Let's really "re-hash" the ROOKIE debate.

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Posted By: Chris Counts

I feel the same way about the subject now as I did when I first saw people asking big prices for Rose rookies in the late 70s. Why in the world does it matter if a particular issue is someone's rookie card? It was a marketing ploy then, and it's marketing ploy now. I'm just surprised so many folks buy into it. I'm also puzzled by the insistence of rookie cards being limited to "major issues." To me, the "minor issues," like Bond Bread cards and 1941 Double Plays (a lot of rookies are in this set!) are just as valid as any "major issue." Baseball cards were not invented by Topps. And, by the way, so many so-called rookie cards are pre-dated by the ultimate red-headed stepchild of the hobby (and one of my personal favorites), Exhibit cards, which certainly qualify as a major issue ...