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One of the players I have a marketing/memorabilia game used deal with is Wilson Ramos who was kidnapped on Wednesday from his family home in Venezuela. It has been a surreal 51+ hours with many ups and downs and mostly bad information passed. Last night Wilson was rescued like a scene out of a Hollywood movie. A 15 minute gun battle to free him in the mountains of Venezuela.
On Thursday, the networks were scurrying for information on Wilson and it seemed, the team, the players, etc. weren't giving formal interviews. So as they digged for a story I started to getting contacted by the Networks. I turned down all interview requests except to say in my written statement "A good person who does charity work, good to kids, and signs autographs for fans" I put together some of my YouTube videos and photos of him. I told one reporter, "I'm not looking for my 15 minutes of fame on the backside of a family's living hell"
Here is the piece Diane Sawyer did on ABC on Thursday with some of my video and photos:
On Thursday, my email and voicemail was also flooded with calls from dealers and wholesalers and collectors clamoring for Ramos product. The baseballs that have been on eBay for months and sold a few a month due to the fact that he is one of the best catcher's in the league, sold over a dozen on Thursday. Game used bats sold too. You could also see the fakes pop up on eBay by those trying to cash in. Now that he was found alive, all fairly quiet on sales today. Someone did Best Offer me 6 bats for $20 each.....
Quite the world we live in.
On Thursday, the networks were scurrying for information on Wilson and it seemed, the team, the players, etc. weren't giving formal interviews. So as they digged for a story I started to getting contacted by the Networks. I turned down all interview requests except to say in my written statement "A good person who does charity work, good to kids, and signs autographs for fans" I put together some of my YouTube videos and photos of him. I told one reporter, "I'm not looking for my 15 minutes of fame on the backside of a family's living hell"
Here is the piece Diane Sawyer did on ABC on Thursday with some of my video and photos:
On Thursday, my email and voicemail was also flooded with calls from dealers and wholesalers and collectors clamoring for Ramos product. The baseballs that have been on eBay for months and sold a few a month due to the fact that he is one of the best catcher's in the league, sold over a dozen on Thursday. Game used bats sold too. You could also see the fakes pop up on eBay by those trying to cash in. Now that he was found alive, all fairly quiet on sales today. Someone did Best Offer me 6 bats for $20 each.....
Quite the world we live in.
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