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Originally Posted by bnorth
You can't give most Randy Johnson cards away. There are a few 89 Fleer versions that sell for 4 and 5 figures. Not sure why but I never hear of any Randy collectors besides the ones that collect the 89 Fleer error versions.
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Out of curiosity I just checked and Randy Johnson Upper Deck Rookies in PSA 10 sell for well under 100 bucks nowadays.
Ken Griffey Jr's card from that set sells for about 2 grand.
Griffey Jr. has 1 MVP and a career 83.8 WAR
Randy Johnson has 5 Cy Youngs and a career 101.1 WAR
Also...and forgive me if I'm perpetuating a myth, wasn't there rumors of monster boxes full of Ken Griffey Jr. Rookies coming out of the Upper Deck factory, separately from it's normal print run?
Now, I'm not saying that Griffey Jr. and Randy Johnson should be on the same playing field, when it comes to this issue, but the discrepancy seems insane to me.
To me, I'd say Randy Johnson was the Nolan Ryan of his era...I'd call Pedro the Sandy Koufax of that era.......but I guess, if anything, it reinforces that collectors/investors don't really care about most pitchers, unless they are present day phenoms.
Skenes looks fantastic so far...but how long until he becomes just the next Bret Saberhagen, Stephen Strasburg......or hell, best case scenario...Randy Johnson?
07-19-2024, 11:51 AM
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