Remember the hobby works differently even from being a fan of the game. McCovey is seen as being in Mays' shadow in the hobby. In reality, SF the fans seemed to respect Mays - but they LOVED McCovey. It's always been strange to me how this translates or doesn't into card values.
Will agree with you on the whole that in the hobby McCovey fits in with other players like Yaz, Frank Robinson, Stan Musial, and there are a ton of pitchers - Carlton, Seaver, Palmer, etc. - who in comparison to the few "GOATS" of their era - don't get much hobby love or have cards that get really valuable outside of high end examples of their rookie cards.
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Last edited by jchcollins; 07-28-2023 at 09:00 AM.
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