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Originally Posted by frankbmd
When one refers to a Rookie Card, is not the adjective rookie linked to the word card itself rather than the subject of the card. If you agree then all "first" cards are equivalent to "rookie" cards. Haven't we got enough to quibble about instead of this?
Frank "still waiting for my rookie card" Burkett  |
People have really scraped the bottom of the barrel of possible things to complain about when they get triggered over the use of
'rookie card' with regards to non-sports personalities, and
h2oya311 put it perfectly when he said
(paraphrase alert) it was just a general way to say
'first' card.
Frank, if you send me a pic, I will gladly plug you in to a
1972 Topps 'In Action' card that you can then call your rookie
(meaning FIRST) card. The only proviso is you actually have to be doing something active in the photograph
(any activity under the sun counts)...which seems to be getting tougher for many of us these days.