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Posted By: barrysloate

Bill- I haven't contributed to this thread yet but would like to add a few thoughts. I know that many people want to see a board devoted exclusively to cards, but I don't think there is anything wrong with members discussing other types of memorabilia as long as we all reasonably agree that it falls under the category of vintage- for example, early scorecards, books, even balls and equipment would be O.K., especially if it creates a lively discussion and people are learning from it. What I object to vehemntly on this board however are the personal attacks that pop up with some frequency and I believe there is no place at all for them except by private email between the two bickering parties. You can never have too much information but you can have too much chit-chat. Likewise, and I know this is hard to police, a thread often starts out discussing an interesting topic and then veers off into some personal and smug inside joke of whom most who are reading it are clueless. I know members are having some fun with this, and no one is being hurt or insulted, but it would make the board better if all posters tried to stick to the original point of the thread. I don't feel as strongly about this as I do about the personal attacks, and Bill, I think you should delete them the minute you see them starting. After all, these are just baseball cards we're talking about, and a hobby is supposed to be fun. I don't see the need for anyone to take things so seriously.
A little fine tuning would go a long way towards improving the board and it wouldn't be necessary to have a competing baseball cards only site. Any thread that educates the readers is worthwhile, period.