff giving a kid an UD Griffey at the end of the episode.

GrahamMoonlight · 03-14-2022, 07:06 PM

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There was a Stephen King film from the 90s that had a kid selling his soul in exchange for a 50-something Mantle to complete his set. Someone help me here with the name??

Probably thinking of "Needful Things". Lousy movie, but Bonnie Bedelia made it worth watching!

GrahamMoonlight · 03-14-2022, 07:09 PM

I believe that "Stand by Me" had a 1960 Yogi Berra on the wall. I remember that because the movie was set in 1959!

P.S. Just watched the scene and there was also a 1958 Mantle all-star on the wall with a thumb tack! Ouch!

spmgeaux · 03-14-2022, 08:27 PM

Houseguest with Sinbad and Phil Hartman - early in the movie Sinbad gets a massive box of what appears to be loose packs as his latest get rich quick scheme.

Also, Modern Family, Phil is buying a card (Joe Dimaggio maybe?) for Jay and the guy has it without any sort of protective case, leading Phil to predictably bend the card in half multiple times.

mmbtvs · 03-14-2022, 08:31 PM

Honus wagner in a drawer in Loki.

GoTribe!!! · 03-14-2022, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by gresh87

There was a Stephen King film from the 90s that had a kid selling his soul in exchange for a 50-something Mantle to complete his set. Someone help me here with the name??

Needful Things.
In the book it was a Sandy Koufax card.

Rooftop · 03-14-2022, 08:58 PM

The Accountant shows a few grails

03-14-2022, 05:26 PM	#1
mouschi Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Swimming in a million cards Posts: 9,649 tnhjones	Baseball Cards in TV Shows & Movies Last week, I posted this on Facebook, and thought it would be fun to hear of other baseball card sightings on tv and the movies. Beside Seinfeld, where else can baseball cards be seen? __________________ Tanner Jones, Author of Confessions of a Baseball Card Addict

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Vosen8832 Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Madison, Wisconsin Posts: 503 vosen8832	Better Call Saul, I think it's Episode 1 of season 2 has a pretty good scene. A character who was selling pills had there house broken into was very upset that there baseball card collection was stolen. When talking to the police they even go into detail about the centering on the Mantles and Hank Aarons and maybe even the years of the cards. __________________ Instagram: rv.sportscards

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PumpnDumpling Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: USA Posts: 2,936 Super-Hobby Woody615	Patriot's Day has a pretty sweet scene of Marky Mark playing with his cards he keeps under the couch

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griffan15 Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Sterling, VA Posts: 7,528 griffan15	It was an awful movie, so awful I can't remember the name. But Bruce Willis had a 1952 Topps Pafko PSA 10 that he was going to use for his daughter's college and then someone stole it. Cop movie with Stifler.

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jduds Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Hattiesburg, MS Posts: 3,793 chilaw57	The short lived Bobby Moynihan show Me, Myself, and I had an episode with a signed 86 Jordan as a major plot point. Surprised that was the first one that came to mind.

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badkarma318 Member Join Date: Sep 2020 Posts: 680	Rain Man.

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gmoney328 Member Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Navarre, Florida Posts: 4,178	Old 80's show, Hart to Hart, had an episode where a bunch of 52 Topps were stolen. Details are fuzzy, but I remember even in 1982 the 1952s were kind of a big deal.

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ATLSevarb Member Join Date: Nov 2021 Posts: 200	Mask. 80’s movie about Rocky Dennis that scared the %#*! out of me as a young’in. Collected Brooklyn Dodgers cards in sandwich bags. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03-14-2022, 06:26 PM	#13
Halonut Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,905 gohalos!!!	Married w/ Children when all is gathering all of his belongings to hand down to the kids and he has a Joe Nuxhall card that Jefferson folds in half and explains how they use to make boats out of them and float them down the gutter.

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gresh87 Member Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 981 greshcollects	There was a Stephen King film from the 90s that had a kid selling his soul in exchange for a 50-something Mantle to complete his set. Someone help me here with the name??

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bmann33 Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: MN Posts: 762 bmann3333 bmann33	Blast from the Past has some good vintage card scenes.

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kdog4187 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 348 kdog41874dev	There was an episode of Baywatch where something happened involving baseball cards. I remember Hasselhoff giving a kid an UD Griffey at the end of the episode.

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GrahamMoonlight Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: Scituate, RI Posts: 263	I believe that "Stand by Me" had a 1960 Yogi Berra on the wall. I remember that because the movie was set in 1959! P.S. Just watched the scene and there was also a 1958 Mantle all-star on the wall with a thumb tack! Ouch! Last edited by GrahamMoonlight; 03-14-2022 at 07:49 PM.

03-14-2022, 08:27 PM	#22
spmgeaux Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 855	Houseguest with Sinbad and Phil Hartman - early in the movie Sinbad gets a massive box of what appears to be loose packs as his latest get rich quick scheme. Also, Modern Family, Phil is buying a card (Joe Dimaggio maybe?) for Jay and the guy has it without any sort of protective case, leading Phil to predictably bend the card in half multiple times.

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