dabigyankeeman
09-04-2009, 02:31 PM
I collect Yankees, old and new, and lately I have added jersey or bat memorabilia cards as a sub-collection.
I have a couple of cards where the player is shown in another team's uniform, and the the jersey is obviously from the other team, yet the card says YANKEES as the team.
The cards are a Pudge Rodgriquez and a Johnny Damon, obviously produced right after they moved to the Yankees.
On the Pudge card, it has the Yankee logo on the front, which really makes it look like a Yankee card, on the Damon card it just says Yankees on the front, although there is a Yankee logo on the back.
What I did was put the Pudge card into my Yankees collection for two reasons, one is that the logo stands out and makes you think of the Yankees, and two is that fact that since he is gone from the team already, there wont be any memorabilia cards produced of him wearing a Yankee uniform (unless its out there and I dont know about it).
I did NOT put the Damon card into my Yankees collection for a few reasons. Without the logo, and just a small "Yankees" on it, it just doesnt strike you as being a Yankee card when you look at it, also I already have a true Yankees Damon jersey card with his photo in a Yankee uniform and two swatches from a Yankee jersey, and finally, the picture on the card is of him in a hated Red Sox jersey, and looking at the card, it looks like a Red Sox card. I pulled this one out of a pack, I bought the Pudge card.
I have this problem with regular, non memorabilia cards too, but i virtually always wind up putting them in my Yankee collection if it says Yankees as the team.
What do you guys do if you are team collectors or sort by team?
I have a couple of cards where the player is shown in another team's uniform, and the the jersey is obviously from the other team, yet the card says YANKEES as the team.
The cards are a Pudge Rodgriquez and a Johnny Damon, obviously produced right after they moved to the Yankees.
On the Pudge card, it has the Yankee logo on the front, which really makes it look like a Yankee card, on the Damon card it just says Yankees on the front, although there is a Yankee logo on the back.
What I did was put the Pudge card into my Yankees collection for two reasons, one is that the logo stands out and makes you think of the Yankees, and two is that fact that since he is gone from the team already, there wont be any memorabilia cards produced of him wearing a Yankee uniform (unless its out there and I dont know about it).
I did NOT put the Damon card into my Yankees collection for a few reasons. Without the logo, and just a small "Yankees" on it, it just doesnt strike you as being a Yankee card when you look at it, also I already have a true Yankees Damon jersey card with his photo in a Yankee uniform and two swatches from a Yankee jersey, and finally, the picture on the card is of him in a hated Red Sox jersey, and looking at the card, it looks like a Red Sox card. I pulled this one out of a pack, I bought the Pudge card.
I have this problem with regular, non memorabilia cards too, but i virtually always wind up putting them in my Yankee collection if it says Yankees as the team.
What do you guys do if you are team collectors or sort by team?