The National Part II: Busting Out
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...