Reds Rookie Cards getting respect across the board

by spudsmckenzie17 on Apr 12, 2008 12:33 PM EDT

I often do searches on ebay for Reds Rookie cards and in the past was able to pick up young Rookies very cheap, but Eric Owens, Darron Ingram, Steve Smitherman, Kenny Kelly, Greg "Toe" Nash, Curt Lyons, Ty Howington, Chris Gruler and so on aren't exactly in the same class as what is there now. Johnny Cueto, Volquez, Bailey, Bruce, Votto, Lotzkar, Merosco, and a few others are making the Reds farm a popular place to try and look for the next great rookie to make a few bucks on.

The thing I'm most intrigued with is that when A-Rod was drafted his stuff went through the roof and after a couple years it tanked. It tanked to the degree I was at a card show and was able to trade a 95 Zenith Kordell Stewart "Slash" card for a Alex Rodriguez 94 UD SP straight up. If you were to make that offer today you would be promptly bitch slapped and escorted out of the room. My point is Bailey is having that same trend, but so did David Nied and Brien Taylor. So I'm hoping Mr. Bailey is able to harness his fastball and curve and add a change to things and hopefully he'll amount to more than just a card to stick into the spokes of my "retired" bicycle.

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People still care about baseball cards?

I am somewhat surprised, to be honest.

by Geki on Apr 12, 2008 6:16 PM EDT reply actions

Yep, they do... its you they look at and don't remember why they look that way to begin with

Yes I corked my bat, but I wear goggle, so I must be cool

by spudsmckenzie17 on Apr 12, 2008 8:31 PM EDT reply actions

I still care

About a year ago I splurged on Ebay and got all of the Reds top prospects as well as a few other guys i liked including Ryan Braun, Gordon, and Longoria. Its pretty cool to have something that increases and decreases in value as these players get better or stink.
One day I will go through all of the cards i faithfully collected since the early nineties and hopefully pass down some Reds greats like my dad did with me and all of his Big Red Machine collection including every Johnny Bench card ever made.

by kennythered on Apr 12, 2008 10:11 PM EDT reply actions