What is the first Baseball Card or Set you Remember?

[commishbob]

1958 Topps cards, owned by a girl down the street in Jericho, Long Island. I was seven. I can't remember what she looked like but I darn sure remember what an impression those cards made on me. I started collecting my own in '59.

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by commishbob

1958 Topps cards, owned by a girl down the street in Jericho, Long Island. I was seven. I can't remember what she looked like but I darn sure remember what an impression those cards made on me. I started collecting my own in '59.

Reminds me of a Lyle Lovett (Guy Clark) song, "Step Inside This House":

Here's a book of poems i got
From a girl i used to know
I guess i read it front to back
Fifty times or so
It's all about the good life
And stayin' at ease with the world
It's funny how i love that book
And i never loved that girl

You can never go wrong with a Lyle Lovett reference.

[pingman59]

1968 Topps 1st Series from Rack Packs were my first cards, bought at the Woolworth's store. Imagine my surprise when I later found 3rd Series wax packs at a grocery store. I thought the only way you could buy cards was via Rack Packs up to that point!

[pokerplyr80]

89 donruss and upper deck. Although at 2 or 3 bucks a pack the upper deck were very expensive for a young kid. I never did pull a Griffey out of one.

[RCMcKenzie]

1978 was the year I bought the whole set pack by pack at the Stop n Go. I had 1972's and up and those were my good cards.

[Harliduck]

My first ever pack and first ever card was a 1979 Topps Reggie Jackson. My little brothers first card was a Rick Honeycutt, and I was jealous as he was a Mariner (from Seattle). After our first initial packs we were inundated with 78 Topps wax as the local store had a bunch left over. That summer I put together both the 78's and 79 sets, pack after pack. Good memories...I was 9...

[texmrsport]

1971 Topps. I was 9 years old and remember seeing a cello box pack with a Reggie Jackson peeking out on the front. I was a Giants fan but loved the green and gold on the A's. That was my first pack I opened. Still one of my favorite cards of all time along with the fearsome looking Willie McCovey from the same set.