Why do you collect baseball cards?

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by ChiefBenderForever

It's fun and is a much healthier escape from reality than hookers and blow, seriously......

Some collectors (Charlie Sheen comes to mind) enjoy both cards and the hookers and blow.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

[mrmopar]

I've noticed someone trying to sell a 1971 Topps set that they claim was once owned by Sheen. Now the asking price of this particular set is about 5 times what a similar set might typically go for. I have never bothered to email the seller and ask why the fact that Charlie Sheen owning the set makes it 5X more valuable than a set not owned by him. It keeps showing up week after week...

[Fred]

I think Pete summed it up nicely... for the chicks! Yeah, as JD and a few others have mentioned it's hard to beat a pick up line like "ya wanna see my Polar Bear Johnson?"


Who the heck can resist collecting old pictures of dead guys? If you truly love the history of the game then collecting this stuff is for you.

[Section103]

Its fun.
I feel like a bit of a historian.
It caters to my slow, methodical, researching side.
It connects me, a bit, to my youth.
It connects me, a bit, to my grandfather who was a ballplayer.
It connects me, a bit, as a fan because my "list" follows how I follow the game.

[ls7plus]

The cards connect you to the player, and take you back to the time of their issuance--they are truly the history of the game you can hold right in your hands!

Happy collecting,

Larry