No, you're not rambling, Clayton--you've made some very good points. If I'm interested in a good young player, and want one of his better cards, I find its far too unwieldy to try to use Beckett's endless listings. It's far better simply to go to e-bay and search for his rookie cards by name, which gives you a pretty quick and dirty education of what's what out there. I did that with Brennan Boesch last year to acquire an orange refractor (one of 25) and recently checked on what comparable Alex Avila rookies were going for using exactly the same method. As you can see, I'm a Tigers fan, and enjoy watching the development of some of their better youngsters. A good card of them simply allows me to share to some extent in their successes and failures vicariously, all the while realizing it is highly unlikely any of them will be HOF'ers, and that the purchase is only for entertainment. I don't think this process is much different than what I did as a kid with Topps cards in the '60's, when I wanted to have my favorite players. Baseball cards, even new ones, can still be fun!
Good thread,
Larry
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