does anybody really connect with what they collect??

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Posted By: John(z28jd)

I think the fun thing about collecting the old cards is getting cards of the players i was only able to read about when i was young.I used to just sit down and read a baseball encyclopedia,so for me they actually do bring back some memories.

I do enjoy every now and then looking thru cards from the 80's-90's that i collected as a kid,and since they dont have much monetary(sic?) value theres no reason to get rid of them.

I am a big Pirates fan and last year i bought the team sets from the first 3 years i collected(81-83) for donruss,fleer and topps and then put them in plastic pages and made a display with them,so you could say i was reminiscing then.

Some of the coolest cards i have are ones i just got of my cousins fiance who played for the dodgers in the minors from 1996-2000.I went out and bought all 5 sets he was in.They will probably have sentimental value long after him and my cousin break up,because i sit at family dinners and just listen to him for hours about facing guys who are in the majors now.He owned Barry Zito btw but dont ask about Roy Oswalt