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

[DHogan]

I don't follow any sports. I collect baseball cards for something to do in my limited spare time. The only thing I've ever sold was a 1986 Topps wax box. Now with a good paying job. I can buy some of the cards I've watched pass me by.

[cdn_collector]

Through and through, I'm a baseball fan. That can be especially tough here in Canada where sports stations spend ten minutes having hockey analysis break down the umpteenth straight day of the NHL lockout before spending 3 minutes flashing random tweets on the screen to report a 12-player trade involving the Blue Jays.

As a previous poster said, other sports are filler between seasons. Because I have limited time to watch games (live or on tv) like I used to, I do find myself doing a lot more reading in my down time (just to be away from a tv or computer screen) which is making me more of a fan of the history of the game.

And as much as I'd love to actually be playing the game, too, I tend to gravitate towards volleyball and basketball as it seems to be easier to trick people into thinking you've still got it after all these years...


Regards,

Richard.

[markf31]

Originally Posted by cdn_collector

That can be especially tough here in Canada where sports stations spend ten minutes having hockey analysis break down the umpteenth straight day of the NHL lockout before spending 3 minutes flashing random tweets on the screen to report a 12-player trade involving the Blue Jays.

That is a little humorous, as I mentioned in my OP I am a pretty big hockey fan, and here in the states hockey gets next to no coverage at all from the major sports networks. ESPN is more concerned about what Lebron James ate for lunch and what time Alex Rodriguez plans to take a nap this afternoon, than anything remotely resemlbing coverage of hockey or the NHL, even when there is no lockout.