"I didn´t even know baseball existed that far back."

My hometown made Yahoo! News today. Turns out the woman who owns Collectique in the Tower District found the oldest baseball card ever. This is my favorite Fresno-related news since that guy was caught gambling with weed at Club One.

I went to Collectique several months ago with my brother-in-law. We looked through old 78's and I bought a copy of Boston's first record on my roommate's suggestion, and one for her per her request. (It took some convincing.) I also bought a bunch of past-their-prime west coast gangsta rap singles. South Central Cartel, 1997? I'll take it. Conscious Daughters, 1996? That too. Bootsy Collins with Dru Down? Why not?

Spent like $50, but what struck me the most was that this woman's husband was so particular about pricing. One of the Boston LP's had a price, and the other did not. Instead of just charging me the same for both, he took me back to the stacks and we sifted through the bottom for the dusty old price tag - $7.00, just like the other, identical copy.

So see, it's ironic that this Ms. Gallego wanted to auction off one of the most valuable baseball cards in history for $10.00 yesterday.