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Card backs and their importance

SidePocketSidePocket Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭
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I'm not thinking of centering, I have just kinda come to the conclusion that I prefer seeing career stats much more than just the past year. It's fascinating to see how a player progresses from the minors to the majors. It's almost enough to make me move away from the years where they display last year only (60 for example) to a year that does (like 61). Anyone influenced by card back stats?

"Molon Labe"

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  • bkingbking Posts: 3,095 ✭✭
    Growing up, I much preferred the ones with multi-year stats. To this day, the backs of the 71 cards do nothing for me.
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  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,486 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Tho they do take up alot of space for a veteran, I prefer seeing all the yrs of play also.
    Mike
  • vladguerrerovladguerrero Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭
    topps always did a great job with card backs
  • BlackborderBlackborder Posts: 2,797 ✭


    << <i>topps always did a great job with card backs >>



    +1
  • Adenhart34Adenhart34 Posts: 90
    I like to see how a player was acquired. Some of the early 90's cards go into detail on this. Example, player A was traded on Dec 31 1990 for Player B and C.



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  • billwaltonsbeardbillwaltonsbeard Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭✭
    I enjoy politically incorrect cartoons on the backs of cards.
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  • BlackborderBlackborder Posts: 2,797 ✭


    << <i>I enjoy politically incorrect cartoons on the backs of cards. >>



    No shortage of those in the 50's sets.
  • SidePocketSidePocket Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭
    Toons are good but usually accompany only the limited career stats. The cool ones are back in the day when "John works as a xxxxx during the off season". Hard to even imagine now.

    "Molon Labe"

  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭
    This is not an issue to which I have given considerable thought.
  • otwcardsotwcards Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭


    << <i>This is not an issue to which I have given considerable thought. >>



    What are you thinking about?
  • bkingbking Posts: 3,095 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>This is not an issue to which I have given considerable thought. >>



    What are you thinking about? >>



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  • SidePocketSidePocket Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭
    Lol, I'm getting older Boo and maybe milder. Or maybe not. We could go at it. Or not. OTW actually said it best.

    "Molon Labe"

  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,211 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm not thinking of centering, I have just kinda come to the conclusion that I prefer seeing career stats much more than just the past year. It's fascinating to see how a player progresses from the minors to the majors. It's almost enough to make me move away from the years where they display last year only (60 for example) to a year that does (like 61). Anyone influenced by card back stats? >>



    completely and totally agree! image
  • bziddybziddy Posts: 710 ✭✭✭
    I always liked the Mid-80s Fleer issues for how far back they'd go with stats in the minors.

    That's how I found out what a can't miss prospect Ron Kittle was. He was from *just* before my time, but 90HR in 2 seasons in the minors!
  • UlyssesExtravaganzaUlyssesExtravaganza Posts: 832 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They don't have to be politically incorrect. I just like cartoons. Still haven't grown up.
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  • 72skywalker72skywalker Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭
    I like career stats as well. You get a good appreciation of how long they were in the league and if they had multiple teams, who did they play for the longest.
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  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,211 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sure, ya could look at career stats at some website or in the Baseball Encyclopedia...and I dunno why, but to me it's more fun looking at those stats on the back of a baseball card. image
  • bziddybziddy Posts: 710 ✭✭✭
    The more info on the backs, the more I was interested. I used to go over every card, again and again when I first started collecting. When it was a whole week before I had enough scratch to buy more packs. I learned a lot about baseball just from reading the trivia questions and did you knows from the mid 80s Topps stuff.
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