The Essential Credentials Podcast
Greg, Matt and Alan talk baseball cards with guests every other week! 90s baseball cards specifically are their topic of choice.
Episodes
102 episodes
102. The End of an Era
Greg and Alan talk with Matt about his new adventure into working with Upper Deck. What does that mean for the show?!? Matt lets us know what his future plans are.
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Episode 102
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1:32:59
101. Breaking Bonds to Buy Another: A “National” Dilemma
Greg, Matt and Alan discuss what it takes to buy an epic bonds card and how to prepare to pay for such a thing! What is to sell? What is to keep!? The answers to those questions are hard...
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Episode 101
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1:05:25
100. Are 90's Inserts Right for You?
Episode 100 is finally here!! Greg, Matt, and Alan figure out if 90s cards are right for you! Times have changed and 90s inserts are no longer a poor man's game so decisions need to be made if you want to dive into this area of collecting...
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Episode 100
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1:03:25
99. Battle Royale: Ultra Modern vs 90s and Graded vs Raw!
Greg, Matt and Alan go back and forth on the differences between modern cards and 90s cards, as well as Raw vs Graded!
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Episode 99
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1:24:20
98. What Factors Help Decide Your 90s Collecting Focus?
Greg, Matt and Alan bring Milan (KobeEastCoast - IG) onto the show to discuss his transition from Kobe Bryant cards to Derek Jeter cards.
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Episode 98
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1:16:58
97. Building an Insert Collection for Under 500 Dollars!
Greg, Matt and Alan take 500 dollars and figure out how to build a 90s insert collection. Greg focuses on Frank Thomas, Matt does Alex Rodriguez and Alan does Barry Bonds.
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Episode 97
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1:10:37
96. Should You Clean Your 90's Inserts?
Greg and Matt discuss cleaning cards with Ryan. Should we clean cards? Is it ok?
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Episode 96
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1:22:55
95. Rapid Fire Questions with the guys
Matt, Greg and Alan do a rapid fire question panel with each other. Find out our thought pattern on quick answer questions!! No time to think!
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Episode 95
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53:53
94. Cashing out 90s Cards with Brandt (bighurt_90s_inserts)
Greg, Matt and Alan bring Brandt (Frank Thomas collector - Bighurt_90s_inserts) to discuss why he decided to sell some HUGE Frank Thomas cards.
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Episode 94
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1:46:28
93. Social Media has Influenced us with these Cards...
Greg, Matt and Alan discuss how Social Media has influenced them towards certain cards. Whether its for better or worse...
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Episode 93
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1:16:13
92. Wave of the Future: What 90s cards will see growth?
Greg, Matt and Alan discuss what 90s cards have massive/potential room for growth for our future!!
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Episode 92
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54:44
91. Football Inserts with Jake (WarrickDunnPc)
Matt and Alan bring Jake (WarrickDunnPC) on the show and discuss football inserts and whether grading is overrated.
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Episode 91
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1:21:25
90. Instagram: Positive or Negative for the hobby?
Matt and Greg discuss whether Instagram is actually a good thing for our hobby. Is it better to show off cards or discuss them via other methods?
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Episode 90
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1:18:11
89. Rediscovering 90s Inserts and Exciting plans for 2024! (hint A-Rod)
Matt drops a bomb on us that A-Rod is in his future!! We had faith and knew this would happen!!
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Episode 89
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1:17:21
88. Better to show off High End or Low End 90s?
Greg, Matt and Alan discuss whether its better to show off high end or low end 90s on social media. What does it mean for collections and generating interest?
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Episode 88
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1:34:00
87. Giving Thanks to our Interests
Matt and Greg talk about their new collections and appreciate all the finer things in life!
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Episode 87
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1:30:47
86. Hobby Regrets
Greg, Matt and Alan discuss some of their hobby regrets. =*(
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Episode 86
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1:11:20
85. The 3 Amigos Return!
Greg and Alan join Matt to reunite the show as 3 become 1!
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Episode 85
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1:17:20
84. Catching up with Alan & Collection Updates
Matt catches up with Barry Bonds collector, Alan, to discuss their progress in collecting!
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Episode 84
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1:07:29
83. Interview with Mike Cramer of Pacific Trading Cards
Matt and Will interview Mike Cramer of Pacific Trading cards! Find out who really is his choice!
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Episode 83
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2:10:12
82. Sportscard Trivia - Will & Chris vs. Ray & Dustin
Sports card trivia! 4 of our tops minds test their card knowledge against each other!!
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Episode 82
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1:35:14
81: Second Half Goals + Super Collecting Guest
Ryan joins Matt to talk about their goals and what its like to be a Super collector!
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Episode 81
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1:42:08
80. Recapping the 2023 National
Ryan, Will, Chris, and Jeremy join Matt to discuss the 2023 National experience.
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Episode 80
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1:49:19