What is the first Baseball Card or Set you Remember?

[Sterling Sports Auctions]

I was six years in 1970 and started buying packs. I remember seeing a cello pack and wishing I had quarter to buy one. Dimes were hard enough to come by in those days. :-)

We had a small corner grocery store 4 blocks from our house, when ever I had a dime, it was off to the store!!! I knew ever store in town that sold sports cards in case my store ran out when I had enough money to buy a pack. My month went to high school with Jerry Koosman so he was always on the top of our hope to get list.

Very fond memories of my childhood.

[Mark]

first cards that I collected: Post cereal cards from 1962. I couldn't yet read, but I loved me those cards! I admit that the cuts on the cards are not always very clean, but I still like having them.

First packs that I remember seeing and that were bought for me were some Cello packs in the winter of 63-64. Still got them all, too.

[Pilot172000]

1990 Topps-Walt Weiss of the Oakland As was my first baseball card. Friend gave it to me on the bus. Immediately after that, I went to the Piggly Wiggly and bought an arm full of 1990 Upper Deck, Topps, Donruss and Score sets. It was all over then.

[jakebeckleyoldeagleeye]

1965 Topps and how great the Cardinals and Yankee cards looked.

[esd10]

My first pack was 1987-88 topps from big bear supermarket but what got me started was my neighbor who gave me a shoe box full of mid 80's topps baseball

[kailes2872]

My first baseball memory was Reggie's 3HR game in the 77 world series as a 5 year old. The next year, I got my first baseball cards and the 78 Reggie was a mythical, larger than life card that I still love to look at - even though the '80 Reggie looked very similarly. I only had a few from '79 before getting elbows deep in '80. That was the first set that I got complete. I used to play with those cards so much, the corners were rounded and they looked a bit oval.

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by kailes2872

the 78 Reggie was a mythical, larger than life card

Close to a perfect card, with the AS logo and bended knee.

[jiw98]

1970 baseball.I probably purchased 20 packs over the summer.
My first packs though were 1969 football. I continued with football packs over the next few years and have many of those childhood purchases in my completed football sets from 69 to 72.