Posted on 05/02/2006 8:02:54 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Alex Gordon has yet to play a single game in the major leagues and yet his rookie card is the hottest in all of baseball, selling for as much as $2,550 in recent weeks.
Is Gordon the Kansas City Royals' next great player? Could be. But that isn't why his card, which is No. 297 in Topps' 2006 set, is worth that kind of money.
The piece of cardboard is worth that much only because it never should have been produced in the first place.
Last year, in part to reduce confusion in the marketplace, the Major League Baseball Players Association ruled that card manufacturers could make rookie cards only of players who either made the 25-man roster or played in a major league game the season before. Gordon didn't qualify either way. After he led Nebraska into the College World Series, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2005 draft didn't sign his contract -- including a $4 million signing bonus -- until late September.
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And... so?
There probably needs to be a special forum here devoted to stuff like this, and Star Trek episodes.....
Wow , Imagine what Governor Bill Richardson's rookie card must be worth.
There probably needs to be a special forum here devoted to stuff like this, and Star Trek episodes.....
I agree. Maybe an ESPN-only topics thread as well. Sometimes serious topics are veered off target by folks who don't belong here.
I still have my Burger King 1978 NY Yankee cards with a couple Lou Pinellas, Bucky F'ng Dent, Roy White, Reggie Jackson. Also have the Tetley Inc. 1991 baseball calendar with a very young Ken Griffey Jr.. And it's worth what compared to this no-name dink?
The only sports autograph I've ever gotten was from a 17-year-old Ken Griffey, Jr. Stupid me, I had him sign that night's program for the Bellingham Mariners (Single A) and then gave it away as a gift to a friend. What was I thinking?!?
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