If You Build It, They Will Come

 How many times have you heard someone call a player a bust?  Sam Darnold, what a bust of a pick for New York!  Zach Wilson is a bust!  What defines a player as a bust, and why do I care? Zach Wilson: Not a bust...yet I like to collect RCs for famous busts.  Think Ryan Leaf, and all his wonderful RCs.  They were so beloved in 1998 and now are considered trash by many.  I, a kind soul, welcome them to my home where they will be cared for and loved.  Well...as long as they come cheap.  My collection is only made up of card that I have rescued from dime and quarter boxes.  Would I grab a Leaf RC Auto from a dollar box?  Probably, but  that's pushing it.  

 Listen, I know this blog is dedicated to the Iowa collector in me, but I do have other collections.  Maybe not as many as Dime Box guy (http://baseballdimebox.blogspot.com/), but enough to be crazy.  So when I bring home a stack from a card show, I'll sort it by sport.  Then I break it down further, which I'll explain using Baseball.  The categories are: 1. Favorite Team : Twins 2. Iowa Players : (i.e. Michael Wacha, Bob Feller, Jeff Clement) 3. Cards to trade 4. Players I watched in the minors (Lived in Omaha so a few Omaha Royals) 5. Random players I collect : i.e. Kenny Lofton, Will Clark, Buster Posey 6. Random sets I collect: Topps Rookie Cup, Hologram sets, Ginter inserts, Diamond Kings 7. Busts Today I'm going to talk about #7, my Bust collection.  I collect RCs of busts.  When I say bust, I mean a player who came into the league super hyped, and just didn't pan out for whatever reason.  So Nathan Peterman would not count because there jus...