by David Gonos
Happy Hobby! We talk about sports card collecting hoping to help collectors working with a limited budget. With a positive, family friendly mindset, we discuss hobby news and recent releases, while also looking back and talking about vintage cards and players from decades past. It's like opening a pack of cards with 11 with different sports card subjects! This podcast is essentially the read-out-loud version of the "Happy Hobby Newsletter," published every other Thursday on Substack. I’m David Gonos, former Fantasy Sports columnist at CBS Sports, Sports Illustrated and The Athletic. In 2021, I was inducted into the Fantasy Sports Writers Hall of Fame. (No, really, that exists!) I’m also a sports card collector working with a limited budget, so I create content based around just that! I got my YouTube channel going in 2021, and I’ve been posting two or three videos up each week ever since. It’s a fun, free, festive spot to talk about cards, collecting and … cards. I don’t take myself too seriously, so I beg that you don’t take me seriously either. We also do a ton of giveaways to subscribers! <br/><br/><a href="https://gonos.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">gonos.substack.com</a>
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April 15, 2025
<p>Each Happy Hobby Sports Card Podcast episode has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets!</p><p><strong>⚾🏈🏀 Interviewing Vintage Sports Cards Expert, Michael Salfino!</strong></p><p>It’s tough to get all the questions out in just an hour with a vintage sports cards expert, like <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/michael-salfino/">Michael Salfino from </a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/michael-salfino/">The Athletic</a>, but we do our best!</p><p>At first, we discuss his background and how we connected, including our time together writing about baseball cards over at The Athletic. But we also knew each other from competing in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.toutwars.com/">Tout Wars</a> before that, which is one of the most competitive Fantasy Baseball leagues in the world!</p><p>We also discuss Salfino’s picks for his “Elite 8” vintage players and his rankings of who he believes are the eight greatest Topps-era vintage players whose cards we should be collecting. (The origin of this discussion was because he found my video on “<a target="_blank" href="https://youtu.be/uMP75-uzs4E?si=ninn5mhRCSQAmbOj">The Dandy Dozen</a>,” where I ranked my 12 favorite players whose cards people should collect.)</p><p>The podcast stays true to helping out sports card collectors who are working with a limited budget! Michael shares the guts of an upcoming article, where he lists one card for 12 superstar vintage players (seven baseball players, three football players and two basketball players) valued around $100 that we should pick up.</p><p>You can <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/michael-salfino/">read Michael’s articles on The Athletic</a>, and you can check out his socials:</p><p>* <strong>X.com: </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/michaelsalfino"><strong>@MichaelSalfino</strong></a></p><p>* <strong>Bluesky: </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://bsky.app/profile/michaelsalfino.bsky.social"><strong>@MichaelSalfino</strong></a></p><p><strong>***Important Card-Collecting Articles on DavidGonos.com***</strong></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://davidgonos.com/who-are-the-best-rookies-from-each-topps-baseball-set/">Best Baseball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1941</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://davidgonos.com/who-are-the-best-basketball-rookie-cards-from-each-nba-season/">Best Basketball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1948</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://davidgonos.com/best-football-rookie-cards-from-every-nfl-year/">Best Football Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1956</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://davidgonos.com/best-hockey-rookie-cards/">Best Hockey Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1951</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://davidgonos.com/sports-card-supplies/">23 Best Sports Cards Supplies To Buy</a></p><p><strong>Connect with David Gonos on:</strong></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/davidgonoswriter/">Facebook</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/davidgonos">Twitter/X @DavidGonos</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/davidgonos/">Instagram @DavidGonos</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@davidgonos.cards">TikTok</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://linktr.ee/gonos">Link Tree</a></p><p>Email me: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:[email protected]">mailto:[email protected]</a></p><p>Have a #HappyHobby!</p><p>Podcast Music: "<a target="_blank" href="https://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626"><strong>I dunno</strong></a>" by grapes - 2008 - Licensed under Creative Commons <a target="_blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><strong>Attribution (3.0)</strong></a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Happy Hobby Sports Cards Newsletter For Collectors! at <a href="https://gonos.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">gonos.substack.com/subscribe</a>
April 8, 2025
<p>Each Happy Hobby Sports Card Podcast episode has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets!</p><p><strong>⚾🏈🏀 The 5 Faces/Phases of Card Collecting!</strong></p><p>You don’t have to be a sports card shop owner to be successful in card collecting, but there are different phases we all seem to go through, as we try to build our collection.</p><p>First, we’re new to the game, so we make many mistakes we hope to iron out before too long. Then we figure it out — but maybe we leave the game for a bit, only to return years later, as a re-newbie!</p><p>Whether you consider yourself an investor, a value collector, a flipper, or a focused card collector, there are pitfalls to avoid and tips to enjoy!</p><p>Also, we have our resident Happy Hobbyist sports card designer, <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/118670404-alan-camuto">Alan Camuto</a> come in and share his thoughts on the awesome 1962 Topps Baseball card design! From the wood design, to the curled poster, to the orange and black card back — he covers it all!</p><p>***<strong>Important Card-Collecting Articles on DavidGonos.com</strong>***</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://davidgonos.com/who-are-the-best-rookies-from-each-topps-baseball-set/">Best Baseball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1941</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://davidgonos.com/who-are-the-best-basketball-rookie-cards-from-each-nba-season/">Best Basketball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1948</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://davidgonos.com/best-football-rookie-cards-from-every-nfl-year/">Best Football Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1956</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://davidgonos.com/best-hockey-rookie-cards/">Best Hockey Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1951</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://davidgonos.com/sports-card-supplies/">23 Best Sports Cards Supplies To Buy</a></p><p><strong>Connect with David Gonos on:</strong></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/davidgonoswriter/">Facebook</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/davidgonos">Twitter/X @DavidGonos</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/davidgonos/">Instagram @DavidGonos</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@davidgonos.cards">TikTok</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://linktr.ee/gonos">Link Tree</a></p><p>Email me: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:[email protected]">mailto:[email protected]</a></p><p>Have a #HappyHobby!</p><p>Podcast Music: "<a target="_blank" href="https://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626"><strong>I dunno</strong></a>" by grapes - 2008 - Licensed under Creative Commons <a target="_blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><strong>Attribution (3.0)</strong></a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Happy Hobby Sports Cards Newsletter For Collectors! at <a href="https://gonos.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">gonos.substack.com/subscribe</a>
April 1, 2025
<p>Each Happy Hobby Sports Card Podcast episode has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets!</p><p><strong>⚾🏈🏀 Shhh... 9 Secrets to Becoming a Low-Budget Happy Hobbyist!</strong></p><p>Collecting sports cards would be easy if we all had a ton of money and an unlimited amount of resources! But we don’t, so we have to be careful about which cards we buy, which cards we sell, and which types of cards we put on our “Want” list.</p><p>I share a couple handfuls of things you can do to optimize your chances of improving your sports card collection, while also not doing great damage to your bank account!</p><p>Then Patrick Imhoff shares another one of “Patrick’s Prime Prospect Picks” for your Bowman 1st amusement! This prospect plays shortstop, one of the most collectable positions possible, and he’s not far from joining his major league counterparts!</p><p>***<strong>Important Card-Collecting Articles on DavidGonos.com</strong>***</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://davidgonos.com/who-are-the-best-rookies-from-each-topps-baseball-set/">Best Baseball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1941</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://davidgonos.com/who-are-the-best-basketball-rookie-cards-from-each-nba-season/">Best Basketball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1948</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://davidgonos.com/best-football-rookie-cards-from-every-nfl-year/">Best Football Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1956</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://davidgonos.com/best-hockey-rookie-cards/">Best Hockey Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1951</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://davidgonos.com/sports-card-supplies/">23 Best Sports Cards Supplies To Buy</a></p><p><strong>Connect with David Gonos on:</strong></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/davidgonoswriter/">Facebook</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/davidgonos">Twitter/X @DavidGonos</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/davidgonos/">Instagram @DavidGonos</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@davidgonos.cards">TikTok</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://linktr.ee/gonos">Link Tree</a></p><p>Email me: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:[email protected]">mailto:[email protected]</a></p><p>Have a #HappyHobby!</p><p>Podcast Music: "<a target="_blank" href="https://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626"><strong>I dunno</strong></a>" by grapes - 2008 - Licensed under Creative Commons <a target="_blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><strong>Attribution (3.0)</strong></a></p><p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Happy Hobby Sports Cards Newsletter For Collectors! at <a href="https://gonos.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">gonos.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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