Who WON'T you collect?

[JasonL]

Well, I am your polar opposite, as I collect T-cards of my favorite team, ...The Cubs! and I will not tolerate any White Sox in the collection. at least not on purpose.

Other than the Southsiders, I don't find anyone really offensive enough to leave out deliberately...except for Robbie Alomar. Such disrespectful acts as the umpire spitting incident may be forgivable in my personal life, but not in a public persona where I try to uphold the fantasy that these athletes are to be admired for superior skills while on the field...

[Jacklitsch]

I am just the opposite. I will collect Cubs but hate the White Sox.

I am particularly fond of bad boys and collect a Hall of Shame with cards of Weaver and all of the Black Sox Eight.

The badder the better...Chase, Gedeon, Borton, Smith, Maggert, Zimmerman, Burns, Attell, etc etc

[Bill Stone]

Steve Bilko --he wrecked havoc on my Hollywood Stars and I will never forgive him and I will never have his card near my collection.

[uffda51]

I collect both the famous and the infamous - but nothing after 1960.

BTW, I love Steve Bilko!

[Beatles Guy]

Though I dislike the Cubs very much, I'm an equal opportunity collector. I won't reject a card based on personal feelings.

[FUBAR]

I refuse to collect the biggest prima donna to ever walk "Brett "look at me" Favre".

please please just retire and go away already!!!

As for vintage, i dont collect commons after 1952.. just star cards, no room to collect commons.

[Ladder7]

Originally Posted by FUBAR

I refuse to collect the biggest prima donna to ever walk "Brett "look at me" Favre".

please please just retire and go away already!!!

As for vintage, i dont collect commons after 1952.. just star cards, no room to collect commons.

Very few today that aren't prima donna's

[onlychild]

I won't collect B&W cards...think they are ugly.

Try very hard to stay away from SGC graded cards. Most of the time I will crack them out (using only my fingertips)..although I still have a few.

Kevin

[Robextend]

Originally Posted by onlychild

Try very hard to stay away from SGC graded cards. Most of the time I will crack them out (using only my fingertips)..although I still have a few.

Just curious as to why you stay away from SGC cards. Is it because they are so easy to crack out?

Sorry if this was previously discussed in an old thread.

Rob

[Robbie]

I won't collect O.J. Simpson cards. He used to be one of my favorites. But now, he just doesn't cut it.

[cdn_collector]

Originally Posted by JasonL

...Other than the Southsiders, I don't find anyone really offensive enough to leave out deliberately...except for Robbie Alomar. Such disrespectful acts as the umpire spitting incident may be forgivable in my personal life, but not in a public persona where I try to uphold the fantasy that these athletes are to be admired for superior skills while on the field...

Timely post, Jason. As a life-long Jays fan, it absolutely *kills* me that Alomar was involved in this incident. Just thinking about it puts a pit in my stomach. That being said, I just finished reading 'Three Finger: The Mordecai Brown Story' a couple days ago and was shocked to read that Joe Tinker, while managing the Columbus Senators, was fined $100 for the exact same action.

[David W]

As a Cardinal fan, I don't collect Cub cards....

although I do have a soft spot in my heart for 2 ex Cubs...

Brock and Sutter - Thanks for the World Series titles....

and will gladly collect them in a Cubby uniform.

We got Brock and Sutter, you got Leon (wickets) Durham.

Sorry.

Now we've even sent you our beer. That's got to hurt.

[E93]

For a long time I would not collect Anson cards because he was such a racist. When I began collecting N28s, I gave in....
JimB

[FUBAR]

rumour has it Ty Cobb was a bad racist and an arrogant, ignorant ass....

I too, as a Jays fan, was so disappointed in Robbie Alomar, he used to be my fav Jay at the time.

[Kawika]

The way Ben Chapman treated Jackie Robinson was the embodiment of thoughtless racism as it prevailed in the U.S. in those days. Pinky Higgins was no screaming hell as a human being either. Steve Carlton broke his silence with the press after he retired to share his opinions about Jews vis a vis The Elders of Zion. A regular Hall of Fame Asshole. There have probably been many others whose attitudes were contemptible and unforgivable, even in the context of their times. Would I collect their cards? I have an A&G Anson and some Cobbs and I still sleep OK. Why not a Goudey Chapman or a Play Ball Higgins? They're all part of the story of America and of baseball.

[Jewish-collector]

Originally Posted by Kawika

The way Ben Chapman treated Jackie Robinson was the embodiment of thoughtless racism as it prevailed in the U.S. in those days. Pinky Higgins was no screaming hell as a human being either. Steve Carlton broke his silence with the press after he retired to share his opinions about Jews vis a vis The Elders of Zion. A regular Hall of Fame Asshole. There have probably been many others whose attitudes were contemptible and unforgivable, even in the context of their times. Would I collect their cards? I have an A&G Anson and some Cobbs and I still sleep OK. Why not a Goudey Chapman or a Play Ball Higgins? They're all part of the story of America and of baseball.

Well said David. See you at the Baltimore National !!!

[E93]

Originally Posted by FUBAR

rumour has it Ty Cobb was a bad racist and an arrogant, ignorant ass....

Later in life, Ty Cobb also set up an educational foundation that mostly gave college scholarships to poor African Americans in Georgia. I think he really transformed over the years. I believe that foundation still exists today. Most of the money came from his investments in Coca Cola that made him a very wealthy man.
JimB

[Jay Wolt]

Later in life, Ty Cobb also set up an educational foundation that mostly gave college scholarships to poor African Americans in Georgia. I think he really transformed over the years. I believe that foundation still exists today

Jim, there is also a hospital in Cobb's hometown of Royston GA that treats anyone in need.
Its named after him and by the lobby is a Ty Cobb museum