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RandomH
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My girlfriend’s dad is a big Cincinnati sports nut. He’s a really great guy and we always talk about sports, mainly baseball. As a lifelong diehard Cubs fan and their family being all hardcore Reds fans it’s not easy talking sports at there house! We sometimes jokingly clash and I usually end up with my tail between my legs trying to somehow justify the current team we have. We recently went to a Reds vs Cubs game and I nearly caught a Scott Feldman HR. The Cubs still managed to lose.
Anyway, we recently went out to dinner and we were talking about baseball cards and how he’s devastated that his mom threw his away back in the day. He seemed really interested in cards and thought it was really cool I collected. He kept asking me questions about cards to the dismay of my girlfriend and her mom who seemed to just be overloaded with card talk lol. Anyway like two weeks later I’m back at their house and we’re watching TV. My girlfriend kind of disappears for a while and calls my name. She hands me a padded mailer and says that her dad got this for me. She says he got this for me and she has no idea what it is. I had no idea and was totally kind of caught off guard, 2 seconds before I was watching restaurant impossible. I open it really confused and out comes this:
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Instantly, I recognized what it was and seriously almost fainted. I couldn’t even speak. A freaking 1954 Topps Ernie Banks PSA 4 rookie card! Seriously, I could have never even imagined owning such a piece in my collection. It’s such a beautiful card and the colors are so vibrant and nice. I’m going to hold on to this card forever and It will totally now be the jewel in my card collection.
The funniest thing ever was how my girlfriend had no idea why I was acting so weird. Her dad sighed with relief when I thanked him seeing how I liked it. Such a generous awesome gift and I thought I would show the card and the story with you guys. I apologize for the crappy pic, my scanner has recently been all screwed up.
Thanks!
Anyway, we recently went out to dinner and we were talking about baseball cards and how he’s devastated that his mom threw his away back in the day. He seemed really interested in cards and thought it was really cool I collected. He kept asking me questions about cards to the dismay of my girlfriend and her mom who seemed to just be overloaded with card talk lol. Anyway like two weeks later I’m back at their house and we’re watching TV. My girlfriend kind of disappears for a while and calls my name. She hands me a padded mailer and says that her dad got this for me. She says he got this for me and she has no idea what it is. I had no idea and was totally kind of caught off guard, 2 seconds before I was watching restaurant impossible. I open it really confused and out comes this:
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Instantly, I recognized what it was and seriously almost fainted. I couldn’t even speak. A freaking 1954 Topps Ernie Banks PSA 4 rookie card! Seriously, I could have never even imagined owning such a piece in my collection. It’s such a beautiful card and the colors are so vibrant and nice. I’m going to hold on to this card forever and It will totally now be the jewel in my card collection.
The funniest thing ever was how my girlfriend had no idea why I was acting so weird. Her dad sighed with relief when I thanked him seeing how I liked it. Such a generous awesome gift and I thought I would show the card and the story with you guys. I apologize for the crappy pic, my scanner has recently been all screwed up.
Thanks!
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