How Many Vintage collectors Sprinkle in Some Pujols?

[ScottFandango]

Just curious...

i love my old Beat up cards, but i also Love the Shiny PUJOLS ROOKIES also....

Being that Pujols is garnering talk of being the BEST right handed Hitter EVER, i thought it was appropriate to ask if he is being added by members of this forum....

[glynparson]

Though Im not a fool I would buy several different issues to immediately sell , if offered to me at the right price. Plus, I know you hate hearing this, but my honest opinion is he's a juicer. Yes I'm allowed to have that opinion even though I know you completley disagree with me and that's ok.

[sgbernard]

True story: I've bought two new card packs in the last ten years. One was an Upper Deck 2001 pack, and I pulled a Pujols RC. I have it in a top-loader, and I'll be keeping it. It doesn't live with my vintage cards, it lives with its relatives from the late 1980s

[Griffins]

I"m with Glyn. Once Pettite and Clemens got caught I realized everyone is suspect, with Pujols at the top of the list.

[pgellis]

I also agree with others about Pujols and the juice. I am a huge Red Sox fan and have been saying for a long time that Big Papi had to be on the juice. I feel the same about Pujols.

That being said, I would not invest a penny into any modern rookie cards, no matter who it is. Before all the steroid info came out (when I was much younger), I had some Sammy Sosa RCs, Jose Canseco RCs, Mark McGwire autographs, etc., etc. Wouldn't be able to get rid of those for a penny nowadays.

There's just too much uncertainty with any ballplayers that excel way above the average ballplayer.

[teetwoohsix]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks Pujols is juicing.

Clayton

[Woundedduck]

Originally Posted by pgellis

I also agree with others about Pujols and the juice. I am a huge Red Sox fan and have been saying for a long time that Big Papi had to be on the juice. I feel the same about Pujols.

That being said, I would not invest a penny into any modern rookie cards, no matter who it is. Before all the steroid info came out (when I was much younger), I had some Sammy Sosa RCs, Jose Canseco RCs, Mark McGwire autographs, etc., etc. Wouldn't be able to get rid of those for a penny nowadays.

There's just too much uncertainty with any ballplayers that excel way above the average ballplayer.

Actually autos of Canseco, Sosa, & McGwire still do pretty well..... Especially McGwire.

[Matthew H]

MLB just started testing for steroids. It is known that anabolic steroids were introduced into the sporting arena around the 1940s. I think players have been looking for an "edge" since before 2000.

[Clark7781]

I collect vintage, but my five year old son is collecting modern (and focusing on Chase Utley). I had good vibes about Pujols awhile back and loaded up on a lot of his cards, everything from commons to graphs, game used, rookies, etc.

He and chase Utley are the two modern cards I collect.

HOWEVER, I do crack open some modern boxes because since I was a kid, I did autograph collecting through the mail and still do. I use the modern cards for that side of my hobby.

[Peter_Spaeth]

My most recent card is 1965 and that's probably years too new.

[Tom S.]

Sorry - no shiny stuff for me. The "newest" cards that I collect are from 1979.

[Jason Carota]

The modern side of the hobby is a huge part of my collection. I have an Adam LaRoche player collection, which (along with my prewar collections) can be found at www.adamlarochecollector.com. I take equal enjoyment adding an N172 as I do adding a Red Refractor numbered to 5.