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  1. Okay, from the response in Collecting Sportscardz we obviously have more than a few folk on here that are still into buying the pasteboards be they wrestling, baseball or one of the lesser sports. That being the case, let's punt the idea that we're buying them simply for aesthetics, who among us has not immediately checked on-line prices to see if there was gold or garbage in that there pack? Taking it a step further, who among us has not speculated on the fortunes of a given player that seems possessed of a fantastic college or minor-league career or simply good genetics. But what were some of the worst calls that you made? Sure, picking Ken Griffey's kid wasn't exactly rocket science, Junior had been raised to be an outstanding baseball player. Senior was a hell of a five-tools player and anyone watching the Kid play in Bellingham knew that he was going to be even better than the old man. Sure, I can brag about stockpiling Barry Bonds RCs, but the thing is I also picked up a ton of Bobby Bonds jr. cards. The difference between the two brothers was as dramatic as the difference between Hank and Tommy Aaron. But how about this, we often read of National League players going to the junior circuit and being baffled by the weird off-speed stuff they get thrown. How about this man-bites-dog tale of woe... A young outfielder for the Boston Red Sox, Phil Plantier showed all the promise in the world, then he was traded to San Diego in the NL, surely his power numbers would surge... Never one to do things by half-measures, I bought an 800-ct lot of his Upper Deck RCs. Mr. Plantier had demonstrated that he could hit weird, off-speed stuff... Given a diet of straight NL fastballs he was totally at sea and out of baseball in a couple of seasons. More Red Sox foolishness, a young chap name of Tim Naehring played short and had a good deal of pop for the position... I ask, how the hell does a guy make it through AA and AAA to the big club without anyone noticing that one leg is three inches longer than the other. No, we're not talking something weird but not uncommon like a half-inch, we're talking THREE INCHES, the dude would have to be walking like Quasimodo, how does this not get scouted. Thankfully I showed some restraint and only bought a 400-ct lot at eight cents a card. While he's had an indifferent career as a manager, I'm sure that some of us have fond memories of Matt Williams as a player. Matt was an absolute joy to watch, he played every game like it was Game 7 of the WS. Sadly, his hard-nose style of play likely shortened his career and kept him from the HOF career that he seemed destined for. Yeah, in his case I bought a shit-ton of his minor league cards too. FWIW, every time I've invested in minor league cards it hasn't ended well, organizations are just too good at spotting talent, the idea of a guy "surprising" an organization is pretty damn unlikely, either they are heavily touted and carry an inflated value on their minor league stuff, (remember Albert Pujols cards gong for big bucks before he'd ever stepped foot in a major league park?) I recall one throw-back set that emulated like 1956 Topps or something similar that had a Pujols RC as one of the short-printed high numbers, and it was like $100 out of the gate, well in advance of him being called up. I'm not sure when manufacturers started allowing the sale of bulk lots, the first year that I was aware of it was 1986 for Topps and 1987 for Fleer, I don't know about Donruss, but who the hell wanted Donruss in bulk anyway? I've never checked to see if the practice is allowed for wrestling cards, but I can't imagine why it wouldn't be, if anything the volatility of the market with the sudden pushes and depushes of talent would seem to really lend itself to the practice.
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