Why are 1988 Leaf cards not included in the Rookie Registry sets?

gregmo32

For example, Mark Grace or Roberto Alomar?

gregmo32

And, is this an issue for Rookie Registry people to vote on before adding? It seems to me on the surface that they should definitely be included, but I do not have a horse in the race.

mikeschmidt

Are O-Pee-Chee cards included for any rookies?

sportscardtheory

O-Pee-Chee and Leaf cards were issued in pack-form and are widely known to be true RCs, so I don't see why they WOULDN'T be included.

digicat

The Lords of the Registry decided that it would be best to ignore the collectors and go with a 3rd party to decide what a rookie card was, and they chose Beckett's Ultimate Rookie Card Encyclopedia.

If Beckett says it's a rookie card, then that's the only support the Registry folks will accept.

sportscardtheory

<< <i>The Lords of the Registry decided that it would be best to ignore the collectors and go with a 3rd party to decide what a rookie card was, and they chose Beckett's Ultimate Rookie Card Encyclopedia.

If Beckett says it's a rookie card, then that's the only support the Registry folks will accept. >>



I believe they are designated RCs in Beckett.

Becket designated Mark Grace RCs (Leaf)

Beckett designated Tony Gwynn RCs (O-Pee-Chee)

digicat

<< <i>I believe they are designated RCs in Beckett. >>



Then you should email the registry folks and get them added. Perhaps it was an oversight?

sportscardtheory

<< <i>

<< <i>I believe they are designated RCs in Beckett. >>



Then you should email the registry folks and get them added. Perhaps it was an oversight? >>



The OP should definitely do that. There is nothing about Leaf/O-Pee-Chee that DOESN'T make them true rookie cards. They are rookie cards in hockey, so why not baseball. Wasn't there a Expos player with a 1989 OPC rookie card? That would make all his 1990 RCs invalid.

digicat

<< <i>Wasn't there a Delino DeShields 1989 OPC rookie card? That would make all his 1990 RCs invalid. >>



1988 OPC actually, but Beckett calls it an XRC for some reason.

sportscardtheory

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<< <i>Wasn't there a Delino DeShields 1989 OPC rookie card? That would make all his 1990 RCs invalid. >>



1988 OPC actually, but Beckett calls it an XRC for some reason. >>



Man, if he would have ever panned-out into a HOFer, that card would have been a monster.

gregmo32

Believe me I remember thinking that Deshields card would be a huge RC! He had a good start to his career too.

digicat

Beckett gets goofy with the XRC designation sometimes.

One thing they say for modern cards is that if the set contains NO players who were in the majors at the time of the set's release, then all the "first time in a major league set" players' cards will get the XRC designation.

All the cards in the 2001 Upper Deck Prospect Premiers set (which features the first Ryan Howard and David Wright cards) are called XRCs.

digicat

Delino DeShields's son, Delino DeShields Jr, was the 8th player taken in this year's MLB draft.

Man, I feel old now!