Cheery Sunday Morning Thoughts

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Is collecting little cardboard pictures and photographs of dead guys some kind of charade that is designed to dilute the idea of death? Like we keep these guys alive somehow and maybe someday someone will keep us alive forever? As long as someone is collecting your card and talking about how great you were in the prime of your life you never really die right?

Carry on. Have a cheery Sunday.

That gets me thinking that I want to recreate this for my personal life. I should create a trading card set for my life going forward - one card for each year. I will hand them out to my family and loved ones each year. When I pass they can remember me in a fun way. Not just a a photograph, but something that is designed as a trading card. I think my family and friends who know I collect would appreciate it (or maybe they will throw it away). I wish I had thought of this sooner - I only have so many playing years left!

[brunswickreeves]

For me at the root of collecting, it’s about community. As a kid, I really wasn’t pursuing a card as much as I was something fun to share with my brother, and then my close friends. I texted my wife from The Boston Show yesterday saying ‘These are my people!’ So as an adult while the cards have grown in value and my collecting/upgrading is a family pursuit, it’s still the same for me: building friendships and relationships around a shared purpose, and in a way, that’s what baseball has always done-bring people together.