Player collectors -- Best player to collect

[smtjoy]

I have been collecting Clemente for a long time, my favorite player (I was born in Pittsburgh). I love player collecting because of the variety and exposure to sets you almost never see. You get a real feel for scarcity in that some cards are a dime a dozen and other you can go 20 years waiting to see one, the chase is so much of the fun. Player collecting is not like collecting the main street sets of the 50-70's in that its for the most part not about money as you can't just buy a set like you can on the topps/bowman sets. I have been working on my Clemente set for over 20 years and im still looking for about 10 cards.

I also collect a couple pre war players which is fun too. I have considered working on a Jackie Robinson and a few other players like Spahn.

Good luck, you will have fun with any player you choose.

[bcbgcbrcb]

The only player collection that I ever considered doing was Dave Parker ("The Cobra") as he was my favorite baseball player growing up as a kid in the mid-late '70's. In the early '80's, I really liked Lloyd Moseby of the Blue Jays and then Eric Davis of the Reds in the late '80's. During the '90's & '00's, Vlad Guerrero was my guy, even got to do two private signings with him in 1996 when he played for Harrisburg at Trenton, NJ.