Hendersonfan said:So I know the First Pitch Preview cards are really rare. Is there a stated print run for them?
I've been collecting them for awhile now and I really think the print run varies on players. I don't think each player was printed in the same quantity like most normal "promos" you see. Since it was online winner and a different card was released each day or week, some players were most likely not sent out as winners as often. For instance, I've seen at least 10-15 of each of guys like Randy Johnson, Will Clark, Fred McGriff, Barry Larkin, Eddie Murray, even a couple bigger stars like Mark McGwire but zero of Juan Gonzalez, Omar Vizquel among others. Only 1 example of Barry Bonds. Only 2 examples of Cal Ripken. Even the guys I've seen a bunch of are only in the 10 to 15 range, so they are still pretty rare, but not impossible, like some players seem to be. I'd guess print run is 1 or 2 (or even not existing to 75 to 100), just a guess based on what I've seen. But if they were released in equal quantities, a player like Vizquel would surface more often since he has basically 1 major player collector. If it were a guy like Puckett, I'd say most found their ways into collections by now, and it would be hard to determine how many are out there since so many have been stashed away into private collections, but Vizquel would show up more often in my opinion. I think a few of the Gonzo collectors are skeptical their guy exists, but I'm sure it's out there somewhere.