Wow great stuff from the guys who remember collecting these cards when they first came out. Love hearing those stories.
I wasn’t born until the 70s. I remember when Ryan madness hit in the late 80s and I also recall it being quite sudden. For all intents, Ryan cards took the handoff from Mickey Mantle in the late 60s and his card became kind of the default most valuable non rookie card in the set by around 73, once series stopped being issued. But this didn’t happen until 1988 or so as the previous poster said.
I think it’s the whole Texas tough image. And his cards are all with the exception of his RC have great eye appeal. It’s as if he knew what made a great baseball card or something.
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