Overrated / Underrated / Favorite / Least Favorite (OUFLF)

[Exhibitman]

Fun idea; the marry screw kill game for card nerds.

I will do the single player/single card version.

Overrated: Thurman Munson 1971 Topps. Kills me to say so but his card prices do not accurately reflect his value as a player. Had he not taken lessons at the Richie Valens Flight School he'd be Ted Simmons.

Underrated: Larry Doby 1954 Bowman. The Buzz Aldrin of integration had just as rough a road as 42 but none of the accolades, yet was just as important to ending racial bias in baseball; if he fails, who knows when the AL tries again given that it took over a decade to break the last color line. The fact that you can buy nice copies of his 1950s cards for about the same as Billy Martin is a crime.



Least Favorite: 1968 Topps Mantle. I am Sick of the Mick. Really. And this set sucks. The burlap borders and bland photography, blech.

Favorite: 1980 Topps Nolan Ryan. A nice, crisp set and a great action photo of Ryan at his peak. Great subtle integration of team colors into the card, last Angels card. FWIW, the most exciting player of my youth.

[egri]

Overrated: 1952 Topps. A lot of the cards look alike, and the card in it everyone goes Gaga over isn’t even Mantle’s rookie.

Underrated: 1951 Bowman. It has the great artwork of the 1950 set but with names on it so I don’t have to guess who each common is.

Favorite: 1953 Topps. Fell in love with the artwork the first time I had one in hand.

Least favorite: 1962 Topps. The wood grain borders have always looked dated. I didn’t like them in the 1955 Bowman set, or in the 1987 Topps either.

[skelly423]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Underrated: Larry Doby. The Buzz Aldrin of integration had just as rough a road as 42 but none of the accolades, yet was just as important to ending racial bias in baseball; if he fails, who knows when the AL tries again given that it took over a decade to break the last color line. The fact that you can buy nice copies of his 1950s cards for about the same as Billy Martin is a crime.

Agree completely on Doby. He might be the single most underappreciated player in the entire hobby. He may not have been as good as Jackie on the field (though it's closer than people may realize), but he belongs on the same pedestal. None of the players he faced in his first year had ever faced a black player before, so Jackie's arrival a few months earlier hadn't softened anything for Doby.

[philliesfan]

Overrated - Anything with the words, refractor, atomic refractor, super duper atomic refractor, 1 of 1, serial numbered, intentional variations etc.

Underrated - 1963 Fleer

Favorite - T3 Turkey Red - just a beautiful set.

Least Favorite - Anything 1981 and later.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by philliesfan

Underrated - 1963 Fleer

Good one!

Originally Posted by Vintagevault13

Underrated: 1974 Topps. Admittedly, this is the first year I collected so I am a little biased. However, I truly think this set is underrated because of the great action shots. Again, looking at this set again as an 8-year-old, I absolutely loved the action shots. I would argue that the Ryan, Reggie, and Seaver cards are some of the best action shots ever.

Garvey is like a work of art; one of my alltime faves



scan isn't the best...

Originally Posted by rats60

Underrated - 1955 Topps. By far the best Topps set of the 50s. 1956 gets all the love, but it was just a copy of 1955 and not as nice.

54 has always been my favorite from the era but 55 definitely has some of the best eye candy.

[4reals]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Garvey is like a work of art; one of my alltime faves

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This and the 53B Reese are my two all-time favorite cards!


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