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Billy Kingsley
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| Tuesday, November 4, 2014 1:30 AM |
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I may be one of the few people who actually likes when the card company uses the same basic layout on different sports in a year. For instance I don't know much about hockey, but I knew instantly what year this card was from when I clicked on COTD. Also, why should a good design be limited to one subject? I've seen quite a few designs- mostly vintage-that would have made an interesting set for my sports, had they been getting cards then.
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suomibear8
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| Tuesday, November 4, 2014 6:53 AM |
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I agree with Billy on the issue of identifying the year of other sports card I'm not familiar with. I know the baseball and hockey designs, so it's easier for me to figure out what year I'm dealing with. This set was tough to complete with one-per-pack ratios on the hobby packs.
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vrooomed
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Joined: Dec 2012
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| Tuesday, November 4, 2014 7:14 AM |
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Billy, there is a difference between being eligible as a "rookie" and a first-year player. There is a certain number of games required to be played before "rookie" status is removed (same as in baseball). One game per season will certainly not remove rookie status. And playoffs don't count toward it either (IIRC). If you're interested in knowing the details for each sport, I'm sure the "reference" sites would have the full explanation.
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Billy Kingsley
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| Tuesday, November 4, 2014 2:39 PM |
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Interesting. NASCAR has similar rules, but in the NBA if you play even one game that is your rookie season. In fact, it's one of the reasons teams have sat out injured players the entire rookie season, and one of them- Blake Griffin- even won Rookie of the year after skipping the year he was drafted. I had assumed that all the ball sports were the same, but it seems I was wrong.
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vrooomed
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| Tuesday, November 4, 2014 2:45 PM |
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I guess since NHL and MLB have minor league systems, players tend to move up and down, whereas the NBA really doesn't have that. (NASCAR too, with the Sprint Cup and the Nationwide series.) I don't know rules regardingthe NFL.
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ThemightyOx
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Joined: Aug 2013
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| Tuesday, November 4, 2014 3:35 PM |
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For MLB:
A player shall be considered a rookie unless, during a previous season or seasons, he has (a) exceeded 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the Major Leagues; or (b) accumulated more than 45 days on the active roster of a Major League club or clubs during the period of 25-player limit (excluding time in the military service and time on the disabled list). |
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wax_house
Posts: 84
Joined: Sep 2014
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| Tuesday, November 4, 2014 3:38 PM |
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For the NHL, it's
26 games. You also
aren't eligible for
the Rookie of the
Year trophy (The
Calder) if you're
over 26 years old.
The "Sergei Makarov
Rule."
Also, Goalie Jamie
Storr won All-
Rookie honors two
years in a row
because he failed
to meet the
criteria in his
first year, but was
still considered
the best goalie
amongst players who
hadn't become over-
qualified.
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