What was the last baseball card?

[RCMcKenzie]

Thanks for all the feedback, gang. Lots of interesting responses. I now know the Trout rook is this superfractor that sold for over 400,000 dollars. I'd rather have a T206 Wagner beater, but that's me. The hobby is alive and well, that's for sure.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

Thanks for all the feedback, gang. Lots of interesting responses. I now know the Trout rook is this superfractor that sold for over 400,000 dollars. I'd rather have a T206 Wagner beater, but that's me. The hobby is alive and well, that's for sure.

Wagner is already considered one of the all time greats. Bill James has him #2 behind Babe Ruth. Trout is today's hot player. I remember when it was Ken Griffey Jr. Then he started getting hurt and his numbers fell off. Then it was Albert Pujols. Then when he went to the Angels and his numbers fell off.

Last year, Trout got hurt and only played 114 games. This year Trout got hurt and has missed 21 games so far. If this pattern continues, it could catch up to him and he doesn't reach the milestones that are already baked into that 400k number. Or he starts putting up average numbers as he hits his 30s. Or he retires early because of injuries...

[puckpaul]

i really wanted to collect the modern cards and be entertained. deGrom has been my favorite player since he came up, and i bought a bunch of his "
rookies" on EBAY. i have NO idea if i bought the right one(s). if someone had to own the DeGrom rookie, where would they turn and which one will reflect his value the most? i just cannot figure it out. many of the cards are boring or just different color scheme versions of the same card. i figured signed cards with low numbers are probably the most interesting for value. some went for crazy prices already, so hard to see the upside...especially if you guess wrong and buy the wrong ones that no one wants.

i guess if i find some interesting card to buy of a favorite, i will still do it, but i find it impossible to navigate.

i have a hard time even looking up the cards i have, not sure what they are called!

[Rhotchkiss]

1988-89 is the year(s) the music died for me. I didn’t mind the early-mid 80’s, and we all seemed to know that 1982-83 was Topps, 1984-85 was Donruss, 1986 sucked, 1987 was fleer, and then 1988 Bowman came back, and sportflicks (I think was name), and then upper deck, and that’s when I was done collecting new cards. Now I only own two cards that are newer than 1920 - a 33 goudey Lajoie and a 35 National Chicle Nagurski