My dad did marketing for Modell's Sporting Goods during the '80s and '90s, and we used to get free box seats to Phillies, Mets and Yankees games whenever we wanted them. I was a huge Don Mattingly fan, and even before the numbered cards began around 1993, by the late '80s, I couldn't keep up with all the Mattingly cards that were being produced each year. I tried. It was impossible. It pushed me right out of collecting for a few years, but ultimately led to vintage card collecting, so who knows? Maybe it will happen that way for others coming of age now.
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