Hello! Newbie here.

[BumBum]

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.

[sreader3]

Welcome! Many of us were avid collectors as kids, then fell off only to return after college/marriage/kids out of a sense of nostalgia and the "collecting gene."

I'm sure you will be collecting T206 Cubs in no time.

[Cat]

There are always the early Angels.

[BumBum]

Originally Posted by sreader3

I'm sure you will be collecting T206 Cubs in no time.

Ah yes! Already have Mordecai Brown and Ed Reulbach in T206. One cool thing I found about collecting now versus when I was a kid - money is not as much of a limiting factor as it once was!

[mrvster]

welcome!!

you are going to love it here and love T206! be careful, it's addicting

peace

johnny

[AGuinness]

Welcome back to collecting and congrats on your growing family! I got back into collecting before my first born, but have two sons now and they're wild about baseball cards. We bust open a box of Topps each opening day, go to shows, trade, etc. It's a blast.
Since I got back in, I've gone full-in on T206 and pre-war cards. They're such a blast.

[Kawika]

No end of great Cub stuff out there. Have fun.

[chlankf]

But are you really a Hawkeye fan

[Leon]

Welcome to the forum. Enjoy your stay, chime in when you want to and have some fun. There is lots of Chicago to collect in the hobby.

[BumBum]

Originally Posted by chlankf

But are you really a Hawkeye fan

Ha! You better believe it. Although I limit my card collecting to baseball exclusively, I bleed black and gold. I am born and raised in CR and am an Iowa alum. I moved to SoCal in 2004, but I am very active in the alumni network here and make it back when I can for games.

[Blunder19]

Welcome to Net54 Brandon..