Matt Strahm has a point.
It's just not one you'd necessarily expect to come from the Philadelphia Phillies' talented left-handed relief pitcher.
Strahm did an interview with reporter Tyler Boronski about card collecting, and the discussion turned to the idea of collecting Pokemon cards as opposed to collecting sports cards.
This is what Strahm had to say:
"People always ask me when they're getting into cards, for an investment, what would you invest in. I always tell them Pokemon is the safest investment. They look at me like I have a third eye, and I go, 'Pikachu is not gonna tear his ACL and miss the whole season. Charizard is not gonna get a DUI driving home.' That's not gonna happen. Their market is kind of set, and that is what it is. But with players, you wake up one morning and the card that was worth $1,100 might not be worth the paper it's printed on anymore. You're dealing with the human element, and when you get Pokemon, that's outta there. So that's why I always tell them the safest bet is Pokemon."
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Two important questions: Does Pikachu have ACLs? And what is Charizard's beverage of choice?
In all seriousness, Strahm definitely has a point.
It's been amazing to watch the comeback of card collecting in recent years. It's all over baseball, too.
Brewers rookie Jacob Misiorowski recently did a highly watched card reveal on his social media and had a big hit.
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For these guys in MLB clubhouses, it's a chance to be a kid again amid the grind of a long season.
And for them especially, it's gotta be way better to have cards of cool fictional characters than it would be to end up with the card of a guy who just took you deep.
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