The New Benchmark of My Collection 

Awesome video..... who cares about the random grade they gave it. It is beautiful. Thanks for teaching us about Village Inn.... now I love the 2nd Year Bench Card even more!

Another great episode Hugo. awesome bit of history right there in our very own backyard.

Awesome video, I’ve been to the village inn. Great cards and story, thanks for sharing

This is my favorite card. Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!

Huge that card !!!!!!!!!! Congrats that is awesome and how you connected it with a place you go 🤯🤯🤯

Just found your channel. Great video. Love all the big red machine. Awesome Johnny Bench card

Dude. That is so awesome. It's a beautiful copy of that card and I know how much you wanted a copy and Im so happy you were able to get one. Thanks for the mention but this was all you and I am super excited you figured out a way to get this.

Sick Bench! Brunch with Bench! I love it, that card is a stunner! Well done, Hugo. Whoever did that tilt down with the camera to start the video needs a raise!

Fantastic video, Hugo! What a great way to show off a card...with some STACKS! Well done.

Amazing trip down memory lane Hugo! Thank you for sharing your pride and joy! Breakfast looks super yummy. 🤤 Happy Heavenly Birthday Mr. Sherwood. 💥💥

Awesome brother! That card is a classic! Certainly Bench’s nicest card! Love that the diner is still open and you visited with the Bench card! Congrats on a beautiful pickup! I’m happy for you!

Great video! Love the backstory! And free pie I need to get to spring training

That is a stunning 2!! Congrats on that terrific pickup! Such a great card!

A truly beautiful and clean copy of that classic card. Also love the backstory of where it was photographed and the pancake restaurant.

Great episode Hugo! The 69 Bench is such a great card. One of the best looking, in my opinion! Never realized that there was a VI advertisement on it. Thats great! I'm a big fan of their breakfast! Thanks for sharing!

FREE PIE! Can't be beat! So cool that you are able to track down places from cards! I feel like moving to Florida now just to be close to so much Baseball History! Great looking Bench card as well! Thanks for sharing Hugo and keep on rocking!

Darn I’m hungry now! Love the Bench!

Oh man, now I want some pancakes. The way you're able to connect to cards like this is just fantastic. Thanks for doing what you do, Hugo.

Awesome video. This video made me hungry. The pancakes and pie looked great. Almost as great as the Bench card.

I was hoping for the reveal that the Bench photo was taken at your location - love it! My favorite Bench card, hope to eventually pick it up. Well done Hugo, thanks!

You're spreading the fever, Hugo. That was fun to watch. Spring fever is in the air. And man, those pancakes! Oh, and the card...spectacular. Your wife did a great job behind the camera. Enjoyed your pre-spring training trip. Bring on the season.

Hi Hugo. That Bench certainly looks good for a 2 grade. Thanks for sharing my friend

Hey, I have been waiting for this video. You order the same thing as I do when going to Village Inn. Your Bench looks terrific. Thanks for the mention Hugo. Fun video for sure. Have a great weekend.

Absolutely amazing backstory for a card i like so much! 👏 You're 2 looks as good or better than my 6

I have the 2nd year bench from Chris from Missouri, we are clubbies now! Next time I need you to ask people in the restaurant if they knew about the advertisement on the card. They need to get a bench card on that wall, tell the owner! Good job Hugo!

Congrats! I am looking for that card too! What a great looking 2! We used to have that pancake house here years ago.

You just made me want a second breakfast 🥞 😂

Super video Hugo. I enjoyed learning that Al Lopez field was located on that sight. Fantastic looking Johnny Bench card. I never noticed his number was 53 on his uniform until I looked close at the card. That looks like a fantastic place to eat breakfast. Thanks for sharing. Enjoyed and now I am hungry.

You hit this out of the ballpark my friend ❤ Kar and I enjoyed watching this together. Great card & history of the pancake house. Happy to see you had a fun Valentine's Day with Mrs. Signs of the Pastime. We appreciate your creativity, hard work, knowledge and your personal touch that you add to each video! Speaking of personal touch....where's the outtakes!!?? Haha 😂😊 LOL! ❤

Awesome video Hugo. Love that card. I need that card in my collection one day for sure. Awesome story behind everything. I’ll be headed to Florida in march and I can’t wait to watching baseball! Enjoyed my friend!

Baseball and pancakes…what could be better?!?!? Awesome video tying it all together. I love seeing you tell history like this down to a pancake house advertisement in the background of a card. So cool!

That Bench looks great Hugo! Pancakes must’ve been good too!

Awesome video Hugo!!! I have been to Tampa so many times and never been there. Next time I am down there, I will have to remember to go!! Dave

You somehow nearly snuck this one by me but I caught it in the end! That is a stunner of a ‘69 Bench Hugo, I’d have been on that 2 ALL DAY LONG! Of course you did it up proper as only you do, A+ video pal! Loved this! 👊😃

What a background!

Excellent video Hugo. That bench is tough to find centered, been looking for the right one for quite some time. Now I want pie

Dude that card is 🍒🍒 i would buy that all day everyday !!!

I love the 69 Bench! Need to get one. I am also on the hunt for a 1938 Goudey Al Lopez. Great video.

Effective advertisement, for sure! Lol. Advertisement signage on the outfield walls of baseball parks and stadiums have always been part of baseball fabric and charm. Leave it to you to cleverly feature if a video by connecting it to the iconic ‘69 bench Card to Al Lopez field and the Village Inn Pancake house. Thanks to you, I’ll never look at that card the same(which by the way I don’t own). Thanks for creating and sharing another informative, , well conceived, beautifully written and shot video. Good Collecting 👍❤️

Spring Training is such a great time of year. Hopes and dreams are born this time of year. Everyone is in first place! That is Bench's best card. Love the pancakes at the Village Inn. And their breakfast skillets even more.

I love that 69 Bench card and your 2 looks beautiful!

Love is in the air I agree .what's Al Lopez stadium? I had no idea about the Reds training at that stadium? yes there is a glare , Embers and imperial house , Village inn Pancake house , those Pancakes look great!!! those guys don't know how to grade of course were seeing through the computer but from my stand point it looks like at least a 4 , that Bench is a 2 ? have you thought about upgrading to a 5? 2. do you have the 1979 Jim Hunter that looks like a spring training stadium?

Hugo, you are a poet ... and you know it! 😂👊Not only that, but you are like a private detective that collects cards, digging up card related truths along the way! The 2-2-2 breakfast to go with your "2 Good to be 2!" card! 😂👊 Very clever! Your Bench rookie totally looks like a technical grade of 5 with eye appeal that some off-center 7's can only dream about! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 Way to save bucks for breakfast, while getting a stunning beauty of a card! I was going to ask if that was grapefruit juice, but you answered my question! I love grapefruit juice! Awesome tribute to the Sherwood's! It turns out I have some pure grapefruit juice (not from concentrate) in the fridge. I am thinking about having the juice and making some pancakes now, which I have not made in quite some time. You have inspired me, my collecting brother! Awesome video and a truly stunning "2 Good to be 2!" Johnny Bench rookie card! 🤩👊

The 69 Bench. Beautiful card! Super cool how you can connect the images to where they were taken. Love these videos. Great 2 Grade. Who cares about the grade. My collection is loaded with psa 1,2,3,4,5. Enjoyed.

Hey Hugo! What a great video to get pumped for pitchers and catchers. I always appreciate seeing where facilities, stadiums, and history took place. You always do an excellent job of sharing that. I need to share a meal with a Michael Jordan card. lol. I hope to someday get down to spring training. It’s just difficult to get away this time of year with work and kids/wife schedules. Enjoy it for me! By the way, beautiful Bench! Who cares about the grades.

Great video! Glad to see you representing my hometown. Been to that Village Inn many a late night during my younger days. 😂 Keep up the great work!

Hello my friend. Keep up with your great videos

Congrats on landing that beauty for the collection.

Fantastic looking 2. That’s a grade that you’d pick up all day long, looking that good & why we collect the cards, not the grades. Great history on the Bench photo too. Awesome video Hugo.