tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post4625372779550652719..comments2024-03-27T22:08:10.547-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: The best rookie card evernight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-89374637449572171792011-04-03T10:55:23.039-04:002011-04-03T10:55:23.039-04:00Steelehere,
Oh, I wasn't ripping Night Owl. ...Steelehere, <br /><br />Oh, I wasn't ripping Night Owl. I was poking fun at Topps' decision to put Brubaker (with NO prior major-league experience) on a full card, while others were relegated to half a card (Reggie Smith, Tom Seaver, Rod Carew, etc) or no card at all (veteran Lenny Green, rookie Gary Nolan, etc).Jim from Downingtownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537007940455183397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-2529684282125105432011-04-03T08:41:23.280-04:002011-04-03T08:41:23.280-04:00i could not wait for the 79 cards to come out so t...i could not wait for the 79 cards to come out so that i could have a bobby welch card and show it to the yankee fan who lived across the street. small victories until 1981.gcrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882449679093991427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-25696855260812502512011-04-03T01:34:27.804-04:002011-04-03T01:34:27.804-04:00Jim,
In defense of Night Owl's post, cards fro...Jim,<br />In defense of Night Owl's post, cards from Topps sets released in 1973 and years prior were issued in series throughout the course of the season. In the case of Brubaker, his card was issued in series three, which came out during the 1967 season and after he played his first major league game. <br /><br />Baseball Reference notes that the Dodgers selected Bruce in the December 1966 Rule V draft. On the assumption that the Dodgers were going to keep him on their roster the entire season (which is common of Rule V draftees that make team's opening day rosters), they probably chose to produce his baseball card. <br /><br />He did start the 1967 season on the Dodgers roster and pitched one less than steller game on April 15th, 1967. Unfortunately for Bruce, the Dodgers offered him back to the Phillies but they refused to take him back. This resulted in the Dodgers demoting him for AAA for the rest of the season.steeleherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17413236126581293109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-1507782623810659602011-04-02T23:01:00.387-04:002011-04-02T23:01:00.387-04:00First, you have to consider the workings of the ca...<i>First, you have to consider the workings of the card world back in the 1970s. Players wouldn't receive a card unless they had made some sort of impact in the major leagues. Sure, they could have had only 10 at-bats in the majors, but at least they had worn a major league uniform in a major league game.<br /><br />Most of the time, if a player had only a handful of at-bats in the majors, he would end up on one of those 3- or 4-player rookie cards, which was a perfectly appropriate place for him. He hadn't measured up to the players who had received their own card yet. Let him share the card with a bunch of nobodies.</i><br /><br /><br />You don't say? Well, then <a href="http://1967topps.blogspot.com/2009/10/bruce-brubaker-why-does-he-have-card.html" rel="nofollow">this guy </a> must have got the "Dodgers Exemption" from Topps.Jim from Downingtownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537007940455183397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-78206618129316123042011-04-02T22:51:47.624-04:002011-04-02T22:51:47.624-04:00Great post. I actually went to the Welch/Jackson W...Great post. I actually went to the Welch/Jackson World Series Game and still have the ticket stub from when I was a kid. If I ever get back to writing posts, I need write about my experiences from that game.<br /><br />On a different note, I attended my first Dodger game today and realized it's going to be a long season if the Dodgers' are regularly starting these five players (Hector Gimenez, Aaron Miles, Jamey Carroll, Ivan DeJesus, and Xavier Paul) all at the same time.steeleherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17413236126581293109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-30602474840963487622011-04-02T16:48:43.513-04:002011-04-02T16:48:43.513-04:00Great post. I just picked up a Gary Sanchez RC and...Great post. I just picked up a Gary Sanchez RC and ge probably won't see the majors four 4-5 more years. Crazy.The Lost Collectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07281282785351456790noreply@blogger.com