Did/do you collect baseball cards?
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I got back into cards in 2017 because of this game, wanting something tangible for my money other than "fake" digital cards that they take away every year. I went after Bellinger, Judge, Ohtani, Soto, Tatis, Guerrero, Bichette. When the pandemic hit and cards exploded, I had a blast buyng and selling. I stopped buying cards last year as the odds seemed to be getting worse and it felt like the disaster of the late 80s, early 90s all over again what with overprinting. I have a great collection that I still pull out and go through every so often. I will hold onto what I have with the hopes a grandkid gets interested someday and I can blow their minds
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Iām 35, I collected baseball and hockey cards mostly. Had some gems but mostly just of my favorite Philly teams so nothing mind blowing. I wanted to get back into cards like last year but I honestly think the money isnāt worth it. Now you got nerds going to the stores and weighing the packs to try and find the autographed patch cards and stuff. It already seems like itās too hardo already now that people do unboxing vids and all. Iād love to get a Harper Philly autograph card for my personal collection Iāve day but I doubt I will ever pay for it what people want.
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@MUSTARDxTIGER__PSN said in Did/do you collect baseball cards?:
I will hold onto what I have with the hopes a grandkid gets interested someday and I can blow their mindsI love that last sentence! Doesnāt get any better than that. I didnāt mention this in my OP but I passed my collection on to my nephew last night. I havenāt looked at a price guide since I stopped collecting all those years ago but I do remember the prices falling however that never mattered to me because I never would turn loose of my cards for moneyā¦not that they were worth anything anyways. I can still remember when my Uncle passed his collection to me when I was around 7 and can distinctly remember having a Mickey Mantle in my bike spokes, along with several othersā¦haha he cursed about that all the way up until he passed away years ago! I waited until my nephew was 17 to present mine to him in the hopes he doesnāt do that with my old 1984 Olympic team set haha
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@Air_Michael__PSN said in Did/do you collect baseball cards?:
Iām 35, I collected baseball and hockey cards mostly. Had some gems but mostly just of my favorite Philly teams so nothing mind blowing. I wanted to get back into cards like last year but I honestly think the money isnāt worth it. Now you got nerds going to the stores and weighing the packs to try and find the autographed patch cards and stuff. It already seems like itās too hardo already now that people do unboxing vids and all. Iād love to get a Harper Philly autograph card for my personal collection Iāve day but I doubt I will ever pay for it what people want.
Yes I certainly feel ya! Thatās crazy about people weighing their packs Iāve never heard any such thing lol! There was a guy in my hometown who had a card shop back when I was younger who would sell packs of āunopenedā cards from past yearsā¦he had a partner that he double crossed and it wasnāt long after that he went to the local paper to let everyone know the guy had been using a steam iron (or something or similar) to open the packs and remove the best cards. What a dirt bag huh?
First thing I did every year as a kid was trade around until I had my complete Mets team and once I did that I didnāt worry about the other stuff.You mentioned the Phillies - I remember thinking Chris James, Ricky Jordan, Bruce Ruffin, and Ron Jones weāre all going to be Hall of Famersā¦at least judging by the amount of cards I had of each of them!
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Love this.
Mid 40s here and yeah, collected tons. Still have them in the garage. I still buy packs from time to time just for the nostalgia but I'm not looking for anything particular unless I happen to get somebody on my Oakland A's.
Who were some other favorites that weren't superstars but not on your team either? I was always a big Gregg Jefferies fan. Also liked Travis Fryman, Chip Hale, Turner Ward all as rookies.
When I liked someone's rookie card and they did well I was CONVINCED I would be a great scout because of that. -
I had a decent collection but not great but I lost it to a flood when I was in college. I moved my things into the basement so my bedroom could be converted into my dads home office and they didnāt survive a flood during my Sophomore year at UConn.
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@Finn_Scotus_MLBTS said in Did/do you collect baseball cards?:
Love this.
Mid 40s here and yeah, collected tons. Still have them in the garage. I still buy packs from time to time just for the nostalgia but I'm not looking for anything particular unless I happen to get somebody on my Oakland A's.
Who were some other favorites that weren't superstars but not on your team either? I was always a big Gregg Jefferies fan. Also liked Travis Fryman, Chip Hale, Turner Ward all as rookies.
When I liked someone's rookie card and they did well I was CONVINCED I would be a great scout because of that.Oh boy! Now weāre cookingā¦those Phillies I mentioned would be some examples as Iām a Met and loathe the Phillies! I watched Gregg Jeffries play just yesterday! Remember what a sensation he was and all the hype that was generated when SI did that article highlighting his incredible work ethic regarding his baseball training/preparations? I remember my buddies would be begging me to trade off some of my hoard (believe it was 89 Score card Iām thinking of now) because the price for the card lol
Hey speaking of the Aās and rookiesā¦.I had three back to back pages of the 87 Topps Canseco and the 87 Topps McGwire eachā¦I loved how green those cards were to this day itās still my favorite look of the As and what a splash those two made huh!
Edit: I should explain how I saw Jeffries play yesterday lolā¦I watched the Mets bs Cubs from Sept 8, 1988 to relive Hojoās great 5 hit game
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@fubar2k7_PSN said in Did/do you collect baseball cards?:
I had a decent collection but not great but I lost it to a flood when I was in college. I moved my things into the basement so my bedroom could be converted into my dads home office and they didnāt survive a flood during my Sophomore year at UConn.
Thatās an absolute tragedy manā¦I hate that. I had something similar happen to me as a kid but it was all of my Star Wars, Gi Joes, etc that were swept away however I had the cards in the top of the closet. Weāve ultimately ended up in the same boat now though because after last night Iāve not got any cards left either!
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@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Did/do you collect baseball cards?:
@fubar2k7_PSN said in Did/do you collect baseball cards?:
I had a decent collection but not great but I lost it to a flood when I was in college. I moved my things into the basement so my bedroom could be converted into my dads home office and they didnāt survive a flood during my Sophomore year at UConn.
Thatās an absolute tragedy manā¦I hate that. I had something similar happen to me as a kid but it was all of my Star Wars, Gi Joes, etc that were swept away however I had the cards in the top of the closet. Weāve ultimately ended up in the same boat now though because after last night Iāve not got any cards left either!
Iām guessing you passed the collection on. Thatās wicked!!! Love that!!!
My front page was all my Will Clark cards. š„ŗ
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@fubar2k7_PSN said in Did/do you collect baseball cards?:
@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Did/do you collect baseball cards?:
@fubar2k7_PSN said in Did/do you collect baseball cards?:
I had a decent collection but not great but I lost it to a flood when I was in college. I moved my things into the basement so my bedroom could be converted into my dads home office and they didnāt survive a flood during my Sophomore year at UConn.
Thatās an absolute tragedy manā¦I hate that. I had something similar happen to me as a kid but it was all of my Star Wars, Gi Joes, etc that were swept away however I had the cards in the top of the closet. Weāve ultimately ended up in the same boat now though because after last night Iāve not got any cards left either!
Iām guessing you passed the collection on. Thatās wicked!!! Love that!!!
My front page was all my Will Clark cards. š„ŗ
Yes can you believe it? He was holding them like they were a great treasure and I canāt help but smile over it still today! Hey I had several pages full of Will Clark and Mark Grace that we looked at and (to my shame) I even had a page of Mackey Sasser lol.
Do you remember Ralph Bryant with the Dodgers? I was just positive he was going to be something huge haha I believe he did go over to Japan? Anyhow I forgot until I saw two pages of that completely smoked up looking 1987 Donruss of his haha
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@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Did/do you collect baseball cards?:
@fubar2k7_PSN said in Did/do you collect baseball cards?:
@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Did/do you collect baseball cards?:
@fubar2k7_PSN said in Did/do you collect baseball cards?:
I had a decent collection but not great but I lost it to a flood when I was in college. I moved my things into the basement so my bedroom could be converted into my dads home office and they didnāt survive a flood during my Sophomore year at UConn.
Thatās an absolute tragedy manā¦I hate that. I had something similar happen to me as a kid but it was all of my Star Wars, Gi Joes, etc that were swept away however I had the cards in the top of the closet. Weāve ultimately ended up in the same boat now though because after last night Iāve not got any cards left either!
Iām guessing you passed the collection on. Thatās wicked!!! Love that!!!
My front page was all my Will Clark cards. š„ŗ
Yes can you believe it? He was holding them like they were a great treasure and I canāt help but smile over it still today! Hey I had several pages full of Will Clark and Mark Grace that we looked at and (to my shame) I even had a page of Mackey Sasser lol.
Do you remember Ralph Bryant with the Dodgers? I was just positive he was going to be something huge haha I believe he did go over to Japan? Anyhow I forgot until I saw two pages of that completely smoked up looking 1987 Donruss of his haha
Theyāre on good hands. You didnāt lose them as much as passed them on. Youāre a good man.
I do remember him. But nobody beats Billy Ashley for me. When I was 15 I thought the Dodgers got the greatest player in the universe. I wonder why Iām not a scout.
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