# Vandalized Baseball Cards Tumblr User Baseball Card Vandals Makes Jokes Out of Players By Katie Pagnotta | Published 2013-02-14 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/baseball-card-vandals References: [lifelounge.au](http://www.lifelounge.com.au/the-lounge/gallery/vandalised-baseball-cards.aspx) & [ww.baseballcardvandals](http://ww.baseballcardvandals.com) Tumblr user Baseball Card Vandals takes vintage baseball cards and makes a mockery of them. These hilarious and revamped cards will make you die of laughter. The whole concept behind the project is to take outdated or worthless baseball cards and to poke fun at the players and the sport. Hilarious quips and doodles include players converted into political figures, musicians and with raunchy comments and drawings on their cards. Ridiculous and stand-outs from the pack include a player converted into rapper Dr. Dre with a cannabis symbol drawn on the side, another player becomes Che Guevara and the funniest one is a player turned into Rick James with his team name altered to "Phreak." Baseball Card Vandals churns out some funny renditions of baseball cards and hopefully they will keep coming. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.9/10 - Popularity: 49% | Activity: 60% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 90% men, 10% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Sports](https://www.trendhunter.com/sports) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Upcycling Baseball Cards:** Opportunity for companies to create sustainable products by using old baseball cards in a more creative and lucrative way. - **Humorous Sports Memorabilia:** Opportunity for companies to market humorous and unconventional sports memorabilia to appeal to younger generations. - **Customizable Trading Cards:** Opportunity for companies to offer customizable cards that allow fans to create their own personalized designs instead of using only standard cards. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Sports Memorabilia Industry:** This industry can embrace the trend and cater to a new generation of buyers who seek fun and unconventional products. - **Arts and Crafts Supplies Industry:** This industry can provide materials and tools for creating customized trading cards. - **Marketing and Branding Industry:** This industry can use this trend to help companies create humorous marketing campaigns and ads using unconventional sports imagery and language. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Punkrock Band Tribute Cards](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/garbage-pail-kids-2.md) - [Trading Card-Themed Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/garbage-pail-kids-1.md) - [Prankster Film Trading Cards](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zerocool.md) - [Artist-Collaborated Sporty Apparel](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tokyo-series.md) - [Trading Card Collector Camps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/collectors-camp.md) - [Baseball-Inspired Manhole Covers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/manhole-cover-1.md) - [Monster Trading Cards](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/topps-chrome-labubu.md) - [Insulting Card Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/winsults-roasting-card-game.md) - [Baseball-Inspired Cocktails](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/baseball-inspired-cocktails.md)