Do you ever look at the back of cards?

prospectorgems · Aug 12, 2011

I remember when I was younger I used to look up the stats of the players form the previous years and any tidbits of information. Now days however with the internet I find myself almost never looking at the back of the card unless there is a serial number posted.

js0000001 · Aug 12, 2011

I mostly look at there rears

Mudcatsfan · Aug 12, 2011

Backs of baseball cards used to be synonomous with 'where stats lived'. Now you just flip to MLB.com on your cellphone and have better stats than any 1991 bowman issue which used to break out performances against each team.

But even beyond that i'll admit that i have sometimes seen backs of cards, not recognized them, and then realized i have those cards and never noticed what teh back of the card looks like.

smapdi · Aug 12, 2011

If you're not looking the backs, you're only enjoying half the hobby.

A_Pharis · Aug 12, 2011

I like checking for trivia and "Born in:" to see if I can find more Louisiana born guys that I hadn't really heard of.

ebechols · Aug 12, 2011

I don't look at the backs for the stats, but I do like seeing where people are born.

RL24 · Aug 12, 2011

I find that I don't. I mean, I'll glance at, especially if it's serial #'d, but... one day I saw a picture on the back of a card. I've had the card for 6 years, but never noticed how bad ass the picture on the back was!

It's my avatar now
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TwinsWin · Aug 12, 2011

1995 topps Thome card has a funny story on it of him, about him running on the field and running into the club house to see a player lol

uniquebaseballcards · Aug 12, 2011

Mudcatsfan said:
Backs of baseball cards used to be synonomous with 'where stats lived'. Now you just flip to MLB.com on your cellphone and have better stats than any 1991 bowman issue which used to break out performances against each team.

But even beyond that i'll admit that i have sometimes seen backs of cards, not recognized them, and then realized i have those cards and never noticed what teh back of the card looks like.

Sure, but one can also find many more and much better pictures of players at MLB.com as well, not to mention video.

As someone else said if you're only looking at the front you're missing out on half the hobby, aside from stats the backs usually have much better/interesting design elements than the front.

ThoseBackPages · Aug 12, 2011

yes, but the back centering doesnt bother me like on the front

jacobbocce72 · Aug 12, 2011

I'm currently working on scanning the fronts and backs of all my Bagwell's... as a result I've read/looked at all the backs of each card.

Like others have said, there is some pretty interesting stuff on the back that you wouldn't have known otherwise.

pujols5hof · Aug 13, 2011

of course, you gotta check the back
if you have any Robin Jennings rookies as a ChiCub you'd find out he is the only player ever born in Singapore. He is also the only major leaguer who is my cousin as well

scotty21690 · Aug 13, 2011

I love the backs of cards. Especially the writeups on a lot of older vintage cards, very cool. Quite a few neat ads and whatnot. Tobacco/caramel cards are the best, the only stats = BA & F%....gotta love simplicity!

I will have to scan some of my favorite backs within the next week.

I also like newer cards with full career stats on the back, you don't get those nowadays but gotta love the sets that have them!

nosterbor · Aug 13, 2011

you have to! this is the same card front and back

MacK · Aug 13, 2011

It's how I learned about baseball.

MOFNY · Aug 13, 2011

I always like to read what they wrote about Oswalt.

uniquebaseballcards · Aug 13, 2011

Anyone not checking out the sides of a card is truly missing out.

scotty21690 · Aug 13, 2011

uniquebaseballcards said:
Anyone not checking out the sides of a card is truly missing out.

Good call.

4 sides > 1 back + 1 front

ChasHawk · Aug 13, 2011

A lot of card backs now are blah, but lots of older DLP and UD cards have GREAT pics/designs on the back

ajbraves25 · Aug 13, 2011

Yes and every time I look at Jay Bruce's 05 Bowman Draft I see the drafted by info stating he was drafted by the Braves. If only that were true

~AJ

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