Excellent storytelling here. The parallel between Nosek's minor league struggles (5.21 ERA, then 5.55) and Upper Deck's gamble on card #2 is basically the whole collecting era in microcosm. I collected cards back then and completley forgot about teh Dozier follow-up at card #3, but that just reinforces how speculative the whole thing was. Eight walks in 4.2 innings is brutal tho.
Excellent storytelling here. The parallel between Nosek's minor league struggles (5.21 ERA, then 5.55) and Upper Deck's gamble on card #2 is basically the whole collecting era in microcosm. I collected cards back then and completley forgot about teh Dozier follow-up at card #3, but that just reinforces how speculative the whole thing was. Eight walks in 4.2 innings is brutal tho.
Yeah, pretty rough, indeed. Thanks for chiming in!