Well one could pose a question to get fans riled up between World Series Foes. But I ask you how does the Giants Vs. the Tigers gain any collector action for the sports card collecting industry? Just like the television ratings were down, so were card collecting and sports card sales for sure. After all there are plenty of marquee players on both teams to have some significant interest amongst collectors right? Well I do not think so. This years big winners were of course the rookie of the year nominees and winners. Mike Trout won AL Rookie of the Year in unanimous fashion, was there ever any doubt. And in the NL Rookie contest, Bryce Harper edged out Wade Miley and Todd Frazier for the award and honors. Mike Trout was basically doing what he did all season long for the Angels. Bryce Harper was a call up and never looked back.

Well what about Miguel Cabrera. He won the Triple Crown, and his fellow teammate pitcher Justin Verlander was once again superb this year, but kind of sputtered towards the end of a long season for the flame thrower. San Fran has their Tim Lincecum who also sputtered too much to be a starting factor in the World Series, showing us how really vulnerable the baseball season and its players can really be. One Series, World champ hero and another World Series outcast. Although he became a valuable set up man. He was little else. Hunter Pence became the acquisition of the year if you ask the S.F. Giants. A notable pickup that no doubt lifted the team to the World Series and above.

Baseball Cards Values And Starting Pitchers

Which leads me to my other point. Is it just me or do starting pitchers just not garner too much excitement from baseball card collectors? I know that back in the late 1990’s the likes of pitchers like Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, and even Roger Clemens just did not command much of a price on the collectors corner of the market. Sure they were sentimental favorites but not much else. Even Steven Strasburg cards can now be purchased for a song and dance compared to the original fanfare of the cards. So can anyone out there make a case for collecting rookie cards of starting pitchers in order to anyone to try and make a nice profit of any extra cards of such said pitcher. I cannot think of any. Hitters just always seem to outlast any favoritism that a pitcher may drum up. What are your thoughts? I would love to hear them.