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Originally Posted by jchcollins
From both a baseball and a baseball card perspective, it still makes no sense to me that the Ryan RC is worth more than the '67 Seaver. Seaver is pretty demonstrably the better pitcher, but I guess people are enthralled still by all the K's and no-hitters that Ryan's reputation rests on. The '67 Seaver is the much tougher card, being a legit rarity as a 7th series single print - while the Ryan is a pretty middle of the road 2nd series card in 1968. I mean I get it, but...
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It's definitely the no-hitters and the K's.
Those are dramatic events that people remember.
All sports are littered with athletes that people collect, more for the memories they created, rather then their actual full resumes.
Mike Tyson and Joe Namath are the two biggest examples I can think of, off the top of my head. On a smaller scale, Roger Maris is another.