Not a baseball fan - but still a collector who loves the hobby

[drc]

I had a bunch of Greta Garbo photos had never seen one of her movies.

I finally did see one of her movies, and liked her a lot.

One thing is if you collect Pre-War baseball, they aren't playing anymore. A question is if anyone on this board has watched an entire Pre-War game. No one here has seen King Kelly swing a bat.

Also, many fans of baseball don't collect and aren't interested in the history-- so the artifacts and historical items aspect is something that can be separated from being a fan.

Lastly, if you like hockey that makes you a sports fan. Many sports fans have an interest, if light, in various sports. It's usually a sports fan that watches the unusual and esoteric sports in the Olympics-- because they have a general interest in sports.

[z28jd]

A friend of mine was just telling me today how much he hated watching baseball but he will sit there and play baseball video games all day, go to games once in awhile, talk baseball, wear baseball shirts/hats etc and will play baseball. He's always been a Mets fan, but I've asked him numerous times if he saw something in a game that day and he had no clue what happened. Yet we had a long discussion not long ago over whether RA Dickey would win the Cy Young award. Seemed so odd to me.

I tried to get him into collecting the C55/56 Hockey cards, since he is a huge fan but the prices were too high for him. He would've been interested at $30 each, more for stars, but not $100 for low grade commons

[68Hawk]

I'm definitely more a fan of baseball memorabillia than the game itself.
For me, it's probably a function of how much extra action and speed of play other sports display......I probably would have been more of a baseball fan in the 1950's and 60's when the game stood up better as a spectacle when compared to the other sports one could follow.

Though I know there has been some evolution over time of baseball player abilities - mainly strength related, I would guess the game of baseball resembles it's own early inception more than would the other big name sports. I dare say coaching and strategy have similarly played a bigger role in the variability of what you might witness in football, soccer, hockey, basketball etc., thus providing a more pleasing array of outcomes to please the eye. There's just more spice and sizzle for limited time outlay.

Still, baseball memorabillia kills all other sporting memorabillia, being such a quintessential historical game and series of sporting stories.

I love being a collector !

[71buc]

I am a baseball junkie. I have been a fan of baseball since The early '70s. I think today's game is a far superior product but the television coverage is over saturated. Nonrtheless, I watch probably 3 games weekly on television and attend 3-4 games at Safeco on a monthly basis. I also spend 7-10 days in Ariona each spring watching Cactus League games with my father. I have been collecting fairly consistently for 40 years. I turn 50 next year and have been gravitating back to collecting the players I watched as a kid in the 70's. It has been fun recapturing my youth through cards and memorabilia and a lot less expensive than collecting players from my Grandfather's youth.

[Ladder7]

If it weren't for Fenway, I'd never go to a game.

The missus cares little about vintage stuff, but loves the sox. Therefore, Of course I'll still go to games when we move south.

[HRBAKER]

I love baseball, then and now. How else can you explain the fact that I would actually spend real money to go see the Royals several times a year.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

I love baseball, then and now. How else can you explain the fact that I would actually spend real money to go see the Royals several times a year.

Now that's love of the game.


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[g_vezina_c55]

Your story is the same of mine. I am basicaly a hockey fan , but i really love the baseball history. I only watch world serie at tv and i am present at arround 2 game localy each year to see local junior game...

In hockey i collected c55 c 57

[EvilKing00]

im a huge baseball (football, hockey and basketball as well) fan love the game, used to play, love to watch it on tv and go to games. Also love collecting.

[CobbSpikedMe]

I don't follow the current MLB too much either these days. I'm still a Giants fan from when I lived in CA and I'm a Yankee fan here in Jersey, but I don't have the time to watch many games. I follow them in the standings and read highlights when I can but that's about it.

But I'm in love with the hobby and with baseball history. I'm really into the deadball era history and players. When the game was different. When a pitcher would throw a complete game and do it 30-40 times a year. The way Cobb played small ball and studied the game in order to get an advantage. And the cards and memorabilia are just awesome. There is no modern player that interests me they way Cobb and Matty and Chase do.


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