Why do you collect baseball cards?

[almostdone]

I always love the thought that there is some old timer out there somewhere that at one point got excited (or upset) that he got this card out of the pack. I mean I know it sound simple but every card was a mystery to someone until the popped that pack.

I love to think think that maybe they thought "Yes! I love this guy" or "Oh man! This guy sucks!" or more often than not "Who the heck is this guy?".

No matter what the response I not hold that same card in my hand decades later and probably decades from now someone who I'll never meet will hold the came card in thier hand and think the same thing.

Drew

[tcdyess]

Some great reasons posted many of which are similiar to mine. The love and appreciation of the game of baseball, its ties to our history and its evolution with our culture, the community of collectors sharing stories and helping one another (sometimes), my desire to know as much about my team as possible and hold a connection to its past, and my wish to have something to pass down to my grandchildren (when and if I have any) that will show them a link to myself and what I love.

Hope that's not too corny...

Tim