JuLY 29, 2008, will be a day that lives in infamy. OK, in my little world of cardboard icons it will. That was the day that I had arrived as a collector. For 11 years now I’ve focused primarily on rookies. I had an epiphany at a card show in 1997 when I realized that I could trade two inserts (worth then about $60; which of course translated into $30 credit) for two prime rookies: 1984 Donruss Joe Carter and 1993 SP Derek Jeter that I could not afford to buy. Then it became an addiction to unload whatever I could for rookie cards. I got my McGwire before it skyrocketed; Bonds, too. But while those moves built the foundation of my mansion of rookies, it is this 1933 Goudey Lou Gehrig that now stands tall like a billboard announcing my presence in the neighborhood.
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Card of the Day: 1990 Upper Deck Kevin Maas rookie
Posted in Card of the Day with tags 1990, Auto, autograph, Babe Ruth, baseball cards, bronze statue, busts, California, Card of the Day, collecting, debate, Don Mattingly, Frank Thomas, hobbies, Ken Griffey Jr., Kevin Maas, Lou Gehrig, Man Rules, Mickey Mantle, Monument Park, New York Yankees, No talking in the bathroom, prospects, restroom, rookie cards, rookie of the year, Ruthian Power, Sammy Sosa, San Jose, Sandy Alomar Jr., signature, signed, sports cards, Upper Deck, Yankee Stadium on July 17, 2008 by Cardboard Icons**Note: With the All-Star game taking place this week at Yankee Stadium, I will spend the next several days showcasing cards from my Yankee collection.
The Yankees have always produced legends. Ruth. Gehrig. Mantle. But for each one of those guys who have had their names, faces and resumes engraved in bronze and placed in Monument Park, there are dozens of other legends whose accomplishments, or lack thereof, are engrained in the minds of fans and particularly of baseball card collectors. In 1990, the hobby had two major budding superstars: Ken Griffey Jr. and Frank Thomas. But at Yankee Stadium there was another youngster with apparent Ruthian power trying to make a name for himself. That was Kevin Maas. Continue reading
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