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Chapter 1: What is the significance of the Baseball Card Castle?
We are live in sports heaven, otherwise known as the baseball card castle in Cranberry. This place is incredible, incranculant, incorpulent. Bob, what's going on here? Everywhere I look, there's something I want. There's a Golden State Warriors pennant that I plan to buy. You immediately went to that Golden State Warriors pennant. I got that.
There's a Joe Namath autographed gigantic... Oh, forget about that. I'm going to get that for Ron, by the way. No, what are you talking about? I'm getting that for Ron. Oh, you are? Yeah. I have Donnie's wedding present under wraps over there. Obviously can't say what it is. It's wedding Saturday. Did you see the Bill Mazeroski framed photo? That's the first thing that jumped out at Forbes Field.
Oh, my God. He's showing Bob Skinner, his teammate. It's a gigantic framed photo. The general just got it, from what I understand. And it's Mazeroski pointing to the ivy on the wall to his friend Skinner, you know, maybe a year later or whatever. I don't know when. And pointing to the exact spot where he hit the home run, and it's autographed by Mazeroski.
I want that, Bob, and I'd like you to get it for my birthday, August 26th. Could you? I don't know. We'll see. You like surprises, don't you? I do like surprises. So I saw that's the first thing that caught my eye, only because I've seen a lot of Bill Mazeroski autograph stuff. I have never seen one with that photo. Me neither. That's the thing about that photo. It is unique.
Never seen it before. It's autographed by him, and it's right probably a year later. Here's the spot. Come on, Bob. Look at this. I'll show you where I hit it.
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Chapter 2: How does Caitlin Clark compare to Tiger Woods in sports impact?
Oh, my God. It's perfect. I mean, I almost didn't make the beginning of the show, and I got here at 930. I got lost in the back there with Michael Jordan- Beer cups and Jerome Bettis autographed jerseys, Dermotty Dawson. There's a Jack Cam football. How about the Stanley Cup pucks back there? I saw Dennis Podvin, Bobby Orr. It's like a Christmas for baseball or for any sports fan, to be honest.
How about the McCutcheon game-worn cleats right there in that little case right there, Bob? From 2021, I believe. I wonder how the general gets all this stuff. This is hard. He's the man. That's why he gets all this stuff. And Austin, over your head over there, good morning. You got all these hockey sticks from who knows how many people.
I mean, there have to be, what, General, over 100 hockey sticks here? At least. 300 hockey sticks. Maybe even the one that Tommy Barrasso threatened me with. There's a signed Brooks Orbit jersey. There's some blood on that one, I think. Could be. Right behind me. Chris Kunitz right behind you, Joe.
It's because the General's the man, which is why right in front of me I see there's an autograph session here with Avery Hayes, March 21st. 20th from 6 to 7 p.m. And Ben Kindle, March 27th. Kindle that one up, O Limitless Wonder. How about it? March 27th, 6 to 7. We're here today, Bob Pompeiani, myself, and City Limits on site.
To kick off our Feed the Need event, which is next Tuesday, we do this every year with the general. He's the greatest leadoff batter since Omar Marino. And he got help from a man named Mason from Mason Trees today. You can drop off and donate. Mason just put a bunch of 20s in there. We'd love to say hello today. We have amazing items that we're going to auction off today.
that the general has donated here. In the meantime, you can text the word NEED to 50155 to donate directly to Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. As I mentioned, please drop off donations. And on the general auctioning, we'll take bids at 412-588-6860. Listen to this. We have a Clemente basket, including a 1964 Topps Giant Clemente.
We have a Maz autographed 1957 Topps rookie card, JSA authenticated, whatever that means. It's very special. We have a McCutcheon autographed Pirates jersey to bid on. We have something that the generals called one of the greatest cards, if not the greatest he's ever won. auctioned off a Mario Tops rookie card from 85. And then we have what I think might be the most popular item today.
Who am I, General? I'm a nobody. I don't know anything about memorabilia, but five Connor Griffin rookie cards that we're going to be auctioning off. Is Connor Griffin or Paul Skeens or maybe, maybe, I don't know. But I'm imagining one of those two is the hottest seller in your store right now. Am I right or wrong?
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Chapter 3: What are the latest updates on the Pittsburgh Sports Media bracket?
100% accurate, Conor Griffin. Not the most popular ever. Skeen's was hotter at its apex. Yeah. But today, there's a path worn out to the Conor Griffin section. Every single person that comes in says, where's Conor Griffin?
That's amazing, and he is a hot property, but if he starts the season up here, I would imagine people are going to wear it out even more to the point we're going to need a new carpet. It's interesting that in Pittsburgh, we've been so blessed with so many great athletes, but people are starving for there to be a pirate to cheer for.
We saw that with Paul Skeens, but we've got 30 years of pent-up demand waiting. It sounds ridiculous, but people pour money into a certain team. The Steelers go on a run and are great for five years. You buy all the Steeler t-shirts and merchandise. You have it all. The other team that's laid dormant, you're wanting to put ā you want a new Pirate shirt. You want a new Pirate to cheer for.
And if you notice how the store is laid out, like the most popular stuff is near the front, and it's my dream to move the Pirates right up here. I think they're coming. I hope they are this season. I hope so. I hope so. General, it looks like you're following up Mason from Mason's Trees here with your annual generous donation. It's a lead-off home run. Forget Omar Marino. You're Ricky Henderson.
Yeah, let's start with $1,000 to feed the need. You know, baseball cards is what we do, but it's not who we are. Let's raise some money today. Let's go, Bob. Wow. Very generous is the general. He really is. And one of the nicest guys you're ever going to meet. You come in here and you ask for the general. He'll take you around and show you whatever you need. So that's a great way to start.
It's feed the need. And even though it's next Tuesday, officially, this is a big start for it. That's a Starling Marte leadoff home run first pitch, Joe, of his career. To begin the day today. Where was that, Bob? Was that in Pittsburgh or where was it? I thought that was in Houston. Okay. Do you have a photo of that framed and autographed by Marte, perhaps? We had him here a couple times.
I'm sure we can find one. Yeah. I would imagine the Ben Kindle night over here is going to draw quite a crowd. Ben Kindle's huge. People love Ben Kindle. He's a really good dude. He's played great. You know, what's fascinating about him for his size is he's not afraid to go in front of the net. I've told him that. Like, it's interesting. He plays physical for...
A guy that's not the largest guy in the world. And it's interesting because he doesn't have a lot of stuff. His first cards just came out last week. So again, sometimes when there's a scarcity built into it, it makes it even more intriguing. Once you have 5,000 cards, it gets repetitious.
Like you could see Ben, Clemente, Mario, they have their own cases because there's millions of different cards because they've been popular for years. There's a glut in those items sometimes, but there's nothing of Ben Kindle. What about this Jack Hughes hockey puck, General?
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Chapter 4: What unique items are available at the auction event?
Is he swinging his helmet at somebody, Bob? I'm not sure that'd be worth it. Is he in his car speeding in that one? There is an unwritten rule that Pittsburgh stuff only in the first 50 feet of the store. Because when you walk in the door, I want you to see black and gold. But that doesn't mean Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Browns. Might even mean Yao Ming, right? Could be.
At some point in time. What about Wemby? Wemby is red hot. In fact, in honor of your mentioning him, and him going on a heater right now, I'm going to throw in a Wemby PSA 10 rookie card as number six. Let's get some bids for that. Pittsburgh's not the greatest basketball market in the world. But they recognize talent. 100%. I love basketball. And Pittsburgh...
You go to other markets and basketball's huge, hockey's not. Well, here we have hockey's one of the best hockey, Pittsburgh's one of the best hockey card markets in the country. So obviously you can't be hot on everything. Wemby is blazing. And interesting, when Kaitlyn Clark was hot, she actually succumbed. it was higher than Wemby, Caitlin Clark, because it's a whole new market untapped.
Man, she's back, and she was great for the American team, and it's fun to watch them play. That is a talented team. And this is when you know you're transcending it, when you create a market. It's one thing to enhance a market, but when there was no market and they made one because of you, That's impressive. I think she did the most to transform a sport since Tiger Woods with golf.
Do you agree with that? And is that also true in terms of both of their effects on memorabilia? Probably larger percentage-wise because you went from nothing to huge. With Caitlin. Golf, yes. Golf was already huge. Tiger doubled it. but you already had a big sum of people to work with. This literally went from very few fans. Let's make number seven a Caitlin Clark card.
Oh, I'm going to keep adding on. Let's give a hand. Let's go. Can we give a hand for that, please? I like that a lot. I hope we're not overwhelming the staff back at Green. Can you write those two on there, Limits? I'll do that. And Caitlin Clark. Now, I have to ask you, since you mentioned golf, where is your golf section? And how much do you have golf? There is a golf section.
Primarily, it would be autographs. Cards are hit and miss because this is nuanced, but there isn't a union in golf. With the other sports, they go to the union and say, we'll give you $25 million to produce the cards. They divide it up among the players. It's cut and dried. With golf, they go to Tiger, and he says, no. And then they have to go.
So they've really built products around Tiger over to 2001, his rookie year card-wise. They built a product around him, and they filled in with other golfers. There's years where there aren't even golf cards. But when Tiger's hot, the cards get hot.
bryson gets hot they create a card who's the most popular golfer in the world right now bob and i would say scheffler scheffler what about the shambo probably bryson card wise yeah um bryson's done a good job of promoting himself yeah especially on youtube tour yeah and a lot of it has to do with who they're linked to memorabilia wise and whether they actually get the stuff in the market those guys make so much money some of them don't even want to be involved
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Chapter 5: What are the exciting updates about Sidney Crosby's return?
The NFL has already put out a credential. Free food, Kabaly. And then you just walk outside and then walk into the stadium. Yeah, free food. But Bob, you are absolutely correct with people coming from other cities. As a guy who travels with the Steelers all their away games, we are one of the few locations, if any, that can drive to anywhere from nine to ten different cities. Right.
So if I can drive the five to six hours to 10, 11 different cities, you would imagine some of those fans would make the six-hour drive or a three- or four-hour drive to Pittsburgh. I mean, what is it, two hours from Cleveland, four hours from Buffalo? Cleveland will have a lot of people. Four hours from Detroit. They have two picks in the first round. Yeah, Cincy, everywhere else.
Baltimore, Washington, Philly. Everywhere. You can come from Nashville in eight hours, I bet, seven hours. Yes, you can. Bob, what else is going to happen at the draft? Will there be, you know, will it be like the barbecue pit weekend they have over there? Will it be rib fest? Rib fest, yeah. That's a Labor Day.
They're going to have other components, you know, where you can get food, I'm sure, on the property over there if you don't want to go to the actual restaurants on the north side. But I also think that they're going to have events leading up to it, Tuesday, Wednesday. The NFL experience will be out there the whole time. Are you involved as an emcee of any sort? Yeah, maybe.
Are you announcing the Steelers pick? No, no, no, no. I'm talking about prior to the actual draft.
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Chapter 6: How are the Penguins preparing for the playoffs?
This sounds like Bob just not being at liberty to say that he's a part of something. No, I'm just saying that there are a lot of things that they have planned. And I've never been shy about doing stuff when asked. So if that happens, that's fine. But it would be they have stuff Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, I'm sure, leading up to. So people aren't going to just come in on Thursday.
They'll be here if they're going to make it a trip. They'll be here. throughout the course of the week. Yeah, and the NFL's taking over the majority of the surrounding area of Accra Shore Stadium as well. Mark, do you know anything about security?
The NFL is in charge of a lot of this, so I would imagine they have a... Yeah, there's a perimeter set around the whole thing that it's all run by the NFL. I'm not quite sure about security-wise and everything like that, but I know they've went in and and approach some establishments to be able to take over downtown as well.
So it's a big, big money event, and Pittsburgh's going to benefit from it. I know that. No question. And the Steelers spent a lot of time and money and effort trying to get this here in Pittsburgh. So kudos to them for all the years of really putting this thing together and seeing it to fruition. So now the only other thing we have to worry about is the weather because it is an outdoor event.
I have a feeling it's going to be cold. At this rate, it's going to snow. Can you imagine if it pours for three days? No. That would be awful. Hopefully, it'll be beautiful. I don't think it will. Even if it's colder, who cares? Even today, yeah. Do we know what's going on at Point State Park?
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Chapter 7: What memorabilia items are up for auction?
There's supposed to be some events and festivities there. Do you know, Bob, Mark? They'll have probably some. I would know. No, they'll have some entertainment. Like a band? Are the Clarks going to be playing there at Point State Park? Don't know. They should. Donny Iris, get him up there, yes. Thank you, big boy. This should bring sticks in. Oh, would that be unbelievable?
Is everybody still alive from sticks, Bob? I don't know the answer to that. Hey, Joe, did you get a Joe Cribs card, by the way? I love Joe Cribs. I love Joe Cribs from Auburn. Did it really bother you in 1984 when he held out? Yeah, it did. That was a huge story when Joe Cribs held out, I'll tell you that much. Remember Josh Cribs? I do remember Josh Cribs.
There is no Joe Cribs card, but there's a Cornelius Bennett and a Fred Smurlus, if that interests you. I was a big Fred Smurlus guy back during my youth of sticker books because he always had that goofy mustache, right? Yeah, he was from Boston College. Cornelius Bennett from Alabama. Daryl Talley from West Virginia. Where was Andre Reid from, Bob? Wrong.
Chapter 8: What unique items are highlighted at the Baseball Card Castle?
Cookstown State. Where was Don Beebe from, Bob? I don't know. I don't know where he was from. Or Kelso's from what? No, Franklin Regional? North Hills. North Hills. Yes. Who was from Franklin? Yes, I knew him. All right. Thank you, big boy. All right. We'll see you, fellas. See you, buddy.
It's the Pumpin' Joe Show, live from the Baseball Card Castle in Cranberry, where we're kicking off the Feed the Need event. Yes, Lemon? I have a Penguins update here for you. What does it say? Evgeny, or Sidney Crosby, I should say, practicing with the Penguins today. Josh Yowie putting out there on Twitter, looks like 87 is in tonight. Ooh, there we go, Bob. Welcome back, Sid. There we go.
I thought it might happen on this trip. I didn't know it was going to go this way to the end. I thought if they had struggled, he might have come back. I thought the win in Colorado would have delayed that by a game until he got home again, but apparently he's going to be. It's a very important game. Two of them this week against Carolina. What a show they are. Best show in town.
And if he does anything like what Malkin did, come out right off the bat after missing all this time and have two goals and an assist. Carolina played last night, by the way. That's an advantage for the Penguins because they had a tough game in Columbus. It got nasty on the ice, and they lost that game. So they're going to come home, and they know how important this game is tonight, too.
Yeah, this is going to be pure entertainment, especially if Sid's in the lineup tonight. All right. Fan weather brought to you by Secure Money Advisors. Looking to retire soon? Let Secure Money Advisors get your retirement on track. Chili with a chance of light flurries and a high of Carnell Lake 37.
And the text line brought to you by Edgar Snyder and Associates Personal Injury Law Firm, where they always say there's never a fee unless we get money for you. Coming up. Matt Clement, he coaches basketball out this way, out in Butler. And was obviously a very accomplished pitcher who made it to the major leagues and won 80-some games.
Let's talk to him about that World Baseball Classic and everything that went down last night. And also some Pirate questions for him. As I mentioned, we're kicking off Feed the Need, which is Tuesday. And the General's been kind enough to donate a bunch of items that you can call to bid on. And these are really special. Some special stuff. And you can bid at 412-588-6860. So here's the items.
You can also, by the way, drop off a donation that goes directly to the Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. A lot of people have. You can text NEED to 50155. A Clementi basket. including a 64 Tops Clemente card. The top bid on that right now is $50. The Maz Autograph 57 Tops Rookie card. We're up to $50 on that one. You can bid on a McCutcheon Autograph jersey. The Mario Tops Rookie card near mint.
The general says this is one of the best things he's ever auctioned off. We have Paul Skeen's graded cards, a pack of them, 50 bucks. Wemby card, $50 on that. And a Caitlin Clarke. Prism card, that's up to $105. So somebody might outbid me on that. The Lemieux thing's up to $75. And as I expected, the most popular item of all so far is the five Connor Griffin rookie cards. He's hot.
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