There's a lot of reasons people collect baseball cards. Nostalgia, love for the game of baseball, love for the aspect of collecting something, some to make a profit, ect. Many different reasons. Like most people my age I collected cards as a kid (I'm an 80's baby and if you didn't collect...
This is nowhere near the collections most of you guys have, I've seen some insane collections on here (Canseco, Clark, Grace, ect.) After a nice 15 year or so hiatus I am only two years back into collecting these little cardboard things my entire childhood consisted of so this is just the start...
A little background on myself. When I was a kid baseball cards were everything to me. It's what I wanted for birthdays, Christmases, good report cards you name it. I spent all my allowance on baseball cards when my friends were out spending theirs on super nintendo and sega genesis games...
Hello fellas - I need some advice please.
Last week I bought a 1996 Pinnacle Skylines Albert Belle. It was a $15 BIN. That's probably a little much for Belle but I've wanted the card for awhile now and I didn't mind overpaying a bit. The picture of the card in the auction looked pristine...
Hello everyone! I'd like to introduce myself to all you wonderful folks here at FCB. I'm a longtime reader but new poster. Growing up there was nothing more important in my childhood then collecting baseball cards. It was my life. All I cared about. I'd save up my allowance for months to go...
Hello all! Quick background story - growing up as a kid baseball cards were my life. Even through high school & college when other kids were out partying I was home sorting through my cards. In 2005 I had the first of 5 surgeries I would have in a 7 year span. The last surgery called "lateral...