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Silver KingI was born in 65 and lived in Sacramento. In the 70's the A's were great and I spent a lot of time at the ballpark getting autographs. I witnessed an inside-the-park grand slam which made the Centerfold of SI and when the issue came out I was in the picture up cheering for the opposing runner to score because it was an incredible event. I purchased tons of packs of cards hoping for an A's player in each pack. One day I caught a foul ball hit by Willie McCovey (he played on the A's for 1-year). He signed the ball after the game and I was hooked on everything baseball related. I quit collecting cards in the 80's and have boxes of cards in my attic. One day I find out my great-great-grandfather "Silver King" played ball in the 1880's. For 20 years I thought I could only find him in books. Ebay came around and all of a sudden I realized I might be able to find some of his items. I have a small Silver King collection and now I've expanded to a few other cards and am now trying to figure out a way to explain my obsession with my wife.