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05-15-2011, 07:51 PM #1
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05-15-2011, 08:59 PM #2
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Re: Bryce Harper is tearing up single A
I knew I just should have sucked it up and bought that jersey from mlb auctions!!!
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05-19-2011, 10:52 AM #3
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Re: Bryce Harper is tearing up single A
$3,000 for his game used jersey is insane.
Basically if he doesn't get 500 AND 3,000 hits (being injury free at the back end his career is unpredictable), that jersey would be a waste of money. Can he really exceed expectations at all with the bar so high? Well, I somewhat take that back, if he has a 60+ Homerun season or a .380 average or higher, that jersey could get cashed in on the short term.
Also, if he doesn't ever win a world series his value will be somewhat damaged too, but as bad a a NFL QB who doesn win a Super Bowl though.
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It is odd with "rookie" or future star collectors. A lot of them really get into the hype of a good young player. This may be a bad example, butI recall a ton of hype here in Wisconsin with Gary Sheffield in the late 1980's. People were thinking 3,000 hits and 500 home runs for him. Ok, he hit 500 HR's and was pretty close to 3,000 hits and won a a world series, and a multiple all star. So when he started to get those predicted numbers, people are like "eh... he's washed up."
It is like when guys hit expectations and career milestones, they are old news by then. Like I said Sheff, may be a bad example on this. Alex Rodriguez is a guy with big expectations though and is producing and the value of his G.U. is still high. But overall, it seems like "potential" is often more important that endpoint production.
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05-19-2011, 12:23 PM #4
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Re: Bryce Harper is tearing up single A
Sheffied and Arod still needed the help of performance inhancing drugs too.
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05-19-2011, 12:45 PM #5
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05-19-2011, 01:34 PM #6
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Re: Bryce Harper is tearing up single A
That is why I qualified sheff and a-rod and said they may not be the best examples.
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05-19-2011, 03:36 PM #7
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