OT: Does anyone collect TCMA cards?

[bcbgcbrcb]

Brent:

I am very interested in the TCMA minor league issues. It's fascinating to see what the stars of yesterday and today looked like prior to the beginning of their major league careers. I have just begun the process of going back and collecting scans of all minor league star cards dating back to the 1950's but they start becoming prominent much more so in the mid-1970's.

Unfortunately, TCMA also produced a boatload of commemorative cards from teams and players of the distant past and more collectors relate these issues to TCMA rather than their minor league productions. Unlike the minor league cards, I have no interest in these issues.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Here are a few of my favorite TCMA minor league star cards..............

[7nohitter]

I always felt like the TCMA cards were cheap, ugly, knock-off's....

[Orioles1954]

Knock-offs of what? They cornered the minor league market and ushered in some of the first "retro" themed sets. Admittedly, they were never going to win any design awards but I think they filled a necessary void in the hobby for several years.

[CobbvLajoie1910]

Yeah, love TCMA issues -- and still pursue them.

As a kid, the 'all-time greats' themed sets gave me a needed perspective on the history of the game.

Look again at that Willie McGee card Phil posted, and tell me thats not a sharp looking XRC?

Love TCMA.

[bbcard1]

Collect is a strong term. I pick up any I find of former Marshall players or card that picquet my interest. I don't pay a lot for any of them. I think perhaps the most interesting card TCMA ever made was the Scott Boras card of which I have picked up a couple over the years.

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by CobbvLajoie1910

As a kid, the 'all-time greats' themed sets gave me a needed perspective on the history of the game.

Bingo. Before these here Interwebs could help you find info and photos for just about any player, I valued affordable cards such as these a means to learn about the history of the game and put faces to names I'd read about.