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Just wanted to say hi and that I'm glad I came across this forum. Like many here, I suspect, I collected extensively as a kid in the early 90's and even set up displays at gun shows where my dad was an exhibitor. But I lost interest (not in baseball, just cards) after the strike and as high school and college shifted me towards other distractions.

Then something happened right before opening week 2018 - my first son was born and I was watching A LOT of baseball at home with him. This combined with all of the Ohtani hysteria, I experienced a huge rush of nostalgia. I went down to a local card shop (I was surprised they still existed) and put my hands on my first cards in over 20 years.

A year later, I have had a blast building up collections of both vintage and new. I found myself partial to the modern Heritage and Chrome offerings and built 2018 sets with some good hits. I also put together very respectable Cubs and Angels collections of past and present players. The Cubs are pretty fun, in particular, since I can extend my search way back even to the late 1800s to find some really neat cards. Pre-WWII star Cubs players is where I am shifting my focus to lately.