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Originally Posted by Yoda
One of the wonders of our hobby and love of old baseball cards is the baseball knowledge we acquire and the more of it we want.
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When I started my more streamlined and focused Cubs collection in the 90s after spending the 80s chasing rookies and other "hot" cards as a kid, it was easy to include the Ron Santo, Billy Williams, and Rick Reuschel level cards.
Diving deep and expanding what I want for my personal collection led to learn a lot about minor role players with interesting careers with the Cubs like hitter-turned-pitcher Hal Jeffcoat from the late-40s into the 50s. Looking for guys like that led to even deeper dives and adding 1800s pitcher-turned-hitter George Van Haltren.
The cards brought me to the history. The hunt for history brought me more cards to add to my collection.
I enjoy that part as much as the cards, themselves.