Nostalgia or history

TCMA · #1 08-26-2016, 05:52 PM

The project I'm hoping to get off the ground is squarely in the "history" camp. Would love your feedback on this if you guys would like to comment:

http://net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=227481

RTK · #2 08-26-2016, 06:52 PM

Definitely a little bit of both. I grew up in the 60's early 70's, still have most of my childhood cards. Some of what I try to collect are cards from my childhood era that I either had or never got in a pack, condition doesn't matter too much. With the love of baseball, comes love for the game's history. I read quite a bit about the game and love old memorabilia. I've collected a few older things, refinished my basement to reflect my interest in baseball and it's history. I do buy some cards from before my birth simply because they're kind of cool. If they appreciate in value, great, if not, so be it.

the 'stache · #3 08-26-2016, 08:41 PM

A bit of both, here. I grew up in Milwaukee, and spent a good deal of time watching games at the old County Stadium. Hard to go to a game there, even as an 8 or 9 year old, and not feel the history of the place. As I watched a few Hall of Famers starting their careers (Yount and Molitor), playing side by side, I imagined what it was like to see Eddie Mathews manning the hot corner, hitting bombs into center field, or Hank Aaron hitting one laser beam after another into the seats. I could almost see Warren Spahn, the crafty ol' lefty, on the mound, owning one hitter after another.

I love the history of the game. I mean, I absolutely love it. I never get tired of reading about it, or watching documentaries about it. I must have watched Ken Burns' Baseball at least ten times by now. My DVR is filled with docs about Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodgers, Hank Aaron....but there will always be that nostalgia factor, too.

JollyElm · #4 08-26-2016, 08:56 PM

I think there is a third category: DNA.

It seems (most) American boys are born with the intrinsic love of baseball, and hence baseball cards, in our souls. There is no defining reason as to why we start grabbing up baseball cards, but it's baked into our DNA. We do it when we are little and we continue to collect as we get older.

Jantz · #5 08-26-2016, 11:06 PM

Although I do love the history of the game & T206s, I would say that I fall more under the nostalgic category.

After reading Jeff's initial post, I took a look around at my computer desk. Along with a few baseball cards, I also have an antique brass B&O railroad button, a 1970s Star Wars toy, a Tuxedo tobacco tin, a 1960s Aurora Cigar Box die cast car, an antique cork fishing bobber and 2 antique wood/whale bone dominos laying on computer desk.

So either I'm nostalgic or turning into Fred Sanford.

J@ntz

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