Hobby history: Pictures of the first National, 1980

[brob28]

Great stuff David thank you for sharing. I attended the 2nd show in Plymouth the following year as a 13 yr old - please post what you have on that show as well.

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by brob28

Great stuff David thank you for sharing. I attended the 2nd show in Plymouth the following year as a 13 yr old - please post what you have on that show as well.

I posted BHN's coverage of the 1981 National in Plymouth on the thread linked below, but it hasn't gotten as much attention as this thread:

http://net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=235356

[paulcarek]

The kid in the "I Buy Baseball Cards" hat looks like Ogilvie from The Bad News Bears. Could it be him?

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by paulcarek

The kid in the "I Buy Baseball Cards" hat looks like Ogilvie from The Bad News Bears. Could it be him?

No, Ogilvie was played by Alfred Lutter III, and the caption identifies the kid in the hat as Drew Skarupa. A quick Google search reveals that he graduated from high school in 1984, majored in math at UCLA, and is now chief financial and operating officer of a company called ReadD. Here's his LinkedIn page, and his e-mail is drewskarupa@gmail.com.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewskarupa

[trdcrdkid]

Here he is, then and now:

[Piratedogcardshows]

Great read!

[Leon]

Thanks again David, Great stuff...