Originally Posted by Topnotchsy (Post 2437474)

Over the past few years, it seems like the real 'blue chip' players have seen a serious increase in price. I assume some are more localized factors. The movie 42 and the focus on the Negro Leagues likely helped reinforce Jackie Robinson's importance and the way his life transcended sports. (It is possible Jonathan Eig's book "King" added to that as well.) More broadly though, it seems like when money poured into the hobby during the pandemic, the baseball money disproprtionately went to the biggest names. Cobb blew up, but so did Jackie, Ruth, Gehrig etc.



From my perspective it seems like everything has softened in the last year or so (in some cases starting earlier, in others more recently). Coupled with inflation, the impact is reasonably substantial for those focused on a return, especially as other investments like the stock market have done well.



I have wondered (more generally) whether as time goes on, the biggest names will continue to be the stuff of legends, but more and more great players who are not in the tiny 1A group will become less interesting. In part I imagine this might have always been the case, but today it also seems like attention spans are so much shorter, and I wonder which fans are going to take the time to learn about the Al Simmons or Gabby Hartnett of Bill Dickey's of the world. Or learn about the Negro Leagues, or T205's or barnstorming or other areas that have enormous richness, but are not as 'front page.'

Originally Posted by aljurgela (Post 2437827)

here is Cobb

Originally Posted by Hankphenom (Post 2437618)

let's try to come together and improve things through "truth, justice, and the American way." That's how Superman wanted it, and that's good enough for me.

Originally Posted by Exhibitman (Post 2438337)

Originally Posted by aljurgela (Post 2437827)

here is Cobb

Originally Posted by calvindog (Post 2437968)

Killing me, Al. :)