At the start of this year, I ran through all of the trifectas in my collection. That is, players in which I own their rookie card, a relic card and an autograph card. I first heard of the trifecta from Drew's Cards and have thought it was an awesome idea ever since. Yet, as awesome as it is, it's not really one of my collecting objectives. I simply luck into trifectas through trades or group breaks or the occasional purchase. It's almost by accident. This year I lucked into just two trifectas, and here they are: Eric Gagne is trifecta No. 16. As usual with these things, I'm a little unclear on the rookie card, since card companies obliterated anyone's comprehension of a player's rookie card over the last 15 years or so. Gagne's first cards pop up in 2000. I went with the Bowman card because it's the "Home of the Rookie Card," which is unsually nice of me. Usually, Bowman's bragging would automatically make me declare Gagne's...
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