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Brewer Andy
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Times flies and it won't be long until the "RC" logo is a decade old. This gets discussed here and there but what is everyone's thoughts/feelings about the logo or designation? I wasn't a fan of it at the time. I grew up in a time when the first cards that pictured a player in a MLB uniform and any subsequent cards released during the same calendar year were that player's "rookie card". Hell, we didn't even care about Beckett's "XRC" distinction; screw the powers that be they were rookie cards and we'd be happy to accept a USA uniform card as long as it was released in an MLB product. As I age (gracefully I must add), the RC logo has grown on me a bit when it comes to team collections but I still don't like the idea of someone other than collectors and the market deciding.
What caused the topic idea to stir in my head however was a realization that there are collectors who may not have been around pre-logo. I'm literally stunned by the number of online posters I see defending the almighty logo with comments of "that's a prospect card not a rookie card" and "I only collect rookie cards with the official logo". I can't imagine feeling like I need to collect bound by that silly little logo that when it was introduced most of us said "those aren't even close to being rookie cards"
What caused the topic idea to stir in my head however was a realization that there are collectors who may not have been around pre-logo. I'm literally stunned by the number of online posters I see defending the almighty logo with comments of "that's a prospect card not a rookie card" and "I only collect rookie cards with the official logo". I can't imagine feeling like I need to collect bound by that silly little logo that when it was introduced most of us said "those aren't even close to being rookie cards"
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