HOF Collection Milestone

[h2oya311]

Awesome Ken! I know you’ve been working on this collecting goal for a very long time! Super glad to see you have finally picked up that Cooper. I still need one as well. What a fantastic accomplishment!!

[triwak]

Thanks, everybody!!

[Moyni]

As a fellow HOF Collector I am more than impressed!! Absolutely amazing!!

[JLange]

Congrats! Very cool milestone! Good example of how our great hobby is a marathon, not a sprint.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Hey, Ken:

I'm so glad to see that you FINALLY accomplished your goal. Congratulations!

I guess it was good that you held off several times from parting with a couple of your best pieces. With some of the tough HOF'ers, you may only get one chance every decade or so to pick something up and if you are lucky enough to do so, you really can't part with it until you find something better. If you want to become a little more liberal with the guys that you are still missing, I can probably give you some career contemporary pieces to seek out.

[triwak]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Hey, Ken:

I'm so glad to see that you FINALLY accomplished your goal. Congratulations!

I guess it was good that you held off several times from parting with a couple of your best pieces. With some of the tough HOF'ers, you may only get one chance every decade or so to pick something up and if you are lucky enough to do so, you really can't part with it until you find something better. If you want to become a little more liberal with the guys that you are still missing, I can probably give you some career contemporary pieces to seek out.

Thank you, Phil!! You were always one of my go-to sources, when it came to information AND inspiration!! Much appreciated. And yeah, I may contact you about some of the "impossibles."

[triwak]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

Awesome Ken! I know you’ve been working on this collecting goal for a very long time! Super glad to see you have finally picked up that Cooper. I still need one as well. What a fantastic accomplishment!!

Thank you, Derek!! Your encouragement means a lot! BTW, I tried to send you a private message, but honestly I'm not sure it went through. Let me know here, if it didn't. Maybe I can email you.

[HRBAKER]

Race well run!
Congratulations on a great accomplishment!

[Bigdaddy]

Awesome collection.

May I ask what was your deciding factor on some of the later HOFers as to which card you chose for your collection?

[triwak]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

Awesome collection.

May I ask what was your deciding factor on some of the later HOFers as to which card you chose for your collection?

Most of the cards from the 1960s and '70s were from my childhood, so I actually began this HOF project with those. For the modern players (post 1980), I am able to grab them at a little card shop in my hometown. The guy deals mainly online, but still carries thousands of cards in the shop - usually for $1 each. ($2 for rookies). I generally just have him pull a bunch of cards of the latest inductees, and I choose the one I like the look of best. Often, I'll opt for the earliest year, but sometimes I'll go with a player's best season (MVP, batting title, etc.), or perhaps a season his team won the World Series. Sometimes, just which card I think is the coolest, lol! Thank you for your interest and kind comment.

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by triwak

Thank you, Derek!! Your encouragement means a lot! BTW, I tried to send you a private message, but honestly I'm not sure it went through. Let me know here, if it didn't. Maybe I can email you.

Ken - yes, I got the PM. I was away on vacation the past week+ so didn't have a chance to respond. I'm sorta in a transition period with my collection right now (in limbo, or rather, should I say...purgatory). Like you, Cooper may be the last one I pursue/acquire to finish the HOF rookie/"playing years" collection.

Again, kudos on such an awesome accomplishment! Now you can spend your days looking for upgrades!