My Stanton collection

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Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

if he pulling them from packs it not bad...people go to the casino and lose money..people lose money on hobbies...its a hobby

Just so long as he's aware that Juan Gonzalez, Jose Canseco, Manny Ramirez, Sammy Sosa, Kerry Wood, etc., etc., as well as David Wright and Joe (give the Twins a refund, Joe!) Mauer all had their all too brief days in the sun too. We thought Juan Gonzalez was the new Reggie Jackson in the early '90's. Except for Wright and Mauer, been there, done that. I was, like a lot of collectors, deceived by a lot of the juicers (don't ever kid yourself that PED's are gone from the game--there are media scoops hiding in the wings just waiting to happen with regard to a lot of current stars--that is one genie that they'll never be able to get entirely back in the bottle!). Then too, some simply peter out far too early, through injury or otherwise (see Kerry Wood--almost unhittable early on, with a 100 mph fastball and nasty, sharp, late-breaking curve). Albert Belle's 50-HR, 50-doubles season was once the talk of the town too. MAKE NO MISTAKE--it certainly was not fun seeing $$$$ being transformed to pennies, but seems like every generation of new card collectors of current players has to experience it.

Hope you win out on Stanton,

Larry