The Shallow End

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The Shallow End ep 37 - Happy Accidents Mar 29, 2024

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Sometimes a mistake is the best thing that can happen to us.

The Shallow End ep 36 - What is JOMO? Mar 15, 2024

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After greed, it's the sports-card hobby's greatest affliction: FOMO. The fear of missing out. Recent research has sought how to combat FOMO, with much of that research focusing on an antidote: JOMO — the joy of missing out. It's not a perfect solution, but it's a start. Let's dig in.

The Shallow End ep 35 - Luck, Kindness, and Everything Else Mar 08, 2024

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We all want to feel like we're in control of our own destiny, but a little more than two years ago, a moment of luck and an act of kindness sent me down a new path in the sports-card hobby. This is that story.

The Shallow End ep 34 - Setting Up at a Card Show for the First Time (Mark Sanchez aka @mjs_sportscards) Mar 01, 2024

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Until two days ago, Mark Sanchez (@mjs_sportscards on IG) had never lived his hobby life as a dealer. Now, with his first card show behind him, Mark reflects on the experience. How did he prepare? How did it go? And what inspired him to do it in the first place?

The Shallow End is hosted by Dave Schwartz (@Iowa_Dave_Sportscards)

The Shallow End ep 33 - Building a PC That Connects With Your Team (with Kevin aka @Colorado.Collector) Feb 23, 2024

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Kevin (@Colorado.Collector on Instagram) started back in the hobby by trying to collect his favorite Colorado Rockies. Several years later, he's built a PC that is both deeply personal and full of the types of cards that many collectors can only dream of. The Shallow End is hosted by Dave Schwartz. Follow him on IG at @Iowa_Dave_Sportscards.

The Shallow End ep 32 - Seven Players Who Cause FOMO Feb 16, 2024

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You watch them on the field. You track their cards across eBay and MySlabs. And you daydream about adding them to your collection – for better or worse. They're the players who cause FOMO: the fear of missing out.

The Shallow End ep 31 - eBay Is Not a Recreational Activity Feb 10, 2024

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Some of us in the sports-card hobby spend more time on eBay than we do with our families. But it's important to remember that eBay doesn't exist to give us a place to hang out. It exists to separate us from our money.

The Shallow End ep 30 - Why We Buy Sports Cards We Don't Want (a talk with Mike aka @TheGolfCardCollector) Feb 02, 2024

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Lots of us have done it. We don't want a card, but we buy it. Why? To get our card fix? For the rush? To keep our PC's from getting stale? Whatever the reason, it's a crucial issue within the sports-card hobby: the decision to buy when we shouldn't be buying. In this episode, Mike (@thegolfcardcollector) and Dave (@Iowa_Dave_Sportscards) put themselves under the microscope to begin exploration of this important hobby question.

The Shallow End ep 29 - The Fear of Standing Still Jan 26, 2024

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Dave (@Iowa_Dave_Sportscards on IG) sent cards off to grade. Now his card funds are tied up for the next 40-60 business days. Which means that for the next couple of months the collecting part of his collection is kind of … stuck. In this episode, we talk about what it means to be standing still in the sports-card space.

The Shallow End ep 28 - Baseball Hall of Fame Voter David Brown Stops By Jan 19, 2024

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This is an episode by baseball nerds, for baseball nerds. David Brown, Iowa Dave's friend and former colleague, recently cast his first-ever ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame. They talk player-by-player through David's ballot, his research process, and how much personal views played into his decision making. At the end, they play a sports-cards trivia game to help bring David up to speed within the modern sports-card hobby.

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