predatorkj
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- Aug 7, 2008
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Well, now that you've qualified your earlier comment about minor league cards a bit, I see where you're coming from and agree. While I wouldn't consider a minor league card a "rookie card", I think a players first card should be a lot more valued than they have been historically. There are probably less than a dozen prominent minor league cards with any significant interest over the last 40 years, and they are almost all from TCMA (except for Rickey Henderson's card from Chong). I was about to say "Unfortunately, now players often have Bowman or Leaf cards before they even have minor league cards." but as I was typing it, I don't really see why that should be unfortunate. Maybe because it somehow feels wrong for a player's first card not to be his first minor league card. I have an affinity for minor league cards and wish they were more popular.
I personally dig the Aflac stuff and USA baseball too. Or now I guess it's the Perfect Game or whatever. In any case, I think there is little love for minor league stuff since it usually does not feature a guy in his major league uniform. But they are sometimes the first card of a guy. Hell, does Will Harris even have a RC(@therion).