Strasburg Mania reaches towards insanity

[rj_lucas]

Re: Anybody else get tired of espn following strasburg?

Two words: Brien Taylor. Things happen.

Rick
rickjlucas@gmail.com

[allstarsplus]

Re: Anybody else get tired of espn following strasburg?

Check out all the cancellations and retractions at the bottom of the page:

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=190398394834

[5kRunner]

Re: Anybody else get tired of espn following strasburg?

Now the price is going down. It was 30,000, then went down to 24,000. I looked at it again 10 minutes later and it is now at 17,000. What's going on???

The seller must be cancelling bids. When I looked this morning it was a t $17,800. Now its $17,100. Some goof ball is probably bidding with no intention of paying.

Seriously though, when has a modern day baseball card ever sold for this much? Its not like its a vintage T206 Wagner or anything. And as someone said earlier ITS NOT EVEN AUTOGRAPHED!!!!!!

[Manram]

Re: Anybody else get tired of espn following strasburg?

Now the price is going down. It was 30,000, then went down to 24,000. I looked at it again 10 minutes later and it is now at 17,000. What's going on???

[Manram]

Re: Anybody else get tired of espn following strasburg?

Card is at 30k

[legaleagle92481]

Re: Anybody else get tired of espn following strasburg?

Can you imagine the money lost if this guy where to be a bust? I think the collectors combined with fans and all would be a bigger financial loss than the contract that he has signed with the Nats

like those folks who poured their 401k into ryan leaf stuff back in 1998 or alexander daige stuff when he got drafted.

[5kRunner]

Re: Anybody else get tired of espn following strasburg?

$14,800 with just under four days to go. Un-freaking-believable.

[LastingsMilledge85]

Re: Anybody else get tired of espn following strasburg?

Can you imagine the money lost if this guy where to be a bust? I think the collectors combined with fans and all would be a bigger financial loss than the contract that he has signed with the Nats

[legaleagle92481]

Re: Anybody else get tired of espn following strasburg?

Oh yeah, FOUR days remaining.

LOL - Free shipping. Heck at that price, if I was the seller, I'd hand deliver it.

The biggest shell game in the world one of one anything in this hobby especially cards. How many Stratsburg cards will be released this year, that are some form of limited edition? You don't even get a sig. with this one. If he does not make it someone will have a very expensive piece of cardboard someday. Even if the kid is the next Dan Haren or a comparable allstar but not really Cy Young caliber pitcher he will be viewed as a failure so I think investing alot in him at this point is a HUGE risk. Young pitchers get hurt and/or underperform all the time and even the can't miss ones miss or fall short of expectations. If I had to put my money on one young guy it would be Verlander, followed by Lincecium.

[5kRunner]

Re: Anybody else get tired of espn following strasburg?

Check this out! Seriously....its just cardboard.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=190398394834

Oh yeah, FOUR days remaining.

LOL - Free shipping. Heck at that price, if I was the seller, I'd hand deliver it.

[5kRunner]

Re: Anybody else get tired of espn following strasburg?

Check this out! Seriously....its just cardboard.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190398394834

[sox83cubs84]

Re: Anybody else get tired of espn following strasburg?

The Eastern Seabord Programming Network? Hardly a surprise. Oh, well, better than any Brett Favre watch, I guess.

Dave M.
Chicago area

[skipcarayislegend]

Re: Anybody else get tired of espn following strasburg?

ESPN is a joke for a network. They are just a bunch of red sox fans and dont know anything about sports.

Wait a sec....we have a Yankees fan complaining about ESPN's bias toward another team?? What's the world coming to?

ESPN should get it over with and rename itself the Yankees/Red Sox Network. Pencil them in, Yanks or Sox every Sunday and Monday. Yanks/Sox nearly every time they play a series together. Btw, Yanks vs. Sox is easily the most overrated rivalry in sports.

[cjclong]

Re: Anybody else get tired of espn following strasburg?

I was really surprised to see a Nationals fan with a Nationals team Strasburg jersey. He said he bought it at the team shop. This is the first time I've ever heard of a team marketing a players jersey before he was even called up.

[Manram]

Re: Anybody else get tired of espn following strasburg?

For following baseball in general, I much prefer the MLB Network to ESPN.


Ben

Definately. It seems like the people on ESPN don't really know anything about the sports they talk about.