I don't know if it's true, probably not, but at least in my collecting experience it is. Finding hits -- autographs and relics -- among modern cards isn't as easy as it once was. I doubt that card companies are making hits in fewer quantities, especially Panini, which seems to issue relics as frequently as the 800 million different parallels it creates. But I think the combination of me not seeking out hits (you won't find any hits listed on my want lists) and a somewhat less interest in collecting hits among my blogging buddies is leading to fewer hits from more recent cards in my collection. Take, for example, Cody Bellinger. This Panini Bellinger relic is the first Bellinger "hit" in my collection. I didn't even know what his signature looked like until I looked for it when researching this post. It's not pretty. Bellinger has been appearing on cards regularly for four years but this is hit No. 1. I know he's a young star, the defending...
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