Gordon's Rookie Card

Alex Gordon's rookie card is apparently going for as much as $2,500 and he's never played a single inning at the major league level. Turns out that Topps wasn't supposed to release his rookie card since he didn't play at the major league level in 2005 and he wasn't on the 25-man roster when they went to print, but for some reason, an undisclosed amount of his cards were printed before Topps realized and fixed their error. You can read the full story in the Wichita Eagle if you are interested.

Joe Ruocco, the owner of Rock's Dugout, took a bit of a swipe at the Royals in the article when asked why he thinks people have so much interest in Gordon's card. According to the article, he said that he "believes the interest in the card is connected to Gordon being a high draft pick, as well as collectors considering it an extremely limited card." And then he said this, "It's not because he's with the Royals." I haven't collected cards in years, but I never remember rookie cards having value based upon the team a guy played for, but rather because he was putting up big numbers, so demand for his rookie card was high. I'm not sure why Ruocco said what he did, but maybe he's just frustrated like all the rest of us.