stevejrogers

="Yancy Street Gang"]I remember knowing somebody who was hoarding Gregg Jefferies rookie cards, figuring to one day cash them in to pay for his kid's college tuition. I said, "Don't you realize that there are many people doing this? And because of supply and demand, those cards are going to be virtually worthless, even if Jefferies becomes the next Ty Cobb?" Deaf ears. If Mickey Mantle is worth thousands, then so must Jefferies. When I was very young, I thought that each of my comic books would become very valuable thirty years later, since Golden Age comics were selling for so much. I wasn't much past my tenth birthday when I realized that the supply of Marvel Two-In-One would always be high, but the demand would always be low. Supply and demand is a worthwhile thing for people to understand. And it's not even a difficult concept. Heh, good point, look at that Piazza card I posted some time ago. Considering Mikey's place in history, regardless of the fact that Carlos Delgado is putting up "HOF consideration" numbers as well, Piazza's Topps rookie card should be right around what Johnny Bench's card currently goes for. But because of the same market winds that hurt the Jefferies market makes that card available for less than a buck these days. For a guy who is easily top 5 all time catchers in MLB history (Bench, Berra, Cochrane is up there, peeps will put Gibson on that list, see how the steroid era shakes out to put Pudge Rodriguez on the list) and a very popular player in both largest markets in the country, (LA and NY) not to mention playing on the second most popular team in the sport's history (Dodgers behind the Yankees), that truely is a pathetic sign of how speculation destroyed the hobby

Yancy Street Gang wrote: No, they're not the 1986 Mets. They may very well be eliminated in the first round because their pitching isn't as good as we'd like. But invoking historic collapses of the past is just ridiculous. It may happen, of course, but to worry about it at this point is just masochistic. If you can't enjoy a 12-game lead in late July you probably aren't cut out to root for a winning team. I'd enjoy it better when we burn through Atlanta ala General Sherman this weekend!

Yancy Street Gang wrote: ="SteveJRogers"]Yancy Street Gang wrote: ="SteveJRogers"]1951, 1964, 1978... What foolishness. What, not to sound completely nuts (They're coming to take me away, HA HA!) but this team has all the warning signs of the aforementioned and other collapses through the years. You could give me that shred. Small shred, but untill the Braves are 20 out, I'm not discounting them What warning signs? They win 8 out of 10 and then lose two in a row? You seem to want a collapse, so that you can enjoy agonizing over it for the rest of your life. I think that's something you can discuss with your therapist on your own time. We don't need to keep seeing Thumb Boy pounding the panic button. Heh, guess I'm sounding too much like a Red Sox fan huh. Think I'm just looking at this year as a, well anomaly is too strong of a word since natural progression should suggest that this was coming, but it does seem more like a team thats playing over its projected average than say the 1986 team which was great before and after 1986. Or maybe I just want a decent September race so I don't have to worry about how rough of a schedule the Giants have early on! =

Hey, first black Red Sox! Calling it a night

Well. at least we didn't go after that 3Bman that was out there. Where is that guy now? Back in Japan?

Zvon wrote: Whats he even doing on the list? Cripes- tuff night. And only for a year! And I thought Max Kellerman of 1050 ESPN Radio was the only one that thought he was "good"

Heh, its like I'm getting yelled at by a double Strawberry!

Braves won...

Bob Wickman is one hefty dude

UGH! Two games in a row Carlos? Heh, funny if that was ARod MFY fans would be demanding he be traded!

Who greenlighted the PC version of that song? Granted it was nice to hear a female vocal but still

Yancy Street Gang wrote: ="SteveJRogers"]1951, 1964, 1978... What foolishness. What, not to sound completely nuts (They're coming to take me away, HA HA!) but this team has all the warning signs of the aforementioned and other collapses through the years. You could give me that shred. Small shred, but untill the Braves are 20 out, I'm not discounting them

Make it 3 more outs untill I hit the sack listening to that Ruth book on Audio CD!

Uh, Why did I think we were at Wrigley

MET OFFENSE! UNITE AND ASSEMBLE!

Because I really am starting to get a little nervous about this weekend series. Thats how epic meltdowns/comebacks start

Starting to hear a faint rumble sounding very much like the FSU fight song. This is going to be a BIG weekend...

Fine, maybe it only is in my head then. But its going to be a big weekend for the Braves

1951, 1964, 1978...

Braves are up 9-6 vs the Phills in the 8th

Hey now I'm the guy who filled in for Reyes When this was to be our DP combo for "The next ten years" Why are these bad memories flooding back?

Just not coming up with good posting Karma tonight

COME ON