Anyone else do this....

[BranchRickey56]

Wow, I thought I was the only person crazy enough to do this!

And...I'll go you one better. Since starting collecting in 1967, I have always arranged my baseball sets by team and the teams by league. Within each league I arrange them by the standings from that year (i.e. in 1975 the Reds went first in the NL West, the Phils first in the NL East, etc.) The special cards (league leaders, World Series, All-Star cards) would go in between the two leagues and the Checklists go at the end.

And on top of that...each team is arranged based on their starting line-up: Team card first, Manager next, then the three starting outfielders followed by the infielders (in order- 1st, 2nd, SS, 3rd), the catcher and the "main" (most successful, best record, or most used) starting pitcher.

Then come the most used fielders followed by the remaining pitchers, starters then relievers and finally the multi-player cards ("Casey Teaches", "Cards Clubbers") and the multi-player rookie cards.

When I first started, I would know the line-ups every year during the season, but as I branched out into older sets this would take a lot more energy; you had to go to the library and find a baseball encyclopedia to get the info.

Now it's all easy using the internet. I've also started printing a standings page with league standings, award-winners and play-off/world series results to go at the beginning of each year's set.

Is this complusive behavior? Collector mania? A big waste of time?

[jimm]

Originally Posted by BranchRickey56

Is this complusive behavior? Collector mania? A big waste of time?

Nah, you're good

[Tomman1961]

ALR-Bishop:
I started organizing like this with my 1961 set in pages/album. All individual player cards are alphabetical. So my friends say: "Hey Tom, do you have a 1961 Roger Maris card?" Easy to find. Then I have a section of pages of only team cards-alphabetical. The Sporting News All-Stars-Alpha again. I then have the League Leaders in numerical order. Then Hi-Lights in numerical order. Because there are not so many of them. Should I put my Mantle next to Mantle All-Star? Maybe. My 1958 set I am working on has the same issue as you mention with Manager's Dream. I put all the multi-player cards near the end. Though just last week, I thought about taking a pen, and cross out the players' names on the multi player cards and then writing 'MULTI-PLAYER CARDS" on the fronts, then putting them in number order. Still wresting with this. Do I use a BIC or a Sharpie?

[ALR-bishop]

No. Just go to Office Max and get some of those little round or square white sticky things and paste them over the nonconformative areas of the cards. Then label them how you want them, in pencil in case you later change your mind on how you want them designated, or change the way you organize them

[Exhibitman]

I don't collect sets [can't stand commons] but when I get a bunch of cards from specific issues and years I try to arrange them in my albums by team, especially when Topps used a distinctive design or color scheme for each team. I guess that qualifies.

[gopherfan]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

No. Just go to Office Max and get some of those little round or square white sticky things and paste them over the nonconformative areas of the cards. Then label them how you want them, in pencil in case you later change your mind on how you want them designated, or change the way you organize them

I like this idea, but using a pencil eraser to remove the colors works better.