The Sports Cards Museum™: JACKALS

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Cheaters

I despise eBay users who include what a card isn't in a listing because the thing that it isn't is a good keyword in eBay search...

If it's not a BGS "Black Label", we don't need you to mention it. Rediculous.

This winner blocked me two years ago for saying something dumb about Mike Trout being overrated. He asked 'Who's overrated" and I started thinking about who is most rated because they would be prime targets for being most "overrated".

I can tell you one player in football who cannot be overrated: Blake Bortles, because everyone hates on Him like He's the Nickelback band of the NFL (I still don't totally see why).

Do you get it? If you're looking to find an overrated player, it's best to start with the most rated players. Take 2017. The five most rated offensive players that year in MLB (in my opinion) were...

1) Mike Trout
2) Aaron Judge
3) Kris Bryant
4) Cody Bellinger
5) Giancarlo Stanton

Now, obviously, Cody Bellinger was the most overrated of that list. But, given their 2017 performances, Stanton and Bryant come in close behind Bellinger. Even Aaron Judge did not perform offensively the way most thought that He would in 2018 (although His improvement in His defensive WAR score camouflaged His offensive WAR score).

The point is that it's not a bad way to go about the question. But I had not yet learned about WAR and I was genuinely ignorant about a lot of Sports Cards stuff. When I said that Mike Trout was the most overrated player, "Drew" called me an idiot. I told Him that He had asked the question to His Twitter followers and I had simply answered it. That's it. I think I said "What else do you want from me?".

And, He blocked me... I guess for life.

Sports Cards will never be what they can be without new blood. Take "Daily Fantasy". It went from nothing to millions of dollars of revenue in a few short years on 100% "new blood". It's embarrassing that Daily Fantasy is just a few years old and already much bigger than the Sports Cards market. Remember, Sports Cards have been around for at least 67 years (not counting pre-1951 cards). And, it's still quite a small thing.

New blood mean people getting into Sports Cards without much knowledge of it. It means a large learning curve for many. But, if you encounter someone who knows less than you... please don't block them, unless you just can't help but be a JACKAL. Teach them. Get them in the game. Get them to teach their friends, and to get their friends in the game.

I guarantee that Mr. "Drew" and His cards would be more valuable if He took the time to encourage the base of buyers to grow.

JACKALS

This user petitioned for a deal on this card by saying that He played with the player when He was a kid.

A) I don't, wouldn't and won't care.
B) People lie on eBay (I usually don't; my alleged crimes come from myself researching, studying, knowing and using the platform's rules to my advantage in ways that are either nuetral regarding or positively contributing to the good faith mission of the platform and the realm of Sports Cards in general).

I also dislike people using their children to try to make adult purchases for great, valuable cards by saying it's for "Little Jimmy". Although, I do want to introduce cards to young people.