Jason Schwartz

1 week ago | si.com | Jason Schwartz

22,126. That's how many different cards Shohei Ohtani has according to the popular collectors' site Trading Card Database, at least at the moment. Check back in a day and the number is bound to go up even more. For collectors who came of age in the 1970s or 1980s, such a number seems absolutely bonkers. After all, there was a time the game's top superstars might have only one or two cards a year. June 1968; San Francisco Giants first baseman Willie McCovey in action.

1 week ago | consultantlive.com | Steven Levine |Dominic Sisti |Jason Schwartz

In this episode of Medical Ethics Unpacked, hosts Dominic Sisti and Steve Levine welcome Jason Schwartz, PhD, associate professor at the Yale School of Public Health, for a discussion on vaccine ethics, public health infrastructure, and the challenges of maintaining trust in immunization programs. Together, they explore how the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped public attitudes toward vaccines, while also underscoring long-standing tensions between individual autonomy and collective responsibility.

2 weeks ago | si.com | Jason Schwartz

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred shocked the sports world on May 13, 2025, with his announcement that several players, most notably Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, had been removed from baseball's permanently ineligible list. Despite the assumptions of many fans, the move did not grant Rose and Jackson an automatic pass to Cooperstown. However, it did make the Hall of Fame at least a possibility. Cincinnati Reds outfielder Pete Rose poses for a picture during the 1973 season.

1 month ago | si.com | Jason Schwartz

It was a day many fans believe came far too late. It was a day many fans thought would never come at all. Either way, that day has come, and Commissioner Rob Manfred has lifted the lifetime bans of Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and several other of the sport's personas non grata. The big news for collectors, not to mention fans of baseball history in general, is that these players are now officially eligible for the Hall of Fame.

Jan 9, 2025 | si.com | Jason Schwartz

Ask most collectors today about iconic error cards featuring weak-hitting second basemen from famous baseball families and you're sure to get a single answer. They might not tell you the year. They might not tell you the brand. They might not even say the player's name. Instead, they'll simply respond with one short phrase. In any other circumstance, this phrase would be sufficiently abhorrent as to get them decked, but in this context it would be 100% correct, if not reflexive.