who's the biggest collector nerd here game!

[milkit1]

I created custom cards, is that not collector enough?

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by milkit1

I created custom cards, is that not collector enough?

No offense but no, not in my opinion. Baseball nerd? Yes. But when I think of collectors I think of people that acquire things that were produced by outside means.

Again, I don't mean to offend but by just that post I don't think you would win. I, too, have made my own baseball cards and sit and read through baseball stats for comparative purposes and set up my own formulas but none of that would make me a collector nerd, just a baseball nerd so I don't feel I could compete with those who have researched enough to write a book or have started websites that compile information for the rest of the collecting world. Just my 2 cents.

[Leon]

ok....so a lot of us baseball card collectors have been baseball players in our lives. I am currently into (softball) and have been into baseball all my life. Many of us might remember the one major, break out thing in their career. Well, mine was 1974 in Nasa Area Little League...which is Clear Lake City (where Nasa is) and just south of Houston. Our regular little league team had our whole infield make the All Star Team that year. I was fortunate to be the 2nd best batter in the league that year, right behind a guy named Pat Ray. So our All Star team made it all the way through Bi-District and went to the Texas state finals. We got to stay a whole week in the girls dormitories at Baylor University in Waco (it was summer so no girls were there, nats) ...At any rate we won our first game and if we won 3 more we would go to the National Tournament. We faced a team from LaGrange that had a pitcher who was 6'1" tall. I never forgot his name, Marvin Marburger. They beat us in that 2nd game in the tournament and went onto win the State title that year. I don't think they won the National title but were in the running. When I saw this postcard recently on ebay I had to have it. I couldn't believe I saw this after 39 yrs.....Marvin is the tall guy in the center of the back row...I think I went something like 1-3 off of him. He was good. How many collectors have a card with a background like that?

[Cardboard Junkie]

Pretty Cool Leon!

[milkit1]

Nice leon! You should throw a card into the kitty with that picture!

[npa589]

For some reason, this great thread reminded me of this (more the second half of the clip)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzDpQubfmpM



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[Runscott]

Leon, simply the fact that you collected a card of a team you played against in Little League, is pretty nerdy.

I've got a photo somewhere of me in a little league uniform, but I would never post it - still remember mom making me pose for it before a game....but not as bad as the one of me in an astronaut costume where the helmet was made from an ice cream carton

...I ain't playing in this contest.

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Leon, simply the fact that you collected a card of a team you played against in Little League, is pretty nerdy.

I've got a photo somewhere of me in a little league uniform, but I would never post it - still remember mom making me pose for it before a game....but not as bad as the one of me in an astronaut costume where the helmet was made from an ice cream carton

...I ain't playing in this contest.

Sean - You are a nerd in my book good buddy. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise! However, I vote for Scott eventhough he's not "playing". I think having a link of your pre WWI baseball history research underneath your signature throws the name in the hat.

Well, I have Chicago Cub pajamas which I'm pretty sure is nerdy.

[deadballfreaK]

Originally Posted by Tao_Moko

Sean - You are a nerd in my book good buddy. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise! However, I vote for Scott eventhough he's not "playing". I think having a link of your pre WWI baseball history research underneath your signature throws the name in the hat.

Well, I have Chicago Cub pajamas which I'm pretty sure is nerdy.

I am pretty nerdy and thinking about entering, but Cub pajamas? That is hard to top. I could understand Cardinal pajamas. I'm wearing my David Freese Tshirt to bed tonight.

[npa589]

Originally Posted by Tao_Moko

Sean - You are a nerd in my book good buddy. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise! However, I vote for Scott eventhough he's not "playing". I think having a link of your pre WWI baseball history research underneath your signature throws the name in the hat.

Well, I have Chicago Cub pajamas which I'm pretty sure is nerdy.

How much for the Cub pajamas?



Heh

[milkit1]

To enter with pajamas you must provide pics! Heck I might even provide the card for that!