Personally, I wish they'd stop producing new cards with legends on them. That seems like it would take care of a lot of issues people seem to be wrestling with. If I opened up a pack of this year's A&G and pulled a base Tim Lincecum and Willie Mays, I'd be more excited about the Lincecum, even though Willie Mays is the greatest player of all-time. Just like you want your relic to come from a player's playing days and not an old timer's event, I'd want my Willie Mays card from his playing days and not 40 years after he retired.
It's completely absurd that they mix current and retired players into the same 'new' product. I understand that MLB is behind that decision, but it's really dumb. They're throwing in these legend autos and 'game-used' cards to drive up collector interest along with the price. Release a legend-exclusive high-end product at high-end prices and spend the savings in production cost on some authentic memorabilia and autos and whatever. No need to add 20 different Lincecum parallels for me to add to my PC want list. Nobody's buying high-end for that.
I hope more 'grave-diggers' abandon modern cards. I buy 2012 cards because I like 2012 baseball and want 2012 baseball players. At this rate, I'll be collecting 'new' Tim Lincecum cards along with my grandson 40 years from now.
It's completely absurd that they mix current and retired players into the same 'new' product. I understand that MLB is behind that decision, but it's really dumb. They're throwing in these legend autos and 'game-used' cards to drive up collector interest along with the price. Release a legend-exclusive high-end product at high-end prices and spend the savings in production cost on some authentic memorabilia and autos and whatever. No need to add 20 different Lincecum parallels for me to add to my PC want list. Nobody's buying high-end for that.
I hope more 'grave-diggers' abandon modern cards. I buy 2012 cards because I like 2012 baseball and want 2012 baseball players. At this rate, I'll be collecting 'new' Tim Lincecum cards along with my grandson 40 years from now.
