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Well, here we go. I fell in love with Baseball cards in 1987 when I was about 4 years old. I got three 1987 Topps cards with my Friendly's sundae and it was curtains after that. From about that time until 1997 (my Freshman year of high school) I was obsessed by baseball cards. They were everything to me. But, apparently baseball cards lost some of their coolness in high school.

I didn't stop collecting though, I stopped displaying my collection proudly. I wanted to be cool so I denounced them, but still secretly kept collecting. Then I discovered eBay and my millions of cardboard investments suddenly opened up a revenue stream that supported my habit quite nicely. That went on through college and into early adulthood. But, I got overwhelmed and the baseball card business (which expanded into other sports and non-sports cards) took over my life. It sucked the joy out of collecting for me. I sold all of my cards. I regret that somewhat, but I enjoyed the break.

Throughout my early years, the Beckett years (those years I bought a new magazine every month to see if one of my Gary Sheffield cards had appreciated by $.05 or depreciated by $.10) and my eBay years I collected everything. At first it was because I loved having lots and lots and lots of cards. Then it was because I wanted doubles of everything so I could trade and then it was a business strategy of low mark-up heavy volume. After burning out on eBay, I took a break. But, I missed the cards. I missed the sensation of opening up a pack. There is something quite thrilling about opening up a pack of cards, the mystery, they anticipation, the joy and the heartache of the experience.

But, after a bit of a hiatus I decided to get back in for the joy of collecting. But, being an adult and having responsibilities and limited space I decided to have a more targeted approach. I decided to collect only the Hall of Famers. But, the draw of the pack still called to me.  I figured I'd buy packs from time to time (because that's some of the fun of collecting, the unknown). But, that doesn't always lead to a hall of famer, so it was wasted money in terms of the pay out for my collection. So, in addition I collect all the Orioles and keep them. Everything else I can discard, though I haven't found an effective way as of yet. So hopefully this blog will help in that too.

But, I don't want to recreate the stress of operating an eBay business. So, I'll put up lists on here to either trade or sell cards, but I'm not here to make money. I'm mostly here to show off what I've collected and find like minded individuals who I can nerd out with from time to time. So hit me up if you see something you like. Fill me in on somethings that I'm missing out on. If you have something that you think would interest me let me know. I'm always on the lookout for completing my unending project!

Currently, I have at least one of every current member of the Hall of Fame. I'm proud of that. Some I have a whole lot more of and some I still only have the 1 card. But, since I'm setting this up as a digital museum the purpose of this is for me to have a way of displaying and showing off my card collection like I did when I was a kid, only now through technology. That said, while I'm sure you won't enjoy this as much as me, I hope some of you can get a kick out of this little site.