http://www.slate.com/id/2191533

Great article about Grifey's Rookie card, if only for the following:





The Griffey card was the perfect piece of memorabilia at the perfect time. The number the card was given only furthered the prospect of his cardboard IPO. Junior was chosen to be card No. 1 by an Upper Deck employee named Tom Geideman, a college student known for his keen eye for talent. Geideman earned his rep by consistently clueing in the founders of The Upper Deck, the card shop where the business was hatched, on which players would be future stars. Geideman took the task of naming the player for the first card very seriously. Using an issue of Baseball America as his guide, Geideman knew that card No. 1 would belong to Gregg Jefferies, Sandy Alomar Jr., Gary Sheffield, or a long-shot candidate, the phenom they called "The Kid." It's probably the most thinking Geideman ever did compiling a checklist, save for the 1992 Upper Deck set when he assigned numbers that ended in 69 to players with porn-star-sounding names. (Dick Schofield at No. 269, Heathcliff Slocumb at No. 569, and Dickie Thon at No. 769.)

I lol'd at Heathcliff Slocumb.

I can't believe that we haven't had a baseball card thread (IIRC).

I'll be all over this.

I lol'd at Heathcliff Slocumb.


I remember when Boston traded him to Seattle for two minor leaguers (Derek Lowe & Jason Varitek).

Wonder who won that deal...

I was disappointed to find no pictures of that loud mouthed late night guy on here.

KEN GRIFFY ROOKIE CARD! MINT CONDITION! FOLKS, THIS IS LUDICROUS!

Good god I wasted my pre booze/drugs/sex youth on baseball cards

Good god I wasted my pre booze/drugs/sex youth on baseball cards

me too, and basketball cards.

I remember I pulled this $500 Charles Barkley seethru card when i was like 12, now it's worth about $7.

Cards from my generation have no value.

no doubt, all those mylar inserts and bonus cards are now complete trash

92 Bowman was my fave set of cards btw. I was into shoplifting at the time and had that complete set about 3 times over. Still have several Piazza rookies from that set. Like $60 a pop or so. Waiting for him to go HOF.

no doubt, all those mylar inserts and bonus cards are now complete trash

92 Bowman was my fave set of cards btw. I was into shoplifting at the time and had that complete set about 3 times over. Still have several Piazza rookies from that set. Like $60 a pop or so. Waiting for him to go HOF.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one that stole...lol. Me & a buddy had an elaborate scheme from like ages 8-12. We used to get those good $5 packs that only had 3 cards in em.

We were blatant about it. Would walk into Walmart with a big,empty umbro soccer bag. kneel down by the baseball cards in the aisle and just load it up and walk out. The people that worked there either didn't care or hated their lives so much they never tried to stop a couple of 13 year old kids pulling this shit. They did eventually move the cards up front by the cigs and stuff, which meant we could still steal, but not entire boxes at a time any longer.

I have probably 60,000 cards sitting in my basement doing nothing.

Every year I tell myself that during the summer I'm going to sit down and put them on eBay, but I never do. If I could get even 5% of what they're allegedly worth I would be happy.

Cards from my generation have no value.

Don't even talk to me about 1980-1983.

Name me someone who doesn't have 15-20 complete sets of late 80's early 90's Donruss.