My first article as a contributor to SABR's Baseball Cards Research Committee live!

[dbussell12]

Originally Posted by brunswickreeves

What an eloquent writeup-very enjoyable and well articulated! My favorite part:
‘…creates the community of the collective memory and trade.’

As a kid I spent countless hours that turned into years with my brother buying, organizing, and trading our cards…that time was true gold. As adults we’ve tapped back into that unbridled joy, now meeting up for card shows. Some of the most authentic friendships I have are with Net54 members and one amazing card dealer in particular.

The stewardship and care our community takes with their own collections and also earnestly helping friends/family who have zero clue about their family’s card’s value-because it’s the right thing to do, shines a bright light on humanity.

And on really hard days, one can look upon their collection or even just one card and be immediately filled with gratitude and happiness.

i love your response; thank you a lot for sharing. i'm here for tapping back into it too as adults; i hope to meet and get to know you guys a bit. new to the forum! its important to be responsible to one another - that's truly the foundation of meaningful community; cards can really be such a great way to gather and find, form, and make meaning. its powerful stuff!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by dbussell12

i love your response; thank you a lot for sharing. i'm here for tapping back into it too as adults; i hope to meet and get to know you guys a bit. new to the forum! its important to be responsible to one another - that's truly the foundation of meaningful community; cards can really be such a great way to gather and find, form, and make meaning. its powerful stuff!

A lot of us have known each other for a lot of years. The guys I know lookout for each other. Lots of good friends and I even know some by name! (I am terrible with names)

And, very well written article!
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[dbussell12]

Originally Posted by Leon

A lot of us have known each other for a lot of years. The guys I know lookout for each other. Lots of good friends and I even know some by name! (I am terrible with names)

And, very well written article!
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Thank you Leon!! I'm excited and glad to be here with everyone and sharing this love of the game and cards with you guys. Hopefully I will get a chance to get to know you and some of your friends better!

Thank you for the kind words,
David