Today's cards from Jeff cover a bunch of baseball stars that would be player collection guys for many. It may not be my thing, but did give me some cards for my base set builds of stars and hall of famers.
Kirby, Cal, Randy and Roger are all guys that are solid player collector choices. Roger may be a bit more controversial given the steroid era issues, but still someone I expect many collect. As great as the play needs to be on the field to be someone that is a player collectors will collect, part of the draw is the person themselves.
Personally, I look back most fondly on Kirby and Cal. Kirby was always spoken of highly by his peers and had a love for the game, while Cal was Baltimore and the streak was something that all of baseball gathered around and celebrated.
As for the cards the above cards are all the keepers for me - and the Kirby inserts are pretty cool for early 90s inserts.
Many other cards which may generally be overproduced, but that doesn't make them any less cool.
McGwire would be another one to put in the same camp as Roger - sure many do player collect him still.
Talk of greats and guys to PC, Nolan Ryan would be a big one. He was a great pitcher as his no-nos can attest to, but dude was tough. One of my favourite Nolan moments was when Robin Ventura charged the mound after being plunked and Nolan quickly had him in a head lock and first 6-7 punches off right into his face like it was nothing.
More no-brainer PC guys with Griffey Jr and Bonds.
May not be my thing to player collect, but if it's yours - who is your person?
I have a few that have stalled because I have all the easy ones. Halladay is pretty much the one that I still make progress on.
ReplyDeleteRipken has hops. That 92L card is awesome. As for player PC's... I've got a bunch: Tony Gwynn, Rickey Henderson, Steve Carlton, Barry Bonds, Jose Altuve, Clayton Kershaw, Ichiro Suzuki, Kurt Suzuki, Fernando Tatis Jr., Greg Maddux, Frank Thomas, Rod Carew, and Jackie Robinson. That's just baseball... and there's a chance I'm forgetting a few.
ReplyDeleteA bunch of great names there. Can understand having those all as PCs.
DeleteGreat stuff!
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