How would you define the term "All-Time"?
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I was very surprised to see some of the player's names that were included in "All-Time" sets under the Key Card link.
To me, a player that would be included in such sets would have a major accomplishment of some kind with the team to be so honored. Length of service, no-hitter, homers, All-Star attendance, things of that nature associated with the position he played. Does it make sense to include players from the early 1900s, or earlier, whose card is perhaps next to impossible to collect?
Does a person simply submit a list of what he/she "thinks" is the All-Time composition of a given team to PSA and Joe Orlando signs off on the list and presto, it becomes the PSA All-Time set for that team?
One team in particular is the All-Time Red Sox. How on earth Jerry Remy, who hit maybe 4 homers and played 2nd base for the sox for just a few years, with nothing special about his time on the field, is indeed included amongst the All-Time Red Sox, is a mystery to me. He's the current Red Sox tv announcer along with Don Orsillo, but an All-Time player he ain't.
Thoughts on the list of All-Time sets?
To me, a player that would be included in such sets would have a major accomplishment of some kind with the team to be so honored. Length of service, no-hitter, homers, All-Star attendance, things of that nature associated with the position he played. Does it make sense to include players from the early 1900s, or earlier, whose card is perhaps next to impossible to collect?
Does a person simply submit a list of what he/she "thinks" is the All-Time composition of a given team to PSA and Joe Orlando signs off on the list and presto, it becomes the PSA All-Time set for that team?
One team in particular is the All-Time Red Sox. How on earth Jerry Remy, who hit maybe 4 homers and played 2nd base for the sox for just a few years, with nothing special about his time on the field, is indeed included amongst the All-Time Red Sox, is a mystery to me. He's the current Red Sox tv announcer along with Don Orsillo, but an All-Time player he ain't.
Thoughts on the list of All-Time sets?
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...but your question is valid.......who IS making this decision?
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The thing that really bugs me is that the card in the registry set is a 1976 Topps. Remy was an Angel then! If I'm collecting All-Time Red Sox, I would want them pictured as a Red Sox player, not the enemy!
I asked PSA about this and the response I got was that "generally" a player on the All-Time list within a specific team is that of his rookie year. Seems to me it would be more memorable to use his last card in a Red Sox uniform if you are to honor him. Why on earth would I want to collect a hodge podge of rookie cards with the player in another uniform other than a Red Sox uniform?
I suspect with some analysis, a more valid point could be made about Remy (and others) that would show the fallacy of the set as it is currently composed. I am a long time Red Sox fan (more than 50 years) and while I enjoy Remy (RemDawg and Orsillo) as announcers, I firmly believe other players should have been given serious consideration as All-Time Red Sox players.
One wonders just what is the criteria to be an "All-Time" player. I suspect somebody just submitted a list he/she liked and it got signed off by Orlando. This may be the case with other All-Time sets, but I am only familiar with the Red Sox. Other All-Time sets do not go back to the 1800s and make much more sense to the current day collector.