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ChadI just finished my biography of Ed Delahanty and, one of the ironies of the book is that people complained then about ball players in the EXACT same way we do today. They make too much money, they're mercenaries, they only care about their individual stats, etc etc. And this was 1896! You should read some of the columns sports writers wrote about Delahanty. You close your eyes after reading one and you see Gary Sheffield.
As to the topic at hand...I love collecting cards of obscure ballplayers. I'm working on the Cuban Aguilitas set from 1926 and there's maybe 4 guys in that set anyone's ever heard of, and that's being generous. Why I do this I can't exactly say. But then, I can't say why I do anything, really.