Great stuff as always David! It is interesting to look back in time at missed opportunities for great RCs, however, I miss the simplicity of that era when compared to today's cards at times. Jump into the hobby today and try and find your favorite players RC: The results you get may include a Bowman 1st card, a Short Print, maybe an auto insert in a previous series, the topps chrome card, the Update Series Rookie Debut card, maybe even a Topps Now card. It can be difficult to navigate and this isn't even mentioning all the parallels and numbered cards.
I also find the 80s and 90s cards of players involved in the steroid era to be cards I want in my collection. Bonds, McGuire, Sosa, Clemens, they played in a time when they weren't breaking any rules and the entertainment was excellent. I considerer current players who get caught now with PED use to be different, almost intentional rule breakers and I don't look to buy their cards.
First -- agreed, hobbyists are hurt by the hundreds of offerings by manufacturers each year for each sport. Think of how much we can focus our collection on older cards we missed without worrying about buying Bowman Sterling, Topps Tribute or Panini Illusions. It took me a few years to figure it out, but better now than never!
Second -- Great point about current players getting busted changing our perspective. Players back then -- baseball didn't care then, so why should we care now? They saved the game and got burned doing it. I get other players from that era who are mad because they didn't use, but I'd be mad at guys like Brady Anderson, Andy Pettitte, etc. Guys like Bonds, McGwire, Clemens -- they were going to destroy opponents no matter what.
Really cool edition this week (not that they aren’t, usually). I’ve often thought about how we were cheated out of cards of Mantle and Musial. Those cards that never were that Topps have done have always piqued my interest. And I had no idea about the Maury Wills story, very interesting!
I’m so glad you did a ‘85 McGwire “Cards that Make us Happy.” Despite my Cardinal prejudice, that card has so much hobby cache, especially from the home run chase days. As you alluded to, I’ve always wanted to pull a solid gradable copy, and have thus far been unsuccessful, but still hope to one day. It’s just a TOUGH card IMO.
Great stuff as always David! It is interesting to look back in time at missed opportunities for great RCs, however, I miss the simplicity of that era when compared to today's cards at times. Jump into the hobby today and try and find your favorite players RC: The results you get may include a Bowman 1st card, a Short Print, maybe an auto insert in a previous series, the topps chrome card, the Update Series Rookie Debut card, maybe even a Topps Now card. It can be difficult to navigate and this isn't even mentioning all the parallels and numbered cards.
I also find the 80s and 90s cards of players involved in the steroid era to be cards I want in my collection. Bonds, McGuire, Sosa, Clemens, they played in a time when they weren't breaking any rules and the entertainment was excellent. I considerer current players who get caught now with PED use to be different, almost intentional rule breakers and I don't look to buy their cards.
First -- agreed, hobbyists are hurt by the hundreds of offerings by manufacturers each year for each sport. Think of how much we can focus our collection on older cards we missed without worrying about buying Bowman Sterling, Topps Tribute or Panini Illusions. It took me a few years to figure it out, but better now than never!
Second -- Great point about current players getting busted changing our perspective. Players back then -- baseball didn't care then, so why should we care now? They saved the game and got burned doing it. I get other players from that era who are mad because they didn't use, but I'd be mad at guys like Brady Anderson, Andy Pettitte, etc. Guys like Bonds, McGwire, Clemens -- they were going to destroy opponents no matter what.
Well said and I completely agree about PED guys then and now, Patrick.
Really cool edition this week (not that they aren’t, usually). I’ve often thought about how we were cheated out of cards of Mantle and Musial. Those cards that never were that Topps have done have always piqued my interest. And I had no idea about the Maury Wills story, very interesting!
I’m so glad you did a ‘85 McGwire “Cards that Make us Happy.” Despite my Cardinal prejudice, that card has so much hobby cache, especially from the home run chase days. As you alluded to, I’ve always wanted to pull a solid gradable copy, and have thus far been unsuccessful, but still hope to one day. It’s just a TOUGH card IMO.
Well done, thoroughly enjoyable.
And thanks for the kind words putting over the display, David!