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Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>No one wants to read a post that runs on.

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Posted By: <b>Bob</b><p>Sean- How come you aren't playing baseball somewhere? When I was 14 I played ball every day, all day long when I wasn't doing chores for my allowance. I played in a Babe Ruth league at night, practiced a couple of times a week but other times played sand lot ball with the neighborhood kids, many of whom were either on different teams or no organized teams at all. I quit collecting baseball cards at 13, having discovered sports of all kinds, girls, and other fun things to do. You are too young to become obsessed with cardboard.

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Posted By: <b>Sean</b><p>my baseball season is over for this year and now and then i play baseball with mmy friends next year i will be playing another season of baseball making it my 8th year of baseball playing

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Posted By: <b>joe brennan</b><p>Sounds like some of you had a fun time at the Nationals. As for the last few posts. Sigh.........<br><br>People said it was a million dollar wound. But the government must keep that money, cause I ain't seen one red sent of it.

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Posted By: <b>George H. Counter</b><p>Sean, Ok. <br />You have 4 T206s which is a great start. <br />I'm sure most of us here didn't have the luck to start with 4 of these little treasures.<br />Why not stick to them and try to learn more about the players pictured instead of posting about Harry Wright cdv's and massive old judge collections?<br /><br />And by the way, if you are going to bitch about some guys that didn't send you cards (GIFTS) in an overnight envelope, you are going to lose a lot of hobby friends.

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Posted By: <b>Sean</b><p>oh ok............................................

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Posted By: <b>NickM</b><p>I didn't pick up any pre-WWII cards or memorabilia there (the oldest thing I got was a graded 1953 Bowman FB card), but I had a blast, and picked up a mix of post-war vintage, modern, memorabilia, and giveaways.<br /><br />There is little reason to come to the National looking for the things you can find every day on eBay. They will probably be a lot cheaper on eBay. It's where you come to network, have fun, and look at (and hopefully buy or sell) things you can't get readily on eBay.<br /><br />Even if you look down on modern cards, recognize that the manufacturer giveaways (VIP admission package freebies and booth distributions) are saleable/tradeable and have (sometimes very significant) value to other collectors. The autograph tickets from the VIP package also had value to a large group of other collectors.<br /><br />Nobody knows every area of sports collectibles thoroughly, so there are always items that you might find really interesting but never knew about until you see them in person. The National has far more such items than any other show. Looking at tables that have items outside your collecting area (at least once you're done going through those tables in your collecting area) can prove very fruitful and enjoyable.<br /><br />Nick<br /><br />