My First Project

[BlueCrew]

I'm not sure where to begin, so I'll just get to it. My name is Tim and I'm from Southern California. Like so many on this board, as a kid I had quite the baseball card collection. Although I was born in the 60s, my earliest recollection of collecting baseball cards began in the early 70s.

I stopped collecting around 1983 and began collecting again in 1989 and stopped around 2001. From then until now, I bought a few cards and packs, but nothing consistent.

Now in my 50s, I found myself wanting to collect again; I just wasn't sure what I wanted to collect. I'm interested in pre war cards and will acquire some when a good opportunity presents itself, but I actually feel excited when I look at cards form the 70s and even more so when I think about getting started on my first project.

I was confused on what year to collect. My first thought was 1965 Topps, but after purchasing a few cards from that year, I put that idea on hold.

Since my first cards as a kid was from the 70s, I headed in that direction. After reading a lot of great posts on this forum, I was inspired to go with 1972 Topps cards. I'm not sure if I will do a complete set, but my plan is to collect cards of every player from my favorite team.

My favorite player growing up was Ron Cey, so I will begin my first project collecting the 1972 Dodgers Team set. I also plan to purchase other non Dodgers when I find a good deal or a card I feel I have to have.

I don't plan on purchasing a lot of graded cards, but again, if I find one I want that is graded, then I'll buy it.

I'll see how this project goes, but as of today, I'm thinking about building Dodgers team sets for 1970 to 1979. We'll see.

Thanks to all of you on this board as I can honestly say, you have inspired me.

Wish me luck.

Thanks.