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Posted By: Jeremy

I collect the Nashville team. Whether it be the Nashville Sounds(78-Current) or the Old Nashville Vols(1901-1964), collecting the city I have grown up in and lived my entire life is pretty rewarding. I starting collecting Nashville Sounds Team sets as a boy... They started strong out of the gate in 1978, and with in just a few short years Willie McGee and Donnie Baseball came through among several other's that made being a Sounds fan a blast. I remember Jordan Mania when he was in AA ball with B'Ham and the games would be sold out when he came to town to face off against our AA team (Nashville had 2 teams for a couple of years fielding Double A and a Triple A Team) I remember sneaking in my Hitachi 8mm video camera and taping MJ's every move in RF, including his AB's as well. I had tix on the front row in RF and burned a few hours of the NBA Legend in spikes. As a collector, I have been all over the board, and about 4 years years ago I started selling off my HOF collection. (I think I was down to about 14 HOF players or so) I was wanting to pursue my Nashville theme a little more so I started buying T210's, then into T211's, and so on. Fast Forward 4 years later and I still am as passionate about the Nashville Southern League stuff as ever. (Just dog gone hard to find, but the wait is worth it...) This has been my most rewarding collecting venture and I don't see any end in sight as I still am trying to complete every known card of a Nashville player. Seems like a lofty goal, but there really are not that many types out there, but of the types, they are certainly rare. I think the T210's set the passion on fire and followed up with the Red Sun's and the T213 Coupon's, I became totally hooked. I also have enjoyed the Caramel side of Nashville with Colgans Chips. I have recently been putting together Hindu's. I certainly lack some from every Type, and I have also been acquiring Bats,Balls,Photo's, and have recently acquired a very rare 1908 Team PC from a board member that depicts the Championship team of the Southern league from that year. (Probably my pinnacle piece). I collect mostly on the pre-war side, and I am still in search of a 19th century cabinet, cdv, photo of a Nashville team or player... Also I still lack 4 team sets from the Sounds so my collecting of Music City will keep me busy for some time, but also keep my budget in check as so far for 2009, I have only acquired one piece. A E270 Red Border... My ultimate goal with these cards is to eventually display them via a website. Simply to share with other Town/City collector's.

~ Jeremy ~