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Old 06-12-2020, 04:32 PM
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Scott Russell
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Originally Posted by Exhibitman View Post
From a card collecting perspective, another vote here for The Beast. 10th all time on base percentage, 4th all time slugging %, 5th all time OPS, 22nd all time in total bases BUT 110th in games played. Yet his Exhibit RC sells for a 20th of what you'd have to pay for a Gehrig. I realize Gehrig has the Yankees mystique, the coincidence of dying from Lou Gehrig's Disease, and the movie, but still...
I think the movie was a bigger coincidence than the disease, I mean what were the odds?
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