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Posted By: warshawlaw

When I was a kid we all competed to see who could get a complete run of Aaron, Mays and Clemente cards. I pulled off a full Topps Mays run when I was 11; my friend finished Clemente that year too. Today there are hundreds or even thousands of cards of a particular player, many of which are subject to contrived scarcity, which makes it impossible for kids to do what we used to do.

The last new cards I actually bought in packs (other than as gifts for my nephew) were in 1997.