Ohtani CARDS are Mostly UNDERVALUED

[jboosted92]

I’m sorry - but I will die on this hill

The greatest most complete ball player cards are mostly undervalued

This feels like “Brady cards” after 2004

Guy can’t pitch this year ? Ho Hum - gets a 40/40 here in a couple weeks

[Exhibitman]

Wrong board, my dude. This is a pre-1945 board. Your topic belongs in the post-1980 section of the Postwar Cards area.

[BigfootIsReal]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Wrong board, my dude. This is a pre-1945 board. Your topic belongs in the post-1980 section of the Postwar Cards area.

Jesus H. Christ, draw up legal papers then.

[SyrNy1960]

Originally Posted by BigfootIsReal

Jesus H. Christ, draw up legal papers then.

Nothing wrong with his post that would warrant your post. Chill out!

[jboosted92]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Wrong board, my dude. This is a pre-1945 board. Your topic belongs in the post-1980 section of the Postwar Cards area.

Crap. My bad…

[SyrNy1960]

Originally Posted by jboosted92

Crap. My bad…

Great response. BigfootIsReal could learn a thing or two from you.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Ohtani CARDS are Mostly UNDERVALUED

Or, Ohtani is overrated.




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[raulus]

Next Babe Ruth?

Or…next Pete Rose?

[jboosted92]

Originally Posted by SyrNy1960

Great response. BigfootIsReal could learn a thing or two from you.

based on 100 replies...maybe it was CORRECT location... LOL

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Wrong board, my dude. This is a pre-1945 board. Your topic belongs in the post-1980 section of the Postwar Cards area.

While we often disagree, here I'm in full agreement. Yet this thread remains in an entirely inappropriate forum.

[LOUCARDFAN]

So glad I picked up this bad boy a few years ago. The sky’s the limit with Ohtani and I think his numbered rookie autos are a tremendous investment.IMG_2388.jpg


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[jboosted92]

Originally Posted by jboosted92

I’m sorry - but I will die on this hill

The greatest most complete ball player cards are mostly undervalued

This feels like “Brady cards” after 2004

Guy can’t pitch this year ? Ho Hum - gets a 40/40 here in a couple weeks

OP here

forgot to come back after his 50/50

i can now say -- his base 2018 have respect

[hammertime]

And he's absolutely obliterating his HR pace from last year. And he should be back on the mound after the ASG. And his stuff looks filthier than ever.

[Peter_Spaeth]

The Dodgers do not need him to pitch and if it were my team I would not risk a career or season ending injury by putting him back on the mound. He is killing it as a batter, leave well enough alone.

[sbfinley]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The Dodgers do not need him to pitch and if it were my team I would not risk a career or season ending injury by putting him back on the mound. He is killing it as a batter, leave well enough alone.

While I agree with this take on the surface, he does specifically choose to bat lefty while pitching righty to minimize the impact arm fatigue or injuries would have on his hitting. Some credence can be given to the effectiveness of this considering he put up a historic all-time offensive season while recovering from Tommy John surgery.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by sbfinley

While I agree with this take on the surface, he does specifically choose to bat lefty while pitching righty to minimize the impact arm fatigue or injuries would have on his hitting. Some credence can be given to the effectiveness of this considering he put up a historic all-time offensive season while recovering from Tommy John surgery.

If he blows out his pitching arm, he isn't batting, he's on the DL and back in surgery. Why risk it when he's arguably the best hitter in the league and you are the best team in baseball with your existing staff?

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The Dodgers do not need him to pitch and if it were my team I would not risk a career or season ending injury by putting him back on the mound. He is killing it as a batter, leave well enough alone.

The Dodger's pitching is pretty awful. They can get away with it in the regular season but they're going to need another strong starter come the post season.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

The Dodger's pitching is pretty awful. They can get away with it in the regular season but they're going to need another strong starter come the post season.

So they can buy one. Why risk the straw that stirs the drink, Ohtani? Besides, playoff baseball is pitching by committee these days.

[Lucas00]

Just saw Ohtanis 250th homer.. Looked and sounded like a deep fly AT BEST. How he pulled a very outside pitch with such a "weak" swing on a curveball 384ft is unreal.

https://youtu.be/2FBhWdUU_BM

[bk400]

Yeah, I saw that also. He's a bad bad man, even when he's off. I think The Athletic recently surveyed MLB players and asked which player they wanted to watch the most. Ohtani won in a landslide.

[jayshum]

Ohtani is scheduled to be starting pitcher on Monday against the Padres.

[Balticfox]

"Ohtani CARDS are Mostly UNDERVALUED"

I fully disagree!

1. I share the opinion of most MLB players. Sure Ohtani is very good. But he's not 10x or 50x as good as the average player which his salary indicates.

2. His cards are correspondingly overvalued. They're all just pieces of cardboard like any other from the set. Shohei Ohtani and Joe Shlobatnik cards are fundamentally near identical. Why some collectors choose to chase/covet just certain cards from a set and drive their prices to nosebleed levels is beyond me.

[molenick]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

"Ohtani CARDS are Mostly UNDERVALUED"

2. His cards are correspondingly overvalued. They're all just pieces of cardboard like any other from the set. Shohei Ohtani and Joe Shlobatnik cards are fundamentally near identical. Why some collectors choose to chase/covet just certain cards from a set and drive their prices to nosebleed levels is beyond me.

I essentially agree with this, when you get right down to it, it makes no sense. Based on the raw material involved, almost all baseball cards have equal value, which is next to nothing.

But coveting certain cards is the basis of pricing for the entire hobby, not just Shohei Ohtani cards. Why does Babe Ruth cost more than Marv Throneberry? Why does T208 cost more than T207? Why does PSA 8 cost more than PSA 7? Why does the first card of a player cost more than the last card?

Hobby pricing is just supply and demand and right now there is high demand for Ohtani cards. Whether that demand will continue and thus maintain his card prices is unknown.

[By the way, don't stop too long to think about why we pay money for cardboard. If everyone does this, the entire hobby will collapse!]

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by molenick

But coveting certain cards is the basis of pricing for the entire hobby, not just Shohei Ohtani cards. Why does Babe Ruth cost more than Marv Throneberry? Why does T208 cost more than T207? Why does PSA 8 cost more than PSA 7? Why does the first card of a player cost more than the last card?

I put the extreme range down to silliness. That though is because I'm not among the fortunate few for whom money is no object. I have to weigh the relative "merits" of any purchase.

Originally Posted by molenick

Hobby pricing is just supply and demand and right now there is high demand for Ohtani cards. Whether that demand will continue and thus maintain his card prices is unknown.

[By the way, don't stop too long to think about why we pay money for cardboard. If everyone does this, the entire hobby will collapse!]

I long ago realized that my collecting is a compulsion, an addiction even. I keep telling myself that it's better (less pathetic) than being a smoker, alcoholic or drug addict but I may just be rationalizing and thus fooling myself.

[molenick]

I know...every now and then I ask myself why I would rather have this card than the money I spend on it that could go towards literally anything else in the world *...and then I buy the card anyway.

And, yes, obviously we all know why certain cards cost a lot of money...it is the wide disparity in pricing that sometimes makes you go "woah".

* not "anything" but you get my drift