Does anyone only collect one player?

[whiteymet]

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[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by whiteymet

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Fred,

That’s just AWESOME!!

[Mark70Z]

I’m the oddball; exclusively collect Brooks Robinson. Like Howard mentioned above with Clemente I collect pretty much everything Brooksie related, but only collect playing era cards. I do have a few modern cards, but just if they are attractive and relatively inexpensive (usually when I’m in a dry spell).

I do pick up displayable Orioles memorabilia from time to time, but that’s about it.

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Fred,

That’s just AWESOME!!

Thanks Mark. Yeah I go a little crazy with my Ashburn collection as you saw in the photos on my Flickr page.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by whiteymet

Thanks Mark. Yeah I go a little crazy with my Ashburn collection as you saw in the photos on my Flickr page.

Yeah; I “think” I FINALLY found someone worse than me.

[gustomania]

Thanks for all the inputs gents. I've been wondering if I was crazy wanting to ONLY focus on Koufax, and it seems many have a main PC and then some things to the side.

My problem has always been I get side tracked buy things I think I like and then another Koufax comes around (probably a duplicate) and yet I still would rather have a duplicate copy.....I guess I probably am answering my own question knowing that I simply like collecting Koufax cards from his playing days!

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by gustomania

Thanks for all the inputs gents. I've been wondering if I was crazy wanting to ONLY focus on Koufax, and it seems many have a main PC and then some things to the side.

My problem has always been I get side tracked buy things I think I like and then another Koufax comes around (probably a duplicate) and yet I still would rather have a duplicate copy.....I guess I probably am answering my own question knowing that I simply like collecting Koufax cards from his playing days!

Once I decided to collect only one player I never went back. That’s what I enjoy finding and obtaining. Selling other items I don’t really regret and I don’t think I’ve sold any Brooksie items (gave some away), but I just enjoy those and don’t loose interest in what I have obtained. Seems like you feel the same way with Koufax. Also, I collect more than cards so the search is wider even though just one player.

[Bestdj777]

I just collect Mantle. Forget how many I have but probably around 500 cards including duplicates.

[mrmopar]

I may have missed it, but do you have the Pacific Trading Cards Baseball Legends wrapper with him on it? it's not a tough find, but he is not named. You just had to know it was him, based on the card from the set.

I can't find an image of the wrapper at the moment, but it is of this card. If you need one, I have several stashed away somewhere and would be happy to give you one.

Originally Posted by whiteymet

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[mrmopar]

I guess I was not looking hard enough...just found an unopened pack on ebay

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by mrmopar

I guess I was not looking hard enough...just found an unopened pack on ebay

Hi Curt:

Yeah, I have it. He also is surprisingly on the a 1973 Topps tub with the players on the lid. 11 Years AFTER Ashburn retired.

They use an image of his 60 Topps Tattoo on the tub along with Drysdale!

[deweyinthehall]

As a life-long Boston fan, I have individual player collections of Dwight Evans and Jim Rice, along with a guy who in many ways has become my favorite Sox of all time - Tim Wakefield.

I also collect one other guy - George Will wrote a column in the Washington Post (my local paper at the time) about 30 years ago about a player he suggested epitomized professionalism and dedication to craft in baseball, and who referred to himself simply as a 'professional catcher' - Jamie Quirk. I was so impressed I followed Oakland box scores during the last couple years of his career to see how he was doing. Never met the guy, don't know all that much about him - but the fact he hung on and kept contributing long after many others would have hung it up impressed me greatly. So, I also have a Jamie Quirk collection.

[philo98]

Collect Clemente and Ryne Sandberg. Clemente as the company I work for is based in Pittsburgh and thought I would collect some "local" things, and Sandberg as he was my favorite player as a kid and I named my son after him. Due to unfortunate events, my son lives on the opposite side of the world and Ryno has helped bridge that gap by sending some personalized items for my son and helping increase his interest in baseball in a country that does not have baseball.

[mybestbretts]

I collect George Brett - Have other cards but only serious collection is Brett and also Brett type 1 photos .