tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448843072296729151.post7006290679356398453..comments2023-10-03T07:17:31.763-05:00Comments on White Sox Cards: There's Something About O-Pee-CheeSteve Giermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10291911419511893670noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448843072296729151.post-18947894181665248762009-12-09T13:24:37.135-06:002009-12-09T13:24:37.135-06:00Very well said.Very well said.Davidhttp://www.pokerheaven.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448843072296729151.post-75328653345279458612009-06-30T17:27:40.620-05:002009-06-30T17:27:40.620-05:00Design is definitely a big issue. To get around th...Design is definitely a big issue. To get around the sticky issue of which company will design or combining design teams, a design contest might be issued to the public. This way, the public will play a large part in the overall quality of the set and it will generate more interest throughout the collecting community.<br /><br />With a lot of deceased players images being controlled by licensing companies, it might be more cost efficient for card companies to combine the efforts for a set. Add in some exclusive contracts by retired players and no company will ever get all they want out of a retired set.<br /><br />This should bring out more players to be included in a set, rather than the same retired players over and over again.<br /><br />As for the White Sox aspect of this, I would start to see players other than Luis Aparicio in a card set. Potentially, I could see Doc White, Leo Najo and Gary Peters get cards.<br /><br />If such a venture were to ever get off the ground, it could turn out to be one of the greatest retired player sets ever. It could possibly surpass what Legendary Cuts used to be.Steve Giermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10291911419511893670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448843072296729151.post-62789194929575955102009-06-30T17:06:52.399-05:002009-06-30T17:06:52.399-05:00Nice combo of analysis and inclusion of past cards...Nice combo of analysis and inclusion of past cards. While companies trade to some extent on their exclusive players, don't the designs still figure in a big way? For example, I only purchased A&G cards last year because they so surpassed the competition in overall look, despite some odd subject choices.<br /><br />What do you think, is the money at stake (for retired players) big enough to overcome performance of the larger product itself?Matthew Gliddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309027783505563943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448843072296729151.post-1248367032313584722009-06-30T16:58:26.890-05:002009-06-30T16:58:26.890-05:00Hey! Topps makes decent money on it's Heritage...Hey! Topps makes decent money on it's Heritage products and it would benefit them a lot to protect all their past issues and keep Topps as the only makers of Heritage designs containing modern players. <br /><br />They want to protect the future issues of Heritage baseball lets say...2020 Heritage featuring the 1971 set.GOGOSOX60https://www.blogger.com/profile/04536101210272537783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448843072296729151.post-28689621622094703272009-06-30T16:20:11.991-05:002009-06-30T16:20:11.991-05:00Desperate times make strange bedfellows. I could s...Desperate times make strange bedfellows. I could see a situation where both Topps & Upper Deck might have to concede into an agreement like that for at least one set.<br /><br />I could see Upper Deck extending its hand and Topps refusing to acknowledge it. With the licensing contracts on retired players becoming more complicated and more exclusive, I can see the companies hands being forced into this direction to generate hobby interest. What is the likelihood that it will actually happen? Not too good.<br /><br />The colour of the sky in Chicago today is gray and slightly overcast. :)Steve Giermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10291911419511893670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448843072296729151.post-33819339006728314782009-06-30T16:10:26.954-05:002009-06-30T16:10:26.954-05:00good luck with that. what colour is the sky in you...good luck with that. what colour is the sky in your world anyway?<br /><br /><br />seriously though, a great idea, for the hobby, and the companies. Which is probably why it will never happen.<br />Work together.... crazy talk....Captain Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com