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Give one reason--just one--why you enjoy this hobby

Haven't been on here very much recently as--like Ron Burgundy--I have become a bit fed up with some aspects of the hobby.

However, I would like to feel good about sports cards again and thought perhaps you folks could help. Give one reason why this hobby brings you enjoyment.

Eyebone

"I'm not saying I'm the best manager in the world, but I'm in the top one." Brian Clough

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  • MeteoriteGuyMeteoriteGuy Posts: 7,140 ✭✭
    Great parking.
    Collecting PSA graded Steve Young, Marcus Allen, Bret Saberhagen and 1980s Topps Cards.
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  • eyeboneeyebone Posts: 1,402 ✭✭✭
    You collect those Benchwarmer cards Vito?
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  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,127 ✭✭✭


    << <i>You collect those Benchwarmer cards Vito? >>



    No, I just like to pick up chicks at card shows. There, the race track, casinos, bowling tournaments and motorcycle rallies are the best places







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  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 29,348 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The cards. Bottom line I enjoy the cards enough that I will not let some of the negative things about the hobby discourage me from collecting.
  • goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    the short one....

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  • JackWESQJackWESQ Posts: 2,133 ✭✭✭
    The cards. I've always enjoyed the cards. But more so now because I have the financial ability to buy and sell them.

    /s/ JackWESQ
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  • << <i>No, I just like to pick up chicks at card shows. There, the race track, casinos, bowling tournaments and motorcycle rallies are the best places >>



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  • BunchOBullBunchOBull Posts: 6,188 ✭✭✭
    Organizing and completing things...seriously.
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  • TJMACTJMAC Posts: 864 ✭✭
    The good memories collectiong cards evoke. It always brings me back to the simple things in life.
  • swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,911 ✭✭✭
    these forums are pretty entertaining - many colorful characters...


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  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,127 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Organizing and completing things...seriously. >>



    Bull, that's exactly why I like it. Seriously. i hate disorganization and chaos. Plus, I enjoy the time it takes to organize and complete sets. If I only collected players and not sets, I'd go crazy. I like ripping boxes to build sets.
  • calaban7calaban7 Posts: 3,002 ✭✭✭
    I collect card sets (83 & 84 Topps BB and a few more) for my younger sons. To find the cards , then buy them, takes some creativity. Lately Ebay has not been the place where these sets have grown. I've done alot of trading , which has brought me more enjoyment than buying or selling. I've been able to get the aid of "set builders" to help grow the sets. Its been nice to build relationships there as well.

    I know so many that are wrapped up in the money part ( value of sets, cost of cards, etc.... ). The economy has tanked, as well as the value of their sets. With most people experiencing a large drop in play money, its been hard for some to see cards they want, just out of reach.

    I collect simply for the enjoyment. I've got a krap load tied up in a few of my sets and do not allow myself to worry or lament whats there.

    My real hope is that my sons will like what Dad is leaving them
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  • fattymacsfattymacs Posts: 2,578 ✭✭✭
    I was gone from the hobby for nearly 20 years, my son loves the old cards and the new ones. I'm back and crazy as ever, no focus,no cares.
  • this forum
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  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It takes me back to when baseball was fun image


    Steve
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    Perkdog's Perkies


    Comradery(sp?)
  • For me it's two things:

    1) The challenge of completing sets
    2) Being able to enjoy looking at gorgeous cards

    I'm a very visual person, so the cards & sets I collect are ones I choose for their visual appeal.

    All my favorite cards are on display somewhere in my house so that I can look at them every day.
  • milbrocomilbroco Posts: 2,709 ✭✭✭
    My 7 year old sorting his cards on the floor of my card room next to me. He keeps interupting me, dad is this a good player........ how about him......does he hit a lot of home runs.........this guy hit 200 home runs, is that a lot.............
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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    lol I'll give it a shot:

    comrarderie ?


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  • chaz43chaz43 Posts: 2,128 ✭✭✭
    It is a great escape! chaz
  • GoDodgersFanGoDodgersFan Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭
    I have several:

    1. Childhood memories
    2. Going to shows and just talking to fellow collectors and also dealers
    3. Looking at cards (especially stuff I can never afford)

  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092
    Poops McGee
  • BigDaddyBowmanBigDaddyBowman Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭
    a love and appreciation for the history of the game


    is that one or two????


    oh...and as said previously...the Perkdog Perkies!
  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭
    I like getting free cards from other board members
  • I simply love busting wax.
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  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,351 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Haven't been on here very much recently >>

    Dude! How have you been!

    I think a break away from posting and the hobby sometimes is good.

    For me? Pure happiness (outside my world could be chaos).

    Nice to see you!
    mike
    Mike
  • Two reasons-

    The memories. 40 years later and I can still recall running to the neighborhood store to buy packs...popping that slab of gum into my mouth and hoping the Mick's card was somewhere in the pile.

    Sharing it with my sons. I'd love for them to have that same rush of opening a pack of baseball cards. My youngest feels the rush, it's for Pokemon cards, but it's a start.
  • ymareaymarea Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭
    The solitude.
    Brett
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Poops McGee >>



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    Neil
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  • Keeps the history of the game alive. Call me carzy too, but I like the smell of old cardboard. I know my 16 year old son thinks I am crazy. I was looking at some '33 Goudeys the other day and I smelled one, handed it to him and said "smell it." He thought I was nuts. Maybe but I love the smell of old cardboard. I like holding a card from that era and thinking about the kid who originally bought the card. Every card started somewhere. SOmetimes I wonder, how many people have owned this card?
  • trying to feel the history.
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  • honestly, i miss the gum. I loved the super sugary goodness from Topps! the new gum doesnt cut it. lol

    honestly I love the smell of old cards, vintage, outside of plastic coffins. No card produced these days comes close. Glossy/foil/holgram crap lol. you can keep it.

    I used to open 36 wax packs of topps, save the gum and chew as many as i could. heck, i'd still do it! gimme some damn gum.
  • elsnortoelsnorto Posts: 2,013
    Another vote for enjoying the history of the game and the hobby itself for that matter.

    Although I will admit, it helps channel my OCD impulses as well with the organization required to search, inventory, and store items. I really do enjoy the challenge of putting sets together... raw or graded.

    Snorto~
  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭


    << <i>The solitude. >>




    I'll second this. Cards, for me, are basically a way to kill those pesky hours between 11 pm and 2am. Without them I'd be stuck watching SportsCenter with the volume on and reading bad paperbacks.
  • The chance to enjoy something just as much now as when I was a kid with no concerns at all.



  • GuruGuru Posts: 3,127
    It's like holding a piece of history in your hand. Vintage that is.
  • CubbyCubby Posts: 2,096
    For the memories... and besides: Cards are my therapy.


    BTW: Cubby=Cub Fan
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    This forum!!
  • Looking at vintage 60's era baseball cards takes me back to a time when the skys were bluer, the clouds whiter, the grass greener...and, oh yea, when my knees didn't hurt...god I miss being a kid!!
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  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,020 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The good memories collectiong cards evoke. It always brings me back to the simple things in life. >>



    Ditto
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  • << <i>Poops McGee >>



    Definitely, lol.
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