Had a really cool experience tonight.
milbroco
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My 8 year old daughter and 5 year old son wanted to open some baseball cards. Neither of them knows anything about baseball yet but they know I collect them. I went in the attic and pulled a couple of 1989 and 1987 Topps rack packs and about 28 1990 Topps wax packs.
They started opening them and kept asking "is this a good player" or "is this a good team"? I would tell them when they got a good player like Clemens or Ripken and just watch their excitement as they said WOW....Rachel I got Roger Clemens or hey Mikey I got an all-star card. I intend to buy some cheap wax for more of these nights.
The best to watch was at different times when one of them got a duplicate of a good player they gave one to the other because they already had one. This was a really fun night.
By the way, I did look at each 1990 Topps card in case one of them were lucky enough to get the No Name Frank Thomas.......no luck though.
I will take another night like this over opening any vintage myself.........even 52 topps high number packs.
Ah....the joy of being a parent.
Thanks for reading.
Bob
They started opening them and kept asking "is this a good player" or "is this a good team"? I would tell them when they got a good player like Clemens or Ripken and just watch their excitement as they said WOW....Rachel I got Roger Clemens or hey Mikey I got an all-star card. I intend to buy some cheap wax for more of these nights.
The best to watch was at different times when one of them got a duplicate of a good player they gave one to the other because they already had one. This was a really fun night.
By the way, I did look at each 1990 Topps card in case one of them were lucky enough to get the No Name Frank Thomas.......no luck though.
I will take another night like this over opening any vintage myself.........even 52 topps high number packs.
Ah....the joy of being a parent.
Thanks for reading.
Bob
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Thanx for sharing!
Sounds like you had a great evening.
When my son was about 9, I used to set up one weekend a month at a small show - we had a great time and it didn't matter whether we made money or not.
Couple that with little league? Nothing could be better!
mike
As a party favor, the shop owner gave the kids a '87 Topps baseball pack. Alex opened the pack and then tried to eat one of the cards. He said "the package says "bubble gum cards".
Priceless.
EDITED: Sorry Mike that's an awsome pic
Very cool, Mike!