BT - Before Trout

JWBlue · 09-20-2018, 01:08 AM

I wasn't around card collecting then.

Was there a lot less hype with prospecting?

I imagine Trout changed everything with regards to prospecting.

Skipscards · 09-20-2018, 01:14 AM

Nope.

speedyjg13 · 09-20-2018, 01:52 AM

Trout wasnt known in 2009... the whole prospecting thing took off in 2010 with Stephen Strasburg, getting your hands on those first Strasburg auto cards was wild and now they are dirt cheap

ThoseBackPages · 09-20-2018, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Skipscards

Nope.

stealing this one, it's AMAZING!

mwash1983 · 09-20-2018, 04:33 AM

Strasburg and Harper started the crazyness. Trout was 18 dollar auto on release even after hitting .360 in rookieball. Trout didn't explode until 2012, you could buy him pretty reasonably after his callup when he hit .220.

BostonNut · 09-20-2018, 05:41 AM

Apparently you guys have never heard of Matt Laporta.

Hell...I remember prospectors going wild with Rickie Weeks in 2003....so, no....Harper, Strasburg and Trout were not the beginning...

Astros19 · 09-20-2018, 05:43 AM

Kids these days.
I can remember Soriano being a big pull back in 1999.
Chrome and refractors got things rolling as much as any one player.

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blaze · 09-20-2018, 05:54 AM

Kerry Wood. Travis Lee.

Brien Taylor.

Kevin Maas.

Prospecting has always been around. It was the limited production that pushed big numbers. No longer were people buying 500 card lots of RCs, but gold refractors and so on. Instead of 500x5, you have 1x2500.

PKIPP · 09-20-2018, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by blaze

Kerry Wood. Travis Lee.

Brien Taylor.

Kevin Maas.

Prospecting has always been around. It was the limited production that pushed big numbers. No longer were people buying 500 card lots of RCs, but gold refractors and so on. Instead of 500x5, you have 1x2500.

^^^ this

AnthonyCorona · 09-20-2018, 06:09 AM

Brandon
Wood

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KhalDrogo · 09-20-2018, 06:10 AM

Rick Ankiel was the first must have prospect that I remember. Everybody had to have those 1999 Fleer Tradition Update sets.

kidfan9 · 09-20-2018, 06:45 AM

Brien Taylor for sure is the one I remember. I recall every card show I when to back then he was the hot topic for sure. I was worried I was missing out...

Chrisyork33 · 09-20-2018, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Skipscards

Nope.

So awesome and so true!!

gabballplayer14 · 09-20-2018, 06:57 AM

My first prospect memories are around 2002 when Draft/Chrome came out. Ron Calloway, Jeremy Reed, Gavin Floyd, Cole Barthel, Jeff Francoeur, etc.

That was when BMB was hopping...what a time to be alive!

sigmachi · 09-20-2018, 07:22 AM

I didn't get full bore back into collecting until I was out of college in 2007. The prospect and product that got me back was Joba Chamberlain and 2007 Bowman Chrome. I drove hours and hours to WalMart stores looking for BC hoping to hit a Joba, Lincecum, Hunter Pence, Dellin Betances or Fernando Martinez. Fun times.

epatmythes · 09-20-2018, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

Rick Ankiel was the first must have prospect that I remember. Everybody had to have those 1999 Fleer Tradition Update sets.

I think you have this half right... 1999 Fleer Tradtion Update, YES. Rick Ankiel, NO.

It was J.D. Drew that everyone was pining for!

jjeanius · 09-20-2018, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by epatmythes

I think you have this half right... 1999 Fleer Tradtion Update, YES. Rick Ankiel, NO.

It was J.D. Drew that everyone was pining for!

I was just about to mention JD Drew.

How about Gregg Jeffries..? I opened more than my fair share of 1988 Score

imbluestreak23 · 09-20-2018, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by mwash1983

Strasburg and Harper started the crazyness. Trout was 18 dollar auto on release even after hitting .360 in rookieball. Trout didn't explode until 2012, you could buy him pretty reasonably after his callup when he hit .220.

I bought one of my base autos for $10 and three blues for less than $100 each

Trout hype really built over the offseason when he was announced as the MLPOY and named the #1 prospect over Harper.

2005 Draft and ensuing releases 05 BCD and 06 BC were really hyped back in the day. People paying $250 for Alex Gordon base autos at launch were nuts!

LVDan · 09-20-2018, 08:29 AM

The 1st BC in 1997 release had prospectors chasing RCs of Ben Greive, Jose Cruz jr, Travis Lee, and Beltre.No autos, but hitting a refractor of any hot rookie was pretty special as they only landed 2 per box. Similar to hitting a Gold Ref Auto now days. We didn’t have the option of spending 3 months salary on a rare parallel but speculation was rampant, just like today’s market.

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HadWayTooMuch · 09-20-2018, 08:37 AM

Prospecting truly began in 1986 with Jose Canseco tape measure homeruns.

I have been buying cards since 1975 and I have always liked rookies. In 1986-87, not sure the exact year, the Donruss Canseco was a $125 card. No card had ever taken off like that in the past. That was truly the beginning!

Aquagolf70 · 09-20-2018, 08:38 AM

A.D.

B.C.

B.T. Maybe it catches on? I like it...

BlowoutBuzz · 09-20-2018, 09:04 AM

No love for Fernando Martinez and his Superfractor auto?

Things were still nutty at times before Strasburg ...

ThoseBackPages · 09-20-2018, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by gabballplayer14

My first prospect memories are around 2002 when Draft/Chrome came out. Ron Calloway, Jeremy Reed, Gavin Floyd, Cole Barthel, Jeff Francoeur, etc.

That was when BMB was hopping...what a time to be alive!

Hermida

Wade Mulroy · 09-20-2018, 09:41 AM

Lol, come on guys... Prospecting has been crazy long before Harper, Strasburg, Trout, etc. They may have all contributed to craziness, but they certainly didn't start it.

I had a brief moment of prospecting itch in the early-mid 2000's as a teenager and remember crazy hype for guys like Jeremy Hermida, Delmon Young, Rickie Weeks, Dice-K, Fernando Martinez, Brandon Wood, Matt LaPorta (also known as, God, back in those days), Francisco Liriano, etc. etc. etc. Even then, prospecting had been around long before that time. I imagine it's been around since before I was even born.

mcgoo2 · 09-20-2018, 09:47 AM

I feel like Strasburg began the new wave of $300+ prospect cards. Obviously prospecting has been around a lot longer but Strasburg Mania brought on prospecting as we know it today.

The crazy growth in box prices have contributed too. Even just 10 years ago all the Bowman products presold for like $40-50.

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blaze Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Minnesota Posts: 938	Kerry Wood. Travis Lee. Brien Taylor. Kevin Maas. Prospecting has always been around. It was the limited production that pushed big numbers. No longer were people buying 500 card lots of RCs, but gold refractors and so on. Instead of 500x5, you have 1x2500. __________________ Always looking for high end Twins cards, especially MLB Logo Patches!

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kidfan9 Member Join Date: May 2018 Location: Tennessee Posts: 2,593	Brien Taylor for sure is the one I remember. I recall every card show I when to back then he was the hot topic for sure. I was worried I was missing out... __________________ Ted Williams-Baseball's last .400 hitter

09-20-2018, 07:22 AM	#15
sigmachi Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Paragould, AR Posts: 5,193 J_J_Bodyhunting	I didn't get full bore back into collecting until I was out of college in 2007. The prospect and product that got me back was Joba Chamberlain and 2007 Bowman Chrome. I drove hours and hours to WalMart stores looking for BC hoping to hit a Joba, Lincecum, Hunter Pence, Dellin Betances or Fernando Martinez. Fun times. __________________ Buying every single DEMARIO DAVIS 2012 National Treasure and low #'d auto that you can bring me.

09-20-2018, 01:08 AM	#1
JWBlue Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 9,513	BT - Before Trout I wasn't around card collecting then. Was there a lot less hype with prospecting? I imagine Trout changed everything with regards to prospecting.

09-20-2018, 01:52 AM	#3
speedyjg13 Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 17,207	Trout wasnt known in 2009... the whole prospecting thing took off in 2010 with Stephen Strasburg, getting your hands on those first Strasburg auto cards was wild and now they are dirt cheap

09-20-2018, 04:33 AM	#5
mwash1983 Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 6,140	Strasburg and Harper started the crazyness. Trout was 18 dollar auto on release even after hitting .360 in rookieball. Trout didn't explode until 2012, you could buy him pretty reasonably after his callup when he hit .220.

09-20-2018, 05:41 AM	#6
BostonNut Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 60,807	Apparently you guys have never heard of Matt Laporta. Hell...I remember prospectors going wild with Rickie Weeks in 2003....so, no....Harper, Strasburg and Trout were not the beginning...

09-20-2018, 05:43 AM	#7
Astros19 Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 5,994	Kids these days. I can remember Soriano being a big pull back in 1999. Chrome and refractors got things rolling as much as any one player. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

09-20-2018, 06:10 AM	#11
KhalDrogo Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 41,149	Rick Ankiel was the first must have prospect that I remember. Everybody had to have those 1999 Fleer Tradition Update sets.

09-20-2018, 06:57 AM	#14
gabballplayer14 Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 5,598	My first prospect memories are around 2002 when Draft/Chrome came out. Ron Calloway, Jeremy Reed, Gavin Floyd, Cole Barthel, Jeff Francoeur, etc. That was when BMB was hopping...what a time to be alive!

09-20-2018, 08:29 AM	#19
LVDan Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 17,545	The 1st BC in 1997 release had prospectors chasing RCs of Ben Greive, Jose Cruz jr, Travis Lee, and Beltre.No autos, but hitting a refractor of any hot rookie was pretty special as they only landed 2 per box. Similar to hitting a Gold Ref Auto now days. We didn’t have the option of spending 3 months salary on a rare parallel but speculation was rampant, just like today’s market. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ So we cheated and we lied and we tested. And we never failed to fail; it was the easiest thing to do.

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HadWayTooMuch Banned Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: I'm not in Kansas anymore... Posts: 8,206	Prospecting truly began in 1986 with Jose Canseco tape measure homeruns. I have been buying cards since 1975 and I have always liked rookies. In 1986-87, not sure the exact year, the Donruss Canseco was a $125 card. No card had ever taken off like that in the past. That was truly the beginning!

09-20-2018, 08:38 AM	#21
Aquagolf70 Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 1,642	A.D. B.C. B.T. Maybe it catches on? I like it...

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09-20-2018, 09:41 AM	#24
Wade Mulroy Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 2,738	Lol, come on guys... Prospecting has been crazy long before Harper, Strasburg, Trout, etc. They may have all contributed to craziness, but they certainly didn't start it. I had a brief moment of prospecting itch in the early-mid 2000's as a teenager and remember crazy hype for guys like Jeremy Hermida, Delmon Young, Rickie Weeks, Dice-K, Fernando Martinez, Brandon Wood, Matt LaPorta (also known as, God, back in those days), Francisco Liriano, etc. etc. etc. Even then, prospecting had been around long before that time. I imagine it's been around since before I was even born.

09-20-2018, 09:47 AM	#25
mcgoo2 Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,542 mcgoo202	I feel like Strasburg began the new wave of $300+ prospect cards. Obviously prospecting has been around a lot longer but Strasburg Mania brought on prospecting as we know it today. The crazy growth in box prices have contributed too. Even just 10 years ago all the Bowman products presold for like $40-50. __________________ Always looking for Minnesota Twins cards/memorabilia!! My Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/151462415@N06/albums