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Who is baseball's Felix Potvin
sportscardtheory
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I have never seen such a mediocre retired player garner so much hobby attention. Who do you think is baseball's equivalent?
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Felix was also an Islander, but I'm ashamed to say so.
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<< <i>garner >>
clue.
Bosox1976
<< <i>Who is Felix Potvin? >>
What he said...
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<< <i>I have never seen such a mediocre retired player garner so much hobby attention. Who do you think is baseball's equivalent?
Andres Galagarra. Get it?
Eyebone
<< <i>Who is Felix Potvin? >>
<< <i>lol You guys really don't know what I mean? Is this a sports card message board or not? >>
Sports card message board? That's Mon-Wed and Fri-Sun. Tonight it is Comedy Central...
Tough question. Potvin's career started with a bang, he played in a big market, was a good looking fella (and had the French-Canadien accent that the ladies seemed to like....though it never worked for me
Your Nomo comparison is a logical one.
Good luck with your search.
Eyebone
<< <i>Think people are just having some fun with you, sir.
Tough question. Potvin's career started with a bang, he played in a big market, was a good looking fella (and had the French-Canadien accent that the ladies seemed to like....though it never worked for me
Your Nomo comparison is a logical one.
Good luck with your search.
Eyebone >>
Hideo Nomo has a French-Canadian accent?
<< <i>Think people are just having some fun with you, sir.
Tough question. Potvin's career started with a bang, he played in a big market, was a good looking fella (and had the French-Canadien accent that the ladies seemed to like....though it never worked for me
Your Nomo comparison is a logical one.
Good luck with your search.
Eyebone >>
Thanks for a real response. I am not searching, just making conversation. I do think Nomo is pretty comparable. He has fanatical fans that will pay crazy prices for hard to find stuff... and he was only good for a few early years.
Eyebone
Thurman Munson
And guys like:
Mark Fidrych
Kirk Gibson
Bo Jackson
Greg Luzinski
Bobby Richardson
<< <i>Seriously, the best baseball equivalents would probably be the likes of:
Thurman Munson
And guys like:
Mark Fidrych
Kirk Gibson
Bo Jackson
Greg Luzinski
Bobby Richardson >>
Bo Jackson I can see. He didn't accomplish all that much due to injury, but he still has a lot of fans/collectors. I'm not sure he is at the level of Nomo and Potvin though.
<< <i>Seriously, the best baseball equivalents would probably be the likes of:
Thurman Munson
And guys like:
Mark Fidrych
Kirk Gibson
Bo Jackson
Greg Luzinski
Bobby Richardson >>
Fidrych or Richardson, yes. I can think of several other Yankees who might fit that mold - Tresh, Kubek, McDougald, etc..
Munson, Gibson, Bo, and Luzinski - no IMO. All were legitimately top stars for periods in a way Potvin never was.
Nick
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<< <i>
<< <i>Seriously, the best baseball equivalents would probably be the likes of:
Thurman Munson
And guys like:
Mark Fidrych
Kirk Gibson
Bo Jackson
Greg Luzinski
Bobby Richardson >>
Fidrych or Richardson, yes. I can think of several other Yankees who might fit that mold - Tresh, Kubek, McDougald, etc..
Munson, Gibson, Bo, and Luzinski - no IMO. All were legitimately top stars for periods in a way Potvin never was.
Nick >>
But do people go crazy over their stuff? I've seen some INSANE prices attained for Nomo and Potvin stuff. And Potvin was never really any good, just popular.
<< <i>Seriously, the best baseball equivalents would probably be the likes of:
Thurman Munson
And guys like:
Mark Fidrych
Kirk Gibson
Bo Jackson
Greg Luzinski
Bobby Richardson >>
I've never understood the love for Munson, sad story?-yes, career .290 hitter while averaging like a dozen HR's a year?
<< <i>Kind of off-topic, but how come any time anyone mentions anything other than baseball they get "the business"? Am I missing something? >>
Sevendust...
<< <i>Kind of off-topic, but how come any time anyone mentions anything other than baseball they get "the business"? Am I missing something? >>
If it were a snake it would bite you. On the other hand , the eye that one would use to see if you are missing something , doesn't see very well. I'm of the belief , that he convinced against his will , is of the same opionion still.
In other words , until you can see , what others so easily see , for yourself, you are missing it.--- My 1-1/2 cents-- Sonny
<< <i>Potvin still commands hobby attention? That is just shocking. I haven't followed the modern hockey market in a long time, but I would've guessed that he had long ago faded into Bolivian. Or at least passed the goaltending torch of mediocrity-yet-popularity to Carey Price. >>
Yeah, it's quite fascinating. He has a lot of hard-core spenders. If I had any rare stuff of his, you better believe I would have it on eBay.
After a dry spell of the 1980's no Leaf goaltender led the league in anything - except maybe loses.
Potvin help take the Leafs to the bring of the Stanley Cup, was voted NHL All-Star (twice) and came into the NHL with every minor league allocade a goalie could have.
He was good enough to make the Leafs trade away HOF Grant Fuhr -
sadly, the Leafs have been down hill since - very few All-Star players (of course now you have 40 or 60 guys named to A.S. team) but he was really something in the day.
I would compare him to the Daryl Strawberry or Dwight Gooden craze of the mid 1980's.
I would still collect his cards ... (one of my favorite) -
Besides Mantle..... King of all overrated baseball players....
I guess Eddie Gaedel would be the most famous overrated baseball player, ..............in a small way!
<< <i>It is probably hard to understand what Felix Potvin was to Toronto Maple Leaf fans of the 1990's -
After a dry spell of the 1980's no Leaf goaltender led the league in anything - except maybe loses.
Potvin help take the Leafs to the bring of the Stanley Cup, >>
Come on, the Leafs never even made the Finals with Felix. the "brink of the Stanley Cup" is where the Red Wings were last year and the Penguins were in '08.
Tabe
Steve
<< <i>
<< <i>It is probably hard to understand what Felix Potvin was to Toronto Maple Leaf fans of the 1990's -
After a dry spell of the 1980's no Leaf goaltender led the league in anything - except maybe loses.
Potvin help take the Leafs to the bring of the Stanley Cup, >>
Come on, the Leafs never even made the Finals with Felix. the "brink of the Stanley Cup" is where the Red Wings were last year and the Penguins were in '08.
Tabe >>
for the Leafs - making the play-offs = "on the brink of a Stanley Cup" !!!!
RIP GURU
No offense but I'm pretty sure you have zero idea what you're talking about.
<< <i>Call it the Wendel Clark Effect. >>
Yep. Look how much this PSA 9 OPC rookie of his brought. Granted they don't come up very often but this is the highest price I can remember it going for.
<< <i>
No offense but I'm pretty sure you have zero idea what you're talking about. >>
but he makes a darn fine catalyst. let's keep him.
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<< <i>What makes you think that Felix Potvin cards sell at "insane" prices? Searching the last 90 days of auction, only one Potvin card has sold for over $56 and that is an 01 Mask Collection card #/25 which sold for $193. A Jose Theodore from the same set sold for $188, so the high price really has nothing to do with Potvin, rather the popularity of the set. Besides that card nothing of Potvin's has commanded anything out of line except maybe a few $40 auto/patch cards here and there, but that's standard for a lot of guys in all sports.
No offense but I'm pretty sure you have zero idea what you're talking about. >>
YOU don't know what you are talking about. You are only going by the last 90 days of sales and don't know anything about Felix Potvin cards. Common cards of this guy often sell for $2-$5. Anything numbered sells for much higher than most current players in the same set. His rare cards from the '90s outsell a lot of players that are still playing. Just because you did your little search, doesn't mean it's the end-all on Felix Potvin sales. Anyone that knows anything about hockey cards knows this guy is a hot commodity... clearly you don't.
Potvin sales
Clearly this guy has a higher amount of sales to listings than most current players, and he never accomplished anything. He retired early and was never that good, yet he STILL outsells most current players. So again YOU don't know what you are talking about. NO OFFENSE.