Molina00 - (Ramon Nivar)

[Stl_Cardinals_Fan]

Please join me in welcoming Molina00 to the Baseball SuperCollector Hall of Fame with his super collection of Ramon Nivar.

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Player Name: Ramon Nivar
Number of Cards: 130 out of 222 total cards recognized by Beckett
Percentage Total: 58.6%

Statistical Breakdown with 1 of 1's
RC's: 19/20 (95%)
GU'd: 19/30 (63.3%)
AU's: 21/44 (47.7%)
#'rd: 76/158 (48.1%)
1/1's: 2/30 (6.7%)
Minors: 2/7 (28.6%)
Total: 130/222 (58.6%)

Statistical Breakdown without 1 of 1's
RC's: 19/20 (95%)
GU'd: 17/20 (85%)
AU's: 21/37 (56.8%)
#'rd: 74/128 (57.8%)
Minors: 2/7 (28.6%)
Total: 128/192 (66.7%)

Unrecognized by Beckett
2003 Donruss Rookies Orange County #26 (3/5)
2003 Playoff Prestige Orange County #210 (1/5)

Additionally, I have 7 uncertified signed cards, a signed 5 x 7 photo with COA, a signed OMLB, and a game used Rangers jersey from 2003 with certification from MeiGrayGroup.

Why I chose Ramon Nivar
As a top prospect for the Rangers a few years back I had high hopes for this kid having a future with the club, but unfortunately his big league career didn't pan out. I hadn't really planned on supercollecting Ramon until I was looking through my Ranger rookie cards one day and found I had quite a few of his first year cards, no doubt acquiring through trades on SCF. I thought it would be fun and challenging, without being too costly, to collect someone who didn't have a whole lot of cards on the market and wasn't overly expensive like Mike Young or Pudge Rodriguez. I was wrong about the not very costly part. It is very difficult, if not nearly impossible to find his cards #'rd below 20. There are only a couple of others I know of that are available and are grossly overpriced, so that's the reason for only having a pair of 1/1's. He has the most unique autograph I have ever seen too. I have to respect a guy who's signature includes John 3:16 and "I Love Jesus".

My Website: http://www.centerfield.webs.com/
Under Personal Collection, go to Player Collections, and select Ramon Nivar. I have pictures linked to all my items except my newest auto card.

[avstars]

Congrats, Matthew.

I'm collecting players that are just so expensive (like Lincecum and Jeter), that I decided to try collect someone super low end, Ramiro Pena, so I get the feeling. lol. People wouldn't fight with you with those cards too.

[Molina00]

Congrats, Matthew.

I'm collecting players that are just so expensive (like Lincecum and Jeter), that I decided to try collect someone super low end, Ramiro Pena, so I get the feeling. lol. People wouldn't fight with you with those cards too.

Yahoo, I made it!

Thanks. One good thing about Nivar is, despite being pretty low end, he still has some great and hard to get cards out there. Now if I can just figure out where all of his 1/1's are hiding I'll be in real good shape.

[jrlebert]

congrats! I'll keep a look out!

[Molina00]

congrats! I'll keep a look out!

Thanks. That would be much appreciated. I am having a hard time finding ones I need now.

[JKC]

Nice collection! Congrats on receiving this honor!

[WHyFLy]

Congratz man, I am as well a low end player collecter. You seem it is easy at first, but it gets harder as you go.

[andrewcstein]

This is a much more impressive collection than I thought, now that I see the breakdown! Congrats!

[Molina00]

Thanks everybody!

Andrew, if my little collection can impress a Vlad supercollector I must be doing something right. The breakdown isn't as good as I would ideally like. I just wish I could find some 1/1's and minor league issues somewhere.

WHyFLy, you got that right. Collecting Nivar was pretty easy to start with. Now almost all I need are the low #'rd/hard-to-find items.

[Molina00]

So you all won't think I got my badge then gave up, I just picked up my first Nivar item in almost 3 months. Yes, it took that long to find a card I need that wasn't rediculously priced.

My newest addition:
2003 Bowman Chrome Draft Gold Refractor (#'rd 1/50)

That gives me 131 different and 59% overall completion, 67.2% not counting 1/1's. If anyone has anything else I need please contact me.
Thanks.