Lou Gehrig underrated?

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by 68Hawk

Wow, that's a first for mine.
Posting a card and belittling it in a tribute thread.

It's actually my favourite, and I own one.

Your card doesn't have such dark areas around the eyes and mouth as seen in the one I found on the internet, and without this darkness the card appears much more attractive to my eyes.

You can now say I have belarged this card. I belarged Lou's 1926-29 Exhibits in another post, even if the example I own is die cut.

Brian (belarged...look it up in the dictionary. It doesn't exist)

[68Hawk]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Your card doesn't have such dark areas around the eyes and mouth as seen in the one I found on the internet, and without this darkness the card appears much more attractive to my eyes.

You can now say I have belarged this card. I belarged Lou's 1926-29 Exhibits in another post, even if the example I own is die cut.

Brian (belarged...look it up in the dictionary. It doesn't exist)

No need to backtrack, got no problem with you not being an admirer of the card....just seemed really odd to me in a thread created to pay homage to Lou you took time out to find a card you didn't like and make such a significant post about it.

No biggie. (yup, can be found in the dictionary)

[brianp-beme]

I am not ashamed to backtrack when it makes sense, because that is a good way to know where I have traveled. If I were to ever to pick up this card, I would definitely look for one that appears like yours, because the one I posted is positively hideous.

Brian

[ullmandds]

My others.

[Aaron Seefeldt]

I'm a sucker for supplements and this one is pretty rare. I don't know much about the 1933-34 Blum's Bulletin supplements but for the price, even though it's kind of beat, I jumped. I also got the Delong earlier this month...

[DeanH3]

I have a few examples. It wouldn't surprise me to see a big jump in Gehrig cards. He and Jackie transcend the hobby.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by DeanH3

I have a few examples. It wouldn't surprise me to see a big jump in Gehrig cards. He and Jackie transcend the hobby.

I agree that Gehrig transcends. My wife isn't very supportive of my habit. But last year when I bought my first Gehrig card, instead of stabbing me in her imagination, she thought for a moment and said, "I don't want to encourage you, but I like Lou Gehrig."

She saw PRIDE OF THE YANKEES, and she knows all about Gehrig.

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[scmavl]

I had a '34 Goudey #61 years ago that I wish I'd kept. Great colors and great pose. And I also believe that Gehrig transcends the hobby and will continue to rise with Jackie, Clemente, and a handful of others after Mantle and Ruth level off.

I recently got this card, as it was a true case of "buy the card and not the holder". Just a great looking card that the creases don't detract from too much.

[Chris-Counts]

I'm surprised few have responded to the original question. I believe Jimmie Foxx is far more underrated than Lou Gehrig. Just look at the difference between their stats, and compare it to the difference between their card prices. I'm not saying Foxx was better, but he was way closer than the current card prices indicate. To a lesser degree, the same could be said about Hank Greenberg. On the opposite end of the spectrum, I would say Bill Terry and George Sisler — first basemen who were contemporaries of Gehrig — are vastly overrated.

Here are my only Gehrig cards, one of which is technically 1/4 of a card, but I like it anyway ...

[flpm08]

I agree that Gehrig was one of the top ten greatest players in the history of the game. But what makes Gehrig so special was his character. His 1939 speech in Yankee Stadium was a sports classic. Fortunately, I have my two favorite Gehrig cards the 33G #92 and the 34G #37. He may be underrated by baseball card collectors but not by people who are familiar with the history of the game and its players. He will always be one of my favorite players.