[Keith H. Thompson]

at the Javits Center, but they were given free entry passes. My twin granddaughers (age 12) and grandson (age 7) are all unusually experienced baseball fans and collectors. They have been in person to All Star games, World Series games and numerous stadiums where they see players they like and can buy relatively cheap cards. We have a local Fanatics outlet in our home town on Long Island where the management is headed by extremely competent people. Of course, that doesn't mean you can go into the store and shop for anything vintage or worthwhile. But it does provide a source of seeing where our hobby is likely to end up. For example, I bought Poppy a box of "College Players." I think about seventy bucks. I'm wincing, but I'm seeing a kid going through each one, not to see if how valuable it might be, but to read the stats on each one. Gave me hope and discouragement at the same time.