PEAK MUSIC WHY DOES MUSICAL GENUIS LEAD TO EARLY DEATH

 Liam Payne (probably the 3rd wheel) of the Band One Direction has died.

He fell off a balcony.

He was 31.

One Direction was a big boy band about 10m years ago. The 2010s version of New Kids on the Block.

Liam Payne joins a long list of musicians whose life ended "young".

Plane crashes, drug overdoses, shootings etc.... 

So what famous musician died around Payne's age - My first thought was Andy Gibb. I thought he might have been too old but after checking Gibb died at age 30.

The second singer I thought of was the lead singer of Sublime - Bradley Nowell - he died at age 28.

The wrong way - rest in piece

The Top sports card sets to debut in the 21th Century - No 4. Prizm

 When I first thought about doing this series I was going to limit it ten but the pickings are so slim I limited to 4.

What is disqualified are all the sets that debuted in the 20th century - So no Topps, Upper Deck, Donruss, Bowman, Fleer, Score, Topps Chrome,  OPeeChee, Bowman, Contenders, Prestige, Elite, Spx, Playoff, Stadium Club etc...

I was thinking about starting at 3 because Prizm is kind of Topps Chrome with a different name. I never collected Prizm and think it is inferior to Topps Chrome (which I don't collect either except for 2008 Topps chrome 

baseball). This is kind of blasé looking.  

THE GREAT 1960s HOME RUN CHASE - September 21, 1969

 The big 3 that appear on the Topps 1973 card

The 60s HR Chase - All Time Leaders – September 21, 1969

Babe Ruth 714

Willie Mays 599

Hank Aaron 553

Micky Mantle 536

Jimmy Foxx 534

Ted Williams 521

Eddie Mathews 512

Mel Ott 511

Ernie Banks 496

Lou Gehrig 493

Stan Musial 475

Frank Robinson 449

Harmon Killebrew 443

Duke Sinder 407

Rocky Colavito 374

Gil Hodges 370

Ralph Kiner 369

Joe DiMaggio 361

I want to be the first $100,000 a year singles hitter.

 He did it.

You don't see stats like that any more. 

25 more Higher Profile people than................

 I had to do it. 

When Attorney Ariel Mitchell-Kidd  said there is a more higher profile person who was in a certain person than a certain Rap Mogul who is in prison. 

I think they key word is "Higher". Attorney Mitchell-Kidd may be wrong but you don't get much higher than the certain Rap Mogul - - though I would say he was bigger 10-20 years -- though the number  of candidates is lower. I will name a few individuals who are probably on the same lever but not higher. 

The first one that comes to mind is Shaquille O'Neal but I think O'Neal is on the same level as Rap Mogul.

So here is the list of the "highers" who come to mind:

Leonardo De Caprio 

Justin Beiber - though he might be more equal

Tom Cruise

Brad Pitt

Patrick Mahomes

Taylor Swift

Travis Kelce - higher profile at the moment

Tyler Perry - popular online choice - I see close to as an Equal

Will Smith - his career coincides with the Rap Mogul

Charles Barkley -

Lebron James

Stephen Curry

Tom Hanks - doubtful

Jay Z - most popular choice on the internet

Beyonce

Ben Affleck and JLo - one choice

Ryan Roberts and Blake Lively - as one choice

Robert Downey Jr - with the Marvel success but more of an equal

Tom Brady

George Clooney

Donald Trump

Christiano Ronaldo - internet 

Justin Timberlake

Elon Musk 

Mark Zuckerberg - more money

Aston Kutcher would be 26 but I think he falls more in the Shaq range  - he was never bigger than the certain Rap Mogul. Drake is also a possibility for the list.

 

THE GREAT 1960s HOME RUN CHASE - JULY 25 1969

 Hank and Mickey tied

The 60s HR Chase - All Time Leaders – July 25, 1969

Babe Ruth 714

Willie Mays 596

Micky Mantle 536

Hank Aaron 536

Jimmy Foxx 534

Ted Williams 521

Eddie Mathews 512

Mel Ott 511

Lou Gehrig 493

Ernie Banks 489

Stan Musial 475

Frank Robinson 441

Harmon Killebrew 426

Duke Sinder 407

Rocky Colavito 374

Gil Hodges 370

Ralph Kiner 369

Joe DiMaggio 361

Okay I am not kidding - Where the heck is 2024 Topps Allen Ginter

 The season is over in 3 days.

Have not seen a peak of 2024 Ginter.

I have only been collecting the set the last few years, I know that it has been around since 2006, but I don't ever think it has come out this late.

I wonder has it been cancelled.

Doesn't Topps/Fanatics send out sell sheets? 

It is pretty odd about the silence.

I thought Allen Ginter is really first 21  Century Baseball Set that has been established.

Topps, Bowman, Chrome all were developed in the 20th Century.

Though I realized AG is based on 19th Century Cards

Hate to see it disappear.