Did you do an air fist bump randomly in the crowd? Congratulations!!! Love these kinds of stories!

Hi Tony. Love seeing you show some spectacular cards. Thanks for sharing my friend, talk soon pal.

Personally like the Nolan Ryan second year

Always enjoy your stories and your awesome collection. Thank you for sharing

Do rookie cards matter? One day somebody said they were extra special, and now everybody thinks they are.

A second year card is just a card in the collecting world. There are rookie card collectors and not many 2nd year card collectors. I think most collectors that buy second year cards are doing a player run. I prefer the 1955 Topps Aaron over the 1956, that is why I probably have two of the 1955 and none of the 1956. Beautiful cards!

I love 2nd year cards. Can't afford the 54 Topps Aaron but the 55 Topps is only 15percent as expensive

Wow Tony! After seeing your show with Graig, I had to take a closer look. Congrats to you as clearly, you are doing really well in life as these are huge cards that require a massive card budget. That alone would garner you quite a bit of attention in the card community. But I am really impressed with how polished your entire production is. Its clear you have done a lot of research and are excellent at storytelling. You are a natural out of the gate on camera. On top of that, you are putting together really nice thumbnails, you have good lighting and audio, and smooth editing to make your transitions. Your channel is going to explode and it is well earned as your attention to detail shines through in every aspect. Well done! As for your comment at the end, I agree it's the fame of the scandal that completely drives his popularity. Without it, he's probably comparable to Tris Speaker or Nap Lajoie except with a cool nickname.

Love me some 2nd year cards. Great spread of cards. Enjoyed watching. Thank you for sharing. Great 56 Koufax😁

I would say, there are definitely some really great and beautiful 2nd year cards, and in most cases have a fairly significant drop off, from their rookie card/1st year appearance. I would also, agree with what you said about the last playing day cards, players from the 1960's, 1970's, etc. For collectors who, are into player runs. It's not complete without the final bookend. Anyway those just some of my thoughts. Congrats on the success of your KZbin channel thus far. And another great video.

The reason the nolan Ryan second year card is higher percentage is because it's a high number card plus him being on the card alone. Combine the two reasons and you get a much higher percentage than most 2nd year cards.

1952 Mickey Mantle, perhaps the greatest baseball card in existence, is a 2nd year card. So no, 2nd year not bad at all. However, sometimes the rookie year has the better picture/design. All depends. 1989 topps griffey jr is a much more appealing card than the 1990 topps, imo.

Awesome collection! Nothing wrong with those 2nd year cards......at all!

Great vid… Nice job 👍🏾👍🏾

Great video!

Great post! I love second year cards. The Jackies you showed are two of my favorites. His '49 Bowman is iconic and the '50 Bowman is a truly beautiful card!

Found out about you from Midlife Cards, I’m a Harper collector but I love baseball cards and learning the history. Keep up the good works. Can’t wait for spring training to start!

Will second the Tennessee connection... I've been in Kentucky since graduating college in 1992, but college was UT Knoxville and I grew up in upper east TN. To the topic, lots of reasons to collect 2nd year and beyond rookie cards. Sometimes the rookie card just plain ugly... thinking the 63 Pete Rose floating heads. Often the post rookie cards are just look awesome. You show several fabulous ones, including a 1960 Topps Bob Gibson. You should check out the 65, it's a stunning card, as are most of the 65 Topps St Louis Cardinals cards. Finally some just like doing player runs.

Really enjoying your channel and videos. You have fantastic Cards and your passion for them as well as baseball history shine through in each video.

I much prefer 2nd year cards. Such a good value compared to overly-inflated Rookies. In the '60s, the Rookie example is often a "shared" card, and second-year cards like Ryan, Seaver, Carew, Bench and Perez look much better "solo". And aside from the gorgeous 1950s examples you showed, the Roberto Clemente 2nd Year card (1956) is one of the prettiest cards ever created.

Much prefer the second year card over the 60s and 70s multi-player rookie cards. Rose, Bench, Stargell, Rice, and Carter, just to name a few.

Incredible cards! Glad I found your channel via Midlife

Great showing Tony! I agree, rookie cards are fantastic, but there are some great second year cards out there. Thanks for sharing!

This was good info. One pays a premium for sure for rookie cards. I’m more of a lower grade guy, though I don’t collect these cards as targets. I’m sure one could get a nice looking 3, which would be even less expensive. Thx for sharing.

Great video Tony! You have some very beautiful, amazing cards! I found your channel through watching your interview with Graig not long ago. I’d be interested to see you do a video on your Hank Aaron cards. I started collecting baseball cards in the late 70’s as a kid. I returned to the hobby in May of this year after being away since 1990. I’m working on a Topps player run of Hank Aaron right now - I have the ‘65, ‘67, ‘69, ‘71, and ‘74 #1 so far. I’m trying to be patient with my purchases for now and find it hard to curb my new found enthusiasm for the hobby at times. Keep up the good work!

Great cards!! I often thought the second year cards are better than the rookies! If you collect the autographed versions of these there is very little price difference rookie to second year....Sometimes I wish I had not gone down the autographed rabbit hole!!!

Great cards as usual Tony 👌 Thanks for sharing 👍

I love it - I’m actually buying up a handful of “last cards” of HOFers in PSA because I like that have the stats all on the back just like you mention. I’ve got an Ernie Banks coming I’ll be doing a video on this wkd!

Another great video Tony! Fantastic cards and congrats on the success of your channel - well deserved. 👍🏻

Great cards! Love the second year Jackie with the red background.

Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful second year cards!

Love the 2nd year bowman campy, Jackie, & Mantle. The 2nd Topps Hank also rules (also love that more than his rookie). First Reggie card I bought for my Reggie Run was the 70 Topps. Love how you showed it.

Thank you for pointing out the 49 Bowman Robinson is a rookie card. I was about to scream at my phone but you saved me. Great video Tony. Quick poke at my 86 Fleer MJ friends. That’s my fav 3rd year basketball player card. 😂🤣

Great episode thank you .

Great concept for a video, and well researched. I think with Bob Gibson, much of the value of the rookie card is due to its high number short print status, so the wide gap with the second year card is exaggerated as a result.

That Jackie looks great!! Hard to see it only being an SGC 3. Enjoyed the cards and content on this one. Great info!

For some players, the rookie is shared with another player like Nolan Ryan or Rod Carew. Going for the second year card gets you the player on his own card, which is cool. I love the second year Carew.

Great video, lots of nice cards!

Fun video and great analysis. I never realized how much the 1950 Bowman Jackie with that swing follow through resembles that of the #144 Ruth. Love the full body action shots, the 1953 Topps Mays also comes to mind.

Tony, I love it! I’m fascinated that the ratios are closer for Jackie, Sandy and Ryan. Great stuff Tony!

Its a great idea to buy the second year card or actually any star card that appeals to you. I have owned rookie cards including a SGC 5 Jackie for over 20 years before selling it but now have a SGC 7 1954 Topps and the first I ever bought a 1955 PSA 5 Topps. I have a 1955 complete Topps set and truthfully never liked the 1956 except the second year Roberto Clemente which I own a SGC 6. Love the 49 Bowman Jackie you showed, which may be the next card I save for that or the 1949 Satchel Paige. You got some incredible cards and am catching up on your other fantastic videos. What a collection. Your Ruth signed ball with the Chief is gorgeous. Chief Bender has always been one of my favorites also but for some reason never picked up his autograph. Anyway you have a fan.

Nice to see a fellow collector in Tennessee. Discovered you on Midlife Sports. I live in West Tennessee and have my childhood cards from 66 to 71 and have been buying as an adult since 2017. Enjoy your videos.

Great video Tony! I tell people all the time on my channel that there is so much value in collecting when you look beyond rookie cards. The 55 Aaron is one of my favorite cards!

Hell yea. All cards matter. In some cases, they are nicer than the rookies. Never buy a card because it's a rookie is my general rule. Regarding jackie, I always liked 1950 on. I doubled back for the 49 Bowman as I started to gain an eye for it. Same way with the 49 Leaf. the 52 Topps-56 topps are just gorgeous and remain affordable. I have done this down the line and have built a pretty nice collection, Rookie cards be damned.

Great showcase of some amazing second year cards. I did a video once showcasing the percentage jumps between rookie cards and second year cards in value a while ago. It's interesting to see how significantly lower in price some player's second year cards are.

Great episode Tony (from another Tony). Storytelling and cards and history are a great combo.

Great video!! His life seem to be almost identical to Thorpe's. Did they ever make a movie about Chief Bender?

Great video Tony. New subscriber here. Really enjoyed this one. Looking forward to more of your videos. Congrats to the Vols!

Holy cow Tony, you brought the heat! Really enjoying going through your vids. Love all the story telling, great stuff

Congrats on passing 350 subscribers!!