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Originally Posted by Belfast1933
So, I was curious how collectors felt about the news yesterday, minus the color commentary… if given a simple binary only choice regarding Rose’s eligibility for the HOF, would your position generally be:
“It’s about time, long overdue”
or
“Sad day for baseball, bad decision by MLB”
I am quite surprised that that the tally of these 2 options was so heavily weighted in one direction:
80% selected “overdue”
Of course, there is nuance between these choices and lots of comments followed below the choices above. But I was more curious directionally from the vintage collector community how “we” all felt.
I would have guessed much closer to even split - maybe influenced by our own Rose card collections and visions of value escalation??
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In the end, I think collectors are, first and foremost, fans of the game. And, as fans of the game, it's really hard not to like someone like Rose. I think most fans are able to separate his on-field performance from his off-field foibles.