Net54baseball Ages.....
 

Haven't done this in a while. Many years ago, if I recall correctly, the average age was around 41-42. My guess is the group will be a little younger but not too much. We will see. As someone who just turned 60 (damn!) I might be in a different age group now LOL.....thanks in advance for your participation.

and a card because....yeah, yeah, yeah.....we know

https://luckeycards.com/pe222awa.jpg

53 and feeling young until the kids tell me otherwise

I'm 45, going on 46 in January. I'm 1976 Topps years old. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d34c23978d.jpg

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45 also.

38...still not as old as Ted Williams was when he almost his .400 for the second time

55 years young here ;)

Yawl please vote too. The poll was put up a few minutes later as I screwed it up at first. Par for the course...
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24…and been doing this vintage thing for a while…

40.

62 and still throwing BP to my 18 year old son . Of course I’m
only about 30 feet away and have an L screen for protection.

Love this idea. I'm 1972 Topps years old.

I am:

53 years, or...

Different approach. I was born on the same day as this guy.

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/0e/67/37/0...212c6295e6.jpg

55 in a few days and the kids tell me I'm old all the time!

Evil poll didn't allow me to enjoy my last couple of months as a sub-50 something. :P

Four days younger than this old magazine:

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but, I feel A LOT older lately...



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47 here.


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62 in January. All I want for Christmas is for time to slow down

47 here.

I will play along. This guy was born the same day as me.:D

I think I am going to be wrong in my premonition. In fact we seem to be getting older! (so far)
also, Teddy Z has not responded LOL...

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Skip the ad and listen to the lyrics.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE4LsFgPw2c

I am this and am beginning to feel it. The last 10 yrs. degraded more than the previous 10 by a long shot. Doing fine, enjoying collecting and Blessed to live in a country that allows us to have the freedoms to do as we do!

Seventy-one going on ninety.

https://photos.imageevent.com/kawika...ll/DMcD338.jpg

Age
 

I'm 53, which is "too old to die young"- Trent King

I’m 42. I generally feel 42, unless Ive had a few beers, then I feel 21. The morning after, however, I feel 397.

Just turned 65, no timetable on retiring.
Love collecting.
John,
born in '56

64 baby here. :)

I don't have any card pictures from my birth year, but I was born one of the two years where the World Series was cancelled (and I don't mean 1904).

I am this old.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...dcdf2ca8_z.jpg

So far I'm the oldest at 78.

Where has the time gone?

Ditto for me

but I may feel older...




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I had to look for a while to find a card from my birth year, but here is Ol' Case from 1946 Remar.

I'm as old as this card! Wish it was mine, though.

https://beckett-www.s3.amazonaws.com...ph-BGS-9-5.jpg

Thoroughly enjoy being able to talk to all of you so often. Feel like Net54 is one of the most social, community driven forums out there. Have met some incredible people.

I think ole’ Casey was born old and just got even older.

I am exactly 100 years younger than Charlie Gould, and that makes me feel real good.

BTW - Charlie played in his last game in 1877.

I agree. He was 56 or so in that picture and still a few years away from the Yankees.

42, or 1979 Topps.

I answered the poll but that E222 has me mesmerized. Fantastic card Leon!

33 here but my hair looks like 53....salt and peppa

40 today, 41 this coming Saturday. Life has been good.

52 physically, 16 mentally. :D

https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=27451

Can't tell you guys my age, but Johnny Pesky was a Red Sox rookie the year I was born...

All I can say is that I was alive when I first collected this Stelmaszek card in 1975.

Brian (strange thing is, this is not my card)

Just turned 42.
Been collecting since I was 9. :)

Im 24 but almost 25. Just happy to be here

Last of the fifties…

I’ll be 60 on my next birthday since I turned 59 on my last one.
I think that’s how it works…

Thanks alot Leon!

This is the first time I've fallen on the "old" side of the curve on one of these.

:(
Steve

Ha, nice. I was friends with his younger brother in Jr High. I remember his whole family being good athletes (which I'm guessing is probably typical of a lot of major leaguers).

Pudge and I just turned 50 :)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...88f701c2e7.jpg

Last year of being in the 30's club... the scroll down for "date of birth" is taking longer and longer!

47...started collected T206 at 17...30 year career so far. Been fun!

'I was told there would be no math.'


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Ken and I entered the world on the same day 58 years ago. He had more money, more talent, and unfortunately more demons. I was in Peoria for Spring training in 1996. I was watching the Mariners play his Padres. He had a brutal game. He made three errors in 4 innings. There was an obnoxious drunk seated in front of me who was loudly booing and mocking Caminiti who was noticeably perturbed. As he left the field in the bottom of the 4th he was scanning the stands. A couple innings later he was walking through the stands wearing sunglasses and a Hawaiian shirt. He was headed in our direction. Ken was a VERY large man. He found the heckler and sat down next to him for an inning. He spoke very quietly so I have no idea what he said. Whatever it was it had the desired effect as the drunk was rather subdued for the rest of the game. Caminiti stood in front of our section signing autographs for the next 30 minutes. Ken made some bad life choices as we all do and he paid the ultimate price. I have been fortunate to outlive my own mistakes.

geez....................born the same year the Babe passed

I’m this old:

https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=32210

Bringing up the average. 74 is a lot different than 64!

Good morning, Leon

That's me, I'm 83......with my grandson Ron, who recently graduated from the Univ. of Maine.


https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...RonGrad50x.jpg





The 1947 BOND BREAD cards were my first BB set. I still have all 44 cards from it.
https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...StanMusial.jpghttps://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...readJRobby.jpg





And, my first major BB cards......1949 LEAF set.

http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...abeRuth50x.jpg . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...beRuth50xb.jpg



TED Z

T206 Reference
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Dang, Ted. You look as well preserved at 83 as most of us look at 63! Maybe better. What's the secret, Grecian Formula 16, Geritol...what?

Hopefully, baseball cards.

Ted, weren't you just 73? Time flies. Hope you're well.

We're overdue for a T206 trade. I'll email you.

I'll turn 48 on 12/05. Man, time goes by fast.
My wife is 9 years younger than me and gets a kick out of telling people I'm so old I used to play stickball with Ty Cobb.

I am this old, and curious who the other person is in the 10-15 range.

Hey guys,

What's my secret ? ......It must be my Greek heritage :)

And, that doesn't mean I paint my hair with "Grecian Formula". My hair is still it's original brown color (with a few strands of gray).

:) Or perhaps.....that I am one of the few collectors that recognize that these LEAF cards are only and absolutely a 1949 issue :)


http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...DiMaggio50.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...iMaggio50b.jpg


http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...afPaige25x.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...fPaige25xb.jpg


TED Z

T206 Reference
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Born on the same exact same day as this guy -

Mike- Thanks for sharing that story. Very well written. Caminiti played for my local minor league Columbus (GA) Astros but I never met the man. There's a biography of him available...after reading your story, I may purchase it.

I’m 64 but read at a 65 year old level.

62
 

Should have lied and said 48 :D

I share a birthday with this guy:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/...AC_SL1113_.jpg

Was born the year this card came out:

https://i.psacard.com/cardfacts/1966...315.jpg?h=1000

And opened my first wax pack this year:

https://images.pristineauction.com/2...uction.com.jpg

I'm this old. Not my card. 2020 made me feel a hell of a lot older. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b957227a9c.jpg

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I also turned 60 in October, I definitely feel as I am in a different age group. I thought there would be more respondents from our age group.

Phil aka Tere1071

Steve, you got me, but not by much. I turned 78 this past Sunday.

Where are the 16-21 year olds? I guess vintage is not on the mind when chasing the chase cards, or perhaps the womenfolk?

Brian (I got into vintage at age 16. Go figure.)

Nice observation Brian, my guess is chasing tail. Fittingly, I believe my collecting took a break during pretty much that exact span.

I’m 37, been collecting since I can remember. Collecting vintage 17 years, or since I first signed up for eBay in 2004, junior year in college.

BTW, Thanks for an awesome site Leon!

Cheers to All (even the grumpy guys on the other end of the scale! ;) )

These were out when I was introduced to the world.

https://imgsrv.sellersourcebook.com/...jpg?1638278321

I'm the same age, but hopefully not the same condition, as this card:

Yup, exactly for me also

Leading-edge boomer at 75. This hobby has been one of the really fun things in my life, among many, and I feel lucky to have ridden the wave. Also great to see that it's not just my cohort, but clearly younger people of all ages share the same attraction to this stuff.