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11-03-2016, 07:08 AM
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It's a tough thing to judge. Maybe, since we have a 365/24/7 media culture today, none of these guys will escape today with their reputations unsoiled. Even Jeter, who walked on water for many years in NY, has taken some hits post retirement. Mickey Mantle was a god to the guys collecting his cards today at six figures. Yes, we all know now he was no saint. Hardly. But at the time many people bonded with him he was a mythical, greater than earthy figure. Today we expose these guys as just flawed people like the rest of us. Scratch Jose Fernandez and J. Familia off the list. I don't think people today have anywhere near the same relationship with these guys. And even the good guys (like a Carlos Beltran or a Curtis Granderson) don't bond with people the way guys from our youth did.
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Jordan and Gretzky were the absolute face of their sport. People will buy their cards (rookie cards at least) regardless of what happens to them the rest of their lives.
Last edited by Snapolit1; 11-03-2016 at 07:09 AM.
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