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ChadI've also recently reentered the hobby on a budget and, while I still want teh HOF'ers and stars, I have a lot more fun collecting the "common" players than I did when I was a kid. I think my goal now is to collect a set of cards from each decade so on a lazy Saturday I can flip through them with a game on the radio, a baseball encyclopedia or the Abstract near my left hand and a cold beer near my right. Anymore, the Taylor Douthits and Ed Konetchys and George Granthams of the baseball world are as interesting as the stars. Not being star struck or obsessed with a card's condition defintely helps while on a budget.
On a side note, I'm really enjoying this site. I miss the days of my youth when I could buy a Tinker-Evers-Chance-Steinfeldt set of T206's with my Christmas money, but it's still fun. It's especially fun when I have to explain to my girlfriend why I'm psyched that my Peaches Graham card just came in the mail.
--Chad