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[EldoEsq]

I have many hobbies that span from when I was young, but one constant has been baseball cards and autographs. I was a pretty hardcore collector in the late 80's-early 90's (like many others) collecting almost anything that was printed, including hockey, football and basketball. I collected with my buddies and we all loved it. Then when I was 17, my best collecting friend lost a 2 year battle with cancer. This hit me hard and I forgot about cards. I was completely separated from the hobby as other things occupied my mind. I went to college...then law school...then started working.

What got me back in was my mom actually. She enters contests as a hobby, and has won everything from cars to trips to cash. In 2002 I believe, she entered me into a Steiner Sports contest, where the winner got to meet former WS MVP John Wetteland. She won the contest, and I met him with my girlfriend at the time (now my wife). While I watched baseball religiously, this was my first re-exposure to the hobby in about 10 years. Since then, I have been back to stay!

[deucetwins]

Like others I got back into collecting a few years ago. My 2 twin boys and my daughter were finally old enough to be introduced to the hobby. At the age of 4, my daughter knew who Jeter, Trout, and Harper were. She loves opening packs with me.

[Bruinsfan94]

I got into collecting with my dad about 10 years ago.Went to a card show in New Haven CT and fell in love with the hobby. Even though I was only about 12 I only liked the older cards. Loved the history. We had a great time collecting together.

[ALR-bishop]

One day I was born. Over time I got old. And, in between I collected baseball cards.

[bcornell]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

One day I was born. Over time I got old. And, in between I collected baseball cards.

TMI, dude.

[Sean1125]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

One day I was born. Over time I got old. And, in between I collected baseball cards.

10/10 would read again

[brafcauknid]

My favorite current story is turning my daughters crazy organizational habits into a very special bond we share with set building/organizing sports(and some Disney) cards. My daughter is 8 and her and I don't always have a lot in common but sports cards/set building etc is one thing that has truly brought us closer together. She is verrrrrrry excited to be attending her first card show next month!

[tuckr1]

At 13 years old I was going to invest in my future in baseball cards, I still have 100 Future Star 1989 Topps Gregg Jeffries for sale if anyone is interested!!!!

[autocentral]

I got started by going through my fathers closet and finding full of baseball card albums. I thought I just discovered some treasure but it ended up just being junk wax from the 1980s. Even though it wasn't anything worth anything I fell in love with cards and from the early age of about 10 I collected non-stop.

-Nick

[zachclose21]

2001 my mom brought home a notebook full of 1986 WWF wrestling cards from a garage sale.
I have been hooked ever since.
I now collect George Brett and love vintage cards. Buy a little sell a little love reading the board and the BST side
Congrats Sean on the success and best of luck in the future
Zach

[JoeDfan]

When I was a kid, my dad had a whole room full of baseball cards. He collected since he was a kid, and had one of those old glass display cases that light up, and if you push a button, the rows would slowly revolve. I must have spent hours watching the little cards go by.
Sadly, he died when I was 23, and my step-mom sold his collection.

Today, I have my own room full of baseball stuff. And somehow the stuff just keeps on growing...