Not a baseball fan - but still a collector who loves the hobby

[WillowGrove]

Interesting thread.

I guess I'm all baseball - history, collecting, playing (softball), and keeping up with the daily box scores (Rotisserie baseball).

Okay, so i stopped playing last year at 46 but in my mind I still play.


So when my team (Mets) let me down, I have the rest of MLB thanks to my Roball league. And when they're tanking I have my collection. And when buying and selling is slow due to being busy or low on funds, I have this awesome forum and my library of books.

It's been interesting to read about collectors who don't really follow today's game. I can understand it totally. If I didn't have to keep up with the players I would consider moving away from today's game because I am tired of seeing so many players yammering with the other team during the game. They're the enemy, why are you giggling with them down at second???

Also when I was a kid at a show and the dealer didn't know much about the player I was buying a card of, I thought that was weird. "You've got all these cards, I'm buying your Chuck Klein but you didn't know about his awesome 1930 season?" But I was young then.

But hey - it's sport. And it's a hobby. So enjoy it however you would like.

peter