Terrific baseball card story from ESPN today

[davidb]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...ds-coronavirus

Enjoy!

[statsfax]

This was a wonderful piece! I'm sure we can all relate to both the uncertainty of what to do with our collections and the fragility of life itself. Thanks for the heads-up!

[Bigdaddy]

Thanks for sharing the link - great story. While I don't resonate with all the things he expressed in the column, I certainly do with this:

"I've found one of the most disorienting things about quarantine is the loss of chapter breaks in my life. I never realized the value of walking from my work desk to the ESPN cafeteria, or the half-hour ride from work to home, to disconnect from the previous chapter within every day. Right now, everything feels like one big run-on sentence."

That thought had just crystallized in my mind last week, but in much less poetic terms. I've got three kids at home now (two back from college and one high-schooling it from home) and everything does 'feel like one big run-on sentence'.

[judgebuck]

Very nice story.

[carlsonjok]

I think the advice of ""Don't live in the wreckage of your future" really resonated with me. I tend to focus more of my energy on the unknown future and worry. It is a good reminder to not ignore my present blessings.

[Exhibitman]

"a card collection is a magic carpet that takes you away from work-a-day cares to havens of relaxing quietude where you can relive the pleasures and adventures of a past day – brought to life in vivid picture and prose.”
--Jefferson Burdick