My first baseball card!

Sethro

One day after Nursery School I went over to a classmate's house (a little girl named Beth) to hang out and do whatever four-year-olds do. When it was time to go and we were at the door, Beth asked me if I wanted some baseball cards. I had no idea what baseball cards were, but I said sure. There was a bucket next to the door, the kind kids play with at the beach, and Beth reached into the bucket and gave me a handful of cards. I had never seen a baseball card before, but I was instantly hooked! Here is one of those original cards:





Does anyone else remember their first card(s), or even have a scan of it? Would be pretty cool to see them!

YogiBerraFan

My original cards are long gone. My mom must have thrown them out at sometime but in her defense they probably looked about as bad as yours.

GB5HOF

PSA 8????? 9??????

jimmyg

Long story short: a pack of '81 Topps my dad bought me after a T-ball game. Long story long is here.

jeffcbay

Here's my first baseball card. It was given to me by my step-brother in the summer of 1985 (I was 8). He was getting ready to leave for the Army (where he would spend his next 24 years serving), and he gave my brother and I all of his baseball cards. They ranged from 1977 to 1984. This Ripken card already had the writing on it, and it was pretty beat up. I've kept it in my wallet for about the last 18 years. Oddly enough, I still don't have this card in PSA 10.

Sethro

PSA 8????? 9??????

Probably 8 I guess. Centering L/R seems off and I believe there is a bit of a tilt there too.


Great start already! Keep them coming!

Ironmanfan

<< <i>Here's my first baseball card. It was given to me by my step-brother in the summer of 1985 (I was 8). He was getting ready to leave for the Army (where he would spend his next 24 years serving), and he gave my brother and I all of his baseball cards. They ranged from 1977 to 1984. This Ripken card already had the writing on it, and it was pretty beat up. I've kept it in my wallet for about the last 18 years. Oddly enough, I still don't have this card in PSA 10.

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Jeff:

That's a great card/story.....In case you are interested, Cal told me that the picture on the card was taken in West Palm Beach, FL during Spring Training 1981.........

IMF

fiveniner

Either1958 Topps Frank Zupo or Billy Martin

scmavl

1981 Donruss Ron Oester. I'm going to look in my old toy box next time I visit my parents because who knows, it may still be in there.

divecchia

That's a nice story of your first baseball card. It looks like the Gibson was well loved...

My first cards are long gone. They were tossed out many years ago.

Thanks for sharing...Donato

ajw

<< <i>Here's my first baseball card. It was given to me by my step-brother in the summer of 1985 (I was 8). He was getting ready to leave for the Army (where he would spend his next 24 years serving), and he gave my brother and I all of his baseball cards. They ranged from 1977 to 1984. This Ripken card already had the writing on it, and it was pretty beat up. I've kept it in my wallet for about the last 18 years. Oddly enough, I still don't have this card in PSA 10.

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I think yours is way better than anything stuck inside a piece of plastic...

Dboneesq

My first cards were probably from ~1964, when I was 6 years old. However, I do not really remember them. What I do remember was going to the store and buying nickel wax packs in 1967. Once in a while I even splurged and bought a cello for a dime. Unfortunately those cards are LONG GONE!

To the OP - I would get that card slabbed as AUTHENTIC and make sure I had it for the rest of my collecting days. Pretty kewl to have your first card!

dpuccio

My first pack yielded this beauty on the top which was perfect because I had just "decided" that I was going to be a Red Sox fan. I still remember my dad bought the pack for $.25 at Bobs Variety Store (Eat Here, Get Gas).

Sethro

To the OP - I would get that card slabbed as AUTHENTIC and make sure I had it for the rest of my collecting days. Pretty kewl to have your first card!

I have thought about that off and on, but I like being able to touch it. I don't have much of anything (can't think of anything actually) from my childhood. It's nice to be able to hold something that I owned over 35 years ago, especially a baseball card.