Lifelong Reds fan. Cubs are in my family's blood. Regularly seen at Fort Wayne TinCaps games. Collect vintage but the new stuff often draws me in too. Closet autograph collector.
2.20.2011
Contest!
A great contest going on o'er at Crinkly Wrappers, a blog I just discovered a week into this little blog of mine. He would like everyone to leave him a comment and follow his blog. I think you should!
2.16.2011
Want List/Trade List
I'd love to start reliving the days of school bus trades (circa 1979-81) and find some good trade partners - particularly right now for 2010 - 2011 Topps cards and inserts. Next on my agenda: Sort through my 30-year-old cards and complete the arduous process of cataloging them.
Leave me a note or send me an e-mail if you'd like to talk trade.
Thanks!
Leave me a note or send me an e-mail if you'd like to talk trade.
Thanks!
2.12.2011
Show Your Cards
I attended my first baseball card show today - having gotten the itch to collect of late.
I thought I'd have plenty of time - an hour before needing to meet my family. But, quickly, I was engrossed and stretched it to 90 minutes. Mostly, I scouted the terrain. The show is held every two weeks, so I'll have a chance to come back. I realized I could easily spend about three hours next time.
I picked up quite a few cards - including 30 to help fill my 2011 Topps Series 1 gaps (including a Miguel Cabrera gold), a handful of 2010 base set cards (I'm far from a full set for 2010 and would be just as happy to send a lot packing in trades), '77 Joe Morgan, '77 Tony Perez, a '67 Joe Nuxhall, roughly 15 Reds and Tigers from the '80s and a few 2010 and 2011 inserts I like - including three more "Lost" cards - Mantle (54), Winfield (86) and Brock (65), Kimball Champions for Brett Anderson and Carlos Gonzalez, and a Johnny Bench Turkey Red from 2010.
All told, $9 - plus $1 to get into the show. Spent three times that for the three of us to eat brunch an hour later - and I'm already hungry.
I thought I'd have plenty of time - an hour before needing to meet my family. But, quickly, I was engrossed and stretched it to 90 minutes. Mostly, I scouted the terrain. The show is held every two weeks, so I'll have a chance to come back. I realized I could easily spend about three hours next time.
I picked up quite a few cards - including 30 to help fill my 2011 Topps Series 1 gaps (including a Miguel Cabrera gold), a handful of 2010 base set cards (I'm far from a full set for 2010 and would be just as happy to send a lot packing in trades), '77 Joe Morgan, '77 Tony Perez, a '67 Joe Nuxhall, roughly 15 Reds and Tigers from the '80s and a few 2010 and 2011 inserts I like - including three more "Lost" cards - Mantle (54), Winfield (86) and Brock (65), Kimball Champions for Brett Anderson and Carlos Gonzalez, and a Johnny Bench Turkey Red from 2010.
All told, $9 - plus $1 to get into the show. Spent three times that for the three of us to eat brunch an hour later - and I'm already hungry.
2.10.2011
Nostalgic Wax: Youthful Pursuit
Like many, I recently got the urge to get back into a hobby that once made me very happy - collecting baseball (and some football) cards.
When I was 9 to about 13, nothing made me happier than opening a pack of baseball cards. My parents got me started by gifting me with several packs of 1978 cards. I was hooked and that set remains the one I love the most. I collected cards through 1983.
And now I'm back.
The other day, I decided to search the world of blogs to find out who - if anyone - is writing about baseball cards. As it turns out, many people are - and many are doing it well. Nice surprise.
I'm learning a lot as I jump back into this. I bought a bunch of Topps 2010 last year and now have ventured into 2011. I've read a lot of critics of Topps, as well as those who like the recent sets (which I do). Topps remains my favorite. Old habits.
Now, having not planned my purchases in a fiscally responsible way, I hope to find some good trade partners. It's a far cry from trading on the school bus - but maybe it'll do.
Speaking of trades on the bus, I once traded a kid four football cards (I don't recall who they were) for a Walter Payton I liked. Turns out it was Payton's rookie card. Neither of us knew any better. It wasn't mint then, but the condition hasn't changed since I got it - probably about 1980.
I display that one, with a few select others, proudly.
As for my plans, ultimately I'll probably narrow my collecting focus to players from my favorite teams - Reds, Tigers, Steelers, among a few - and certain players I like. We'll see.
When I was 9 to about 13, nothing made me happier than opening a pack of baseball cards. My parents got me started by gifting me with several packs of 1978 cards. I was hooked and that set remains the one I love the most. I collected cards through 1983.
And now I'm back.
The other day, I decided to search the world of blogs to find out who - if anyone - is writing about baseball cards. As it turns out, many people are - and many are doing it well. Nice surprise.
I'm learning a lot as I jump back into this. I bought a bunch of Topps 2010 last year and now have ventured into 2011. I've read a lot of critics of Topps, as well as those who like the recent sets (which I do). Topps remains my favorite. Old habits.
Now, having not planned my purchases in a fiscally responsible way, I hope to find some good trade partners. It's a far cry from trading on the school bus - but maybe it'll do.
Speaking of trades on the bus, I once traded a kid four football cards (I don't recall who they were) for a Walter Payton I liked. Turns out it was Payton's rookie card. Neither of us knew any better. It wasn't mint then, but the condition hasn't changed since I got it - probably about 1980.
I display that one, with a few select others, proudly.
As for my plans, ultimately I'll probably narrow my collecting focus to players from my favorite teams - Reds, Tigers, Steelers, among a few - and certain players I like. We'll see.
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