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blanning71
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Hey, I'm curious to know what the one card is that got you hooked on this hobby. I would like to hear a great story behind the card and if you have a pic that would be great! I'll share mine of course.......
My cousin used to be a big Cal Ripken, Jr. collector and I was a huge collector of Don Mattingly. When he and I would get together at my grandparents house, we would go up to the corner store, The Handi Pik, and buy packs of 88 and 89 Donruss. Any Ripkens or O's cards I pulled would go to him, and any Mattingly or Yankees cards would go to me. It never failed though. Every time I would hit the Rip and he would hit the Donnie Baseball card. Those packs really got me started as a serious collector.
Now for THE card that really got me hooked. For Christmas in 89, my dad took me to the local cardshop/batting cages(Greensboro Batting Center--now Cards at the Cages). My first mainstream card was a Don Mattingly Team Checklist card from 89 Upper Deck. I loved looking at the hologram on the back of the card. I remember sitting on the pullout couch bed at my dads house in the dark, just twirling the Mattingly card and twisting it,even in the dark so that the hologram would catch the few lights on at night. It was an awesome card.
I have borrowed the scan from ebay as I dont' have one of my card that I own.
Lets see yours.
EDIT!! As a special holiday treat, the staff at FCB will be judging the best stories and the very BEST story willl win a $50 Ebay gift card!!! Everyone is encouraged to participate and please mention this to your friends on here! I want to see a ton of entries! Good luck and lets hear your story!
My cousin used to be a big Cal Ripken, Jr. collector and I was a huge collector of Don Mattingly. When he and I would get together at my grandparents house, we would go up to the corner store, The Handi Pik, and buy packs of 88 and 89 Donruss. Any Ripkens or O's cards I pulled would go to him, and any Mattingly or Yankees cards would go to me. It never failed though. Every time I would hit the Rip and he would hit the Donnie Baseball card. Those packs really got me started as a serious collector.
Now for THE card that really got me hooked. For Christmas in 89, my dad took me to the local cardshop/batting cages(Greensboro Batting Center--now Cards at the Cages). My first mainstream card was a Don Mattingly Team Checklist card from 89 Upper Deck. I loved looking at the hologram on the back of the card. I remember sitting on the pullout couch bed at my dads house in the dark, just twirling the Mattingly card and twisting it,even in the dark so that the hologram would catch the few lights on at night. It was an awesome card.
I have borrowed the scan from ebay as I dont' have one of my card that I own.
Lets see yours.
EDIT!! As a special holiday treat, the staff at FCB will be judging the best stories and the very BEST story willl win a $50 Ebay gift card!!! Everyone is encouraged to participate and please mention this to your friends on here! I want to see a ton of entries! Good luck and lets hear your story!
