"poster boys" in this hobby?

BBCgalaxee · Jan 6, 2012

Had this convo w a customer regarding who are the poster boys for certain things in the hobby.

We came up w these:

Chaz roe: most over produced chrome auto

Vernan morency: the absolute worst give up auto ("V")

Angel pagan: most over produced non bc auto

Pujols: why people prospect

Billy ripken: THE error card

MOFNY · Jan 6, 2012

Hideo Nomo: the "what the, why that high?" foreign player.

uniquebaseballcards · Jan 6, 2012

BBCgalaxee said:
Pujols: why people prospect

But his first cards were issued when he was a major league player, he wasn't exactly prospected in the 'traditional sense'.

IndyManning18 · Jan 6, 2012

Griffey Jr.: The man that gave the hobby life!

miguelcabrera · Jan 6, 2012

derek lowe- the fact of the hobby

TopOffLikeWALLACE · Jan 6, 2012

moises alou- the hobby's old man river

jbhofmann · Jan 6, 2012

uniquebaseballcards said:
BBCgalaxee said:

Pujols: why people prospect

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But his first cards were issued when he was a major league player, he wasn't exactly prospected in the 'traditional sense'.

He wasn't THE guy in 2001 though.

carlitoson · Jan 6, 2012

Brien Taylor - failed prospect, biggest disappointment, TINSTAAPP, ...fill in the blank.

markakis8 · Jan 6, 2012

uniquebaseballcards said:
BBCgalaxee said:

Pujols: why people prospect

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But his first cards were issued when he was a major league player, he wasn't exactly prospected in the 'traditional sense'.

He never said Pujols was prospected. He said he's the REASON people prospect today - and he's right. Many buy in hopes of cashing in later down the road for a Albert Pujols type profit. That led to prospectors just playing a stock market type game with many prospects to maximize their chance of making money.

And people still bought his 2001 stuff in 2001 and made a killing 2-3 years later.

bowmanchromeandorr · Jan 6, 2012

carlitoson said:
Brien Taylor - failed prospect, biggest disappointment, TINSTAAPP, ...fill in the blank.

true to an extent. didn't he break his hand defending his brother in a bar. i guess, in a way, he chose family over baseball

David Campos · Jan 6, 2012

afrobandit said:
Julio Franco [strike:3ake0fsu]moises alou[/strike:3ake0fsu]- the hobby's old man river

Fixed

uniquebaseballcards · Jan 7, 2012

markakis8 said:
uniquebaseballcards said:

BBCgalaxee said:

Pujols: why people prospect

Click to expand...

But his first cards were issued when he was a major league player, he wasn't exactly prospected in the 'traditional sense'.

Click to expand...

He never said Pujols was prospected. He said he's the REASON people prospect today - and he's right. Many buy in hopes of cashing in later down the road for a Albert Pujols type profit. That led to prospectors just playing a stock market type game with many prospects to maximize their chance of making money.

And people still bought his 2001 stuff in 2001 and made a killing 2-3 years later.

Again, I'm just saying he wasn't a prospect 2-3 years later and was already in the MLB the year his first cards were issued.

If released today, the Pujols RC would have a RC logo; this card proves cards showing real, non-photoshopped major league players can fetch ~$3K... I don't think people consider investing in these RCs to be prospecting.

hawkfandan · Jan 7, 2012

Matt LaPorta = The Chuck Norris of Baseball Cards
(Outdated, I know.)

TopOffLikeWALLACE · Jan 7, 2012

David Campos said:
afrobandit said:

Julio Franco [strike:3ffbkkks]moises alou[/strike:3ffbkkks]- the hobby's old man river

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Fixed

Franko is the young man's george clooney, he's pretty old but not even lookin at Alous level of oldness. Alou make Mike Piazza look like Barry Bonds.

MOFNY · Jan 7, 2012

markakis8 said:
uniquebaseballcards said:

BBCgalaxee said:

Pujols: why people prospect

Click to expand...

But his first cards were issued when he was a major league player, he wasn't exactly prospected in the 'traditional sense'.

Click to expand...

He never said Pujols was prospected. He said he's the REASON people prospect today - and he's right. Many buy in hopes of cashing in later down the road for a Albert Pujols type profit. That led to prospectors just playing a stock market type game with many prospects to maximize their chance of making money.

And people still bought his 2001 stuff in 2001 and made a killing 2-3 years later.

And the people who held until 2006 broke the bank!

Original Boski · Jan 7, 2012

afrobandit said:
David Campos said:

afrobandit said:

Julio Franco [strike:1c1yfwtw]moises alou[/strike:1c1yfwtw]- the hobby's old man river

Click to expand...

Fixed

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Franko is the young man's george clooney, he's pretty old but not even lookin at Alous level of oldness. Alou make Mike Piazza look like Barry Bonds.

Franco was born 8 years before Alou and played until 2007 while Alou played until 2008. The difference is Franco made his debut in 1982 vs. 1990 for Alou.

Resident Bay Fan · Jan 7, 2012

Mike Piazza = biggest success from the 62nd round draft.

nosterbor · Jan 7, 2012

Josh Hamilton: What not to do with your signing bonus.

hive17 · Jan 7, 2012

nosterbor said:
Josh Hamilton: What not to do with your signing bonus.

But also the poster boy for a "small glimmer of hope" turning into one of the greatest flip/hype nights EVER.

TraderJake · Jan 7, 2012

Matt Wieters- Why it's bad for the hobby to have Scott Boras as your agent.

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