Another packrat here. In addition to baseball cards and hobby publications, I also collect nonsport N and T cards (of which I have a couple thousand or so), 19th century advertising trade cards (of which I have an estimated 5000, maybe more), and tabletop baseball games (of which I have a closet full). I also have over 5000 books, though that's not really a collection in the same sense, because I read a lot of them and use them for reference. I also go to a lot of theater, mainly in Chicago (where I live) and London (where I usually go once a year or so), and I used to study and perform improv back in the day (15-20 years ago) before giving it up because I didn't have the necessary time to devote to it. I also do a lot of research and writing on Shakespeare and Elizabethan theater history, which I guess counts as a hobby since I (mostly) don't get paid for it.
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