simple question? why do you collect;?

Shoele$$ · #1 05-22-2013, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by atx840

for the ladies

This^

You wouldn't believe the tail that this hobby has yielded....

Browncow75 · #2 05-22-2013, 10:29 PM

Obviously I Need to find better shows, the ones I go to are sausage-fests lol.

deadballfreaK · #3 05-22-2013, 10:40 PM

Because I'm an idiot? Seriously I sold a few nice cards and raised some money for things my wife wanted. Bragged about it too much in order to impress her. I guess she was impressed. I'm getting questions now like "When you gonna sell some more?". "Why don't you sell all of them?".

"Well, Dear. I will eventually, but the card market is down like the economy. Better hold off a while."

Shoele$$ · #4 05-22-2013, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by deadballfreaK

Because I'm an idiot? Seriously I sold a few nice cards and raised some money for things my wife wanted. Bragged about it too much in order to impress her. I guess she was impressed. I'm getting questions now like "When you gonna sell some more?". "Why don't you sell all of them?".

"Well, Dear. I will eventually, but the card market is down like the economy. Better hold off a while."

Lol....and it starts.....I travel that same path as well.....you are not alone

Pythonfactory · #5 05-23-2013, 12:31 AM

Been a devout baseball fan all my life. In elementary school, I used to read several autobiographies a month and would pour over the stats in a baseball encyclopedia I got for my birthday one year (so I knew who the likes of Speaker, Crawford, and other "obscure" hall of famers were by age 7). I'd skip the ice cream man so I could spend any allowance / money earned from chores on baseball cards. And then there was playing the game itself... Since then, I've dedicated countless hours of my life going to games (Dodgers, Giants, and Mariners), managing fantasy teams, and playing in adult softball leagues. In addition to these activities, these "stupid little pieces of cardboard" strengthen my love for the game by connecting me to its history. Plus, they can be beautiful pieces of art. Lastly, as someone else mentioned, I now have the disposable income to do this =)

deadballfreaK · #6 05-23-2013, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Pythonfactory

Been a devout baseball fan all my life. In elementary school, I used to read several autobiographies a month and would pour over the stats in a baseball encyclopedia I got for my birthday one year (so I knew who the likes of Speaker, Crawford, and other "obscure" hall of famers were by age 7). I'd skip the ice cream man so I could spend any allowance / money earned from chores on baseball cards. And then there was playing the game itself... Since then, I've dedicated countless hours of my life going to games (Dodgers, Giants, and Mariners), managing fantasy teams, and playing in adult softball leagues. In addition to these activities, these "stupid little pieces of cardboard" strengthen my love for the game by connecting me to its history. Plus, they can be beautiful pieces of art. Lastly, as someone else mentioned, I now have the disposable income to do this =)

+100 Python expressed my views exactly.

Cardboard Junkie · #7 05-23-2013, 12:51 AM

In the summer, in Detroit, in the fifties, baseball was everything. Those were magical times for me.....sandlot baseball from dawn to dark......my Kaline model glove, a 6oz. Coke, and a pack of 58Topps or 59, or 57. That big thick chewy slab of pink heaven. The thrill of going to Briggs Stadium to watch our hero Tigers....to see The Mick swing the bat, (if the Yankees were in town) ...or Mr. Tiger make a game saving catch........Except for now...those were the best days of my life, but occasionally baseball cards can be a kind of time machine and transport me back to those magical times of the fifties, when baseball was everything.
My interest naturally expanded into prewar, (which I immensely enjoy) and up to date, but to be honest I don't even care for the modern game and don't follow it much except at World Series time.

Julz24 · #8 05-23-2013, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Cardboard Junkie

In the summer, in Detroit, in the fifties, baseball was everything. Those were magical times for me.....sandlot baseball from dawn to dark......my Kaline model glove, a 6oz. Coke, and a pack of 58Topps or 59, or 57. That big thick chewy slab of pink heaven. The thrill of going to Briggs Stadium to watch our hero Tigers....to see The Mick swing the bat, (if the Yankees were in town) ...or Mr. Tiger make a game saving catch........Except for now...those were the best days of my life, but occasionally baseball cards can be a kind of time machine and transport me back to those magical times of the fifties, when baseball was everything.
My interest naturally expanded into prewar, (which I immensely enjoy) and up to date, but to be honest I don't even care for the modern game and don't follow it much except at World Series time.

My Dad grew up in Detroit in the fifties and says the same exact thing. Must of been a wonderful time! Last year at the World Series he got to meet his childhood hero Al Kaline for the first time. I've never seen him quite so giddy.

As for me, my Dad collected back in his day. Then when I was young he would bring a pack of cards home after work for me and Ive been hooked ever since.

Leon · #9 05-22-2013, 10:41 PM

Why do I collect? I enjoy baseball. I enjoy collecting and collected cards as a kid. I like almost everything about it. And it keeps me out of bars at night (except at the National).

auggiedoggy · #10 05-22-2013, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Leon

Why do I collect? I enjoy baseball. I enjoy collecting and collected cards as a kid. I like almost everything about it. And it keeps me out of bars at night (except at the National).

Not for the chicks???

deadballfreaK · #11 05-22-2013, 11:02 PM

Serious answer. I LOVE baseball. I played it daylight to dark when I was a kid. If it rained we played the Cadaco game with the spinner on my buddies front porch. I grew up playing that game. We somehow had a bunch of old timers discs. Larry Doby, Al Rosen, Babe Ruth, Wally Berger, Freddie Lindstrom. I went to the library to check out the then pitiful version of the Baseball Encyclopedia many a time just to find out about those guys. When I discovered they had cards out there that you could collect pretty cheap... I went crazy!

drc · #12 05-22-2013, 10:46 PM

I've collected things since I was a little kid, and I can't tell you why. I think you have to have an interest in the items-- and many people don't have that. I was the only one in my family who collected anything.

I was interested in art and history and old cars and old movies as a kid, that might have something to do with it.

maniac_73 · #13 05-22-2013, 10:51 PM

Now that I'm an adult I can buy the stuff I only dreamed about when I was a kid.

EvilKing00 · #14 05-23-2013, 05:26 AM

Love of the game, love of history of the game, owing a piece of it I guess, and owining anything thats rare and interesting.

AMBST95 · #15 05-23-2013, 06:07 AM

It's a way to reconnect to my youth and share it with my children. I've been a baseball fan for as long as I can remember. Very much like Jimmy Fallon's character said in the movie, Fever Pitch, "I've loved the Sox my whole life. Name me one thing that you cared about when you were 5 that you still care about now." In my case it's the Orioles, but it doesn't get truer than that statement. There are very few things that are important to us for our lifetimes. My family and sports are 2 that come to mind. Baseball tells the story of the American spirit and card collecting offers an opportunity to enjoy in that.

g_vezina_c55 · #16 05-23-2013, 07:44 AM

I love sport history

T206Fan · #17 05-23-2013, 08:03 AM

Im kinda strange in the way I collect I love baseball but for me its the thrill of the hunt or chase more so then owning the card.

ullmandds · #18 05-23-2013, 08:04 AM

As a young child...baseball was life to me...we'd play until it got too dark...or our moms called us in...we'd play whiffle ball when enough players could not be fielded for proper batting practice. I'd throw a super pinky or tennis ball against the brick veneer of my house until my arm would fall off or I'd break a window and get scolded.

A love for the ny yankees...instilled in me by my dad...he'd take me to countless yankee games and the odd annoying game at shea tainted by all of the airplanes constantly flying overhead.

My neighbor...who was a sportswriter for the herald tribune used to tell me stories and give me the occasional nugget of card/memorabilia for shoveling his driveway or mowing his lawn.

This combined with a love for the history of the game and the #'s that went with it...714...then 755...4191...then 4256...511...23(grand slams for gehrig)....406...424...190...184...I could recite all of the major records...the # of every player on the yankees and up to minute stats at all times.

Now add to this mix these little cardboard gems encompassing all that I lived for as a kid that first activated my collecting gene!

I lost interest in my late teens until midway through college...then started up again. Now it's the nostalgia...the longing for the care free days of my youth...and the ability to obtain cards I could never afford as a child.

I always thought that if I were to ever get a tattoo...it would most likely be baseball related as this is one constant that will never change in my life...my love for baseball...it's history...and the cards that accompany it!!!!

ValKehl · #19 05-24-2013, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Leon

Why do I collect? I enjoy baseball. I enjoy collecting and collected cards as a kid. I like almost everything about it...

+1. Great answers everyone!

Guy, you "cried when my beloved Expos moved to Washington in 2004," whereas I cried tears of joy because after more than 30 years without MLB, we finally had a team again! I grew up watching the Senators of old Griffith stadium, only to see 2 teams leave Washington for greener pastures in Minnesota and Texas. I'm truly sorry Montreal lost its team - I know very well how it feels!
Val

T205 GB · #20 05-24-2013, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Leon

Why do I collect? I enjoy baseball. I enjoy collecting and collected cards as a kid. I like almost everything about it. And it keeps me out of bars at night (except at the National).

+10

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