While Stephen Strasburg is only expected to be called up to the majors in the next couple of weeks, looks like his rookie baseball trading card is going to create some sort of history first by topping the $17,000 mark on eBay, with still three days to go before bidding ends.

Whether this is shilling or not is not for us to say but to invest this amount of money on a rookie trading card of a player who has yet to throw a pitch, that's a huge risk for someone to take. Perhaps these bidders have too much money burning in their pocket and don't know how to spend it. Come, let me teach them.