Sure, a 1939 ticket stub from the final game of Lou Gehrig’s streak sold for $15,535 last May. But if you’re an obsessive collector who hangs on to every scrap of memorabilia just in case it accrues value, it’s time to get real—paper tickets are on the way out. Near the end of 2012’s regular season (after Apple released Passbook, its digital wallet for managing tickets), many fans renounced their stubs, flashing iPhones at the turnstiles instead. But even if the artifacts get digitized, that doesn’t mean the end of memorabilia. These new services will satisfy your nostalgia (and your OCD).
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Egraphs Want to persuade little Timmy to eat his broccoli? Have Big Papi tell him to clean the plate. With Egraphs, players use tablets to autograph digital photos and record personalized voice messages. Stored on the company’s website, the custom souvenirs are delivered via email and can be shared on social networks. Biometric voiceprints and signature ID technology ensure that your A-Rod file isn’t a fraud.
Stublisher Back in the days of sock hops and soda fountains, scrapbooks helped kids keep track of hometown teams. Today, cutting and pasting is all digital. After checking in to real-world events on Stublisher, attendees can use the platform’s corkboard interface to see and comment on other fans’ photos (the company is working to integrate video), allowing the memories to live on indefinitely.
Pennant Before fantasy sports became an Internet sensation, fans tabulated baseball statistics by hand, using newspaper box scores, a notebook, and an abacus. Purists still love box scores, and with Pennant they can pull up game records as far back as 1952. Produced by baseball card titan Topps, the iOS app features rich, animated infographics—like team stat timelines throughout the season compared with previous years.
