here we go again...

[Peter_Spaeth]

And the greatest pitcher of all time is now 2-2. Granted, a strong 2-2.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

And the greatest pitcher of all time is now 2-2. Granted, a strong 2-2.

To me this is actually legal gambling at it's best. If he loses his next game how much, if any, will his cards go down? If he loses 2 in a row, then how much, if any? AND if he keeps winning...then what? Hey, it's bringing some excitement to baseball card collecting and that is a good thing. Certainly it's not my cup o tea but it is interesting.

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by Leon

To me this is actually legal gambling at it's best. . .

That's funny, I've always compared packs of modern cards to those gas station scratch offs.

Has anyone seen the video of Beckett grading this card? They tried to cash in on some cheap publicity and it really backfired on them. They used to be so tough on grading modern cards that a Beckett 9.5 used to mean something.

Beckett customers are all over the web bashing the company now. I know they are customers because these are collectors on shiny card blogs and they are the ones using Beckett.

Its kinda funny watching the video. They immediately begin explaining how a card off center front and back can grade gem mint. They also turned the card around fast enough before the auction ended. (not mentioned in the video) Raw - $16,400, Beckett graded - $25,000. The stunt did not work though.

[tbob]

2-2 and he doesn't get to face Kansas City again this year and maybe only one more start against Pittsburgh. Let's wait and see how he does against the better teams in the National League.
I guess this will put all the All-Star game selection garbage to bed.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

And the greatest pitcher of all time is now 2-2. Granted, a strong 2-2.

Jeez, after watching the game last night. Strasburg will be lucky to be a .500 pitcher as long as he's on the Nationals.

[tbob]

Guess he's getting a taste of how Walter Johnson felt when he started his career with the Senators! I thought I saw somewhere where Johnson and Bery Blyleven had the most 1-0 losses in history.

[steve B]

It will be interesting to see how he compares to other great pitchers for his first year. Maybe Nolan Ryan?

6 and 9, 134 innings, 133 so, 75walks and 3.09 era

Going by wins and losses makes little sense for a guy on a weak team.

Steve B

[Bilko G]

$9000 profit in about 3 weeks ain't too bad in my books and people say modern Sports cards are a bad investment