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Originally Posted by crpav
Look, I am not an "investor" and never have been. I am a collector but not of Tatis. I do have some nice cards of him as I do so many other players. My main collection is White Sox and Frank Thomas. Was since I started collecting. I then heavily collected basketball and Shaq and Kobe. Sadly made the mistake of selling that back in 2006 as I lost interest and had a rough patch in life. Now looking back those are crazy priced legends I can never buy back the collection I had.
I at least kept my WHite Sox collection and Eloy got me interested in collecting again and is my new main PC. Well was as he got hurt and Luis Robert was the hot prospect so jumped over to him before he shot up in price at an insane level.
Bottom line is no matter if you collect or invest to sell to make money nobody wants to see anyone get hurt. If you do I guess I don't get it. I know those that say it makes a buying opportunity but I see it as lost time for my favorite players. I like pretty much any exciting player so don't want to see any player hurt not just for the hobby but for the game of baseball.
Injuries do however bring about concerns for long term value. Some will say they will be back and healthy and be fine but others, myself included, see the side where they end up being another hobby could have been.
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Very much agree the lost time part a lot. I literally was drawn back into baseball because of Tatis for the most part. I loved watching games and highlights and grabbing his cards to connect. Stinks to not be able to see him play for a bit, he is what the game needed.