Jason Isbell traded concert tickets for Hank Aaron baseball cards
Chances are you've got boxes and binders of baseball cards filling your house. After flipping through the pages, decoupaging some tables and using others as bookmarks, you've been wondering what other uses these beautiful pieces of cardboard could have. Well, how about as currency?
That may just work thanks to Jason Isbell, the alt-country star who holds the same devotion in baseball circles as Bruce Springsteen, who accepted one offer. It all started with the singer tweeting -- as we all do -- about Hank Aaron on a Friday night:
And he never hit more than 47 homers in a single season. Only got 47 once. Consistency. https://t.co/33ZVYdUcfO
— Jason IsBOO (@JasonIsbell) May 5, 2018
Then came the offer: Two, slightly bent, but well loved Hammerin' Hank cards. Check out the sweet designs:
— James (@jamesfishn) May 5, 2018
After some consideration, Isbell agreed: Two tickets to his Berkeley, Calif. show. His sound guy sounds a lot like Justin Turner:
You can give them to the sound guy. Red beard. Can¡¯t miss him. I¡¯ll put you down plus one on the guest list. Have fun.
— Jason IsBOO (@JasonIsbell) May 5, 2018
Naturally, others saw this and jumped in. A Christy Mathewson card in exchange for guest vocals:
I got a Christy Mathewson tobacco card if you sing on my new record...; ) https://t.co/Vp6TyMbdlj
— Zach Selwyn (@ZachSelwyn) May 5, 2018
Hey, why not? And if Jason's wondering, I've got about a dozen Rey Ordonez cards that I'll swap in exchange for, you know what, no, those are too valuable.
