How Tobacco Created Baseball's First Collectibles (w/ @BrewingCards)

Let me set a scene for you. Picture this: It's the 1900’s and you bought a pack of cigarettes.

Inside is a little rectangle of cardboard.

There’s no stats on the back, no holograms. Just a hand-drawn image. It's a ballplayer (and maybe some tobacco dust that's still stuck to the edges.) Today, those cards are like gold to collectors.

My guest, Brent, fr…