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spcollector

Active member
Nov 11, 2009
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Re: Contest for 1 Slot in '10/'11 Bowman Draft Break

Appreciate the Contest! Here's my Top 10:

1. Childhood memories brought back
2. Something to talk about with fellow collectors
3. It makes the games more fun to watch
4. Watching prospects come up the ladder
5. Sweet Autos
6. Discussing 90s inserts with my best friend
7. It's exciting to land a card you've been looking for
8. Buying huge lots and piecing them off
9. Trading what you don't want for what you do
10. Posting a card on Ebay and watching the bids come in
 

hoos

New member
Sep 30, 2011
251
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Alaska
Re: Contest for 1 Slot in '10/'11 Bowman Draft Break

1. Shared excitement and conversation with my 7 and 5 year old boys;
2. Staying linked with Seattle sports as the Army moves us around the world;
3. Childhood memories of collecting and selling at card show tables with my dad;
4. Challenge of piecing together a 1955 Topps set around the Clemente RC I picked up at the Seattle Pike Place Market as an 11 year old;
5. Friends (and/or enablers) at the LCS at this duty station;
6. Trying to approximate some of the pressure of being a baseball scout by prospecting;
7. Finding super-sweet deals for the PC on ebay;
8. Excitement and pain of AIC breaks;
9. Breaking/warring boxes and trading with friends; and,
10. Escaping work/family for a bit at night by sorting massive amounts of base cards while watching a game.
 

Nimster

New member
Oct 9, 2008
12
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Re: Contest for 1 Slot in '10/'11 Bowman Draft Break

1. The Team Collectors
2. The Angels
3. Andrew's Generosity
4. The Countless Friendships
5. Annual Team Collectors Conventions
6. Topps Heritage
7. Stale Gum
8. Endless Supply of AJ Pierzynski Beer Coasters
9. Canadian Skill Testing Questions
10. Cruise Ship Jokes
 

bigsmoke

New member
Apr 4, 2011
22
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Re: Contest for 1 Slot in '10/'11 Bowman Draft Break

1) Coming back to the hobby after 20 years and getting hooked again
2) I'm addicted to Gambling and this is another way to get my fix
3) Atlanta Braves, Hawks, & Falcons
4) LOVE busting WAX!!!
5) Started my PC (after selling ALL of my cards 20 years ago)
6) Buying & Selling on EBAY
7) Looking through FORUMS all hours of the day & night
8) Pulling some MOJO from box breaks
9) Keeps me up to date on MLB, NBA & NFL
10) Trying to find the funds needed to get my next fix


Thx for the contest.... would love to see more!!!
 

RandomH

Active member
Re: Contest for 1 Slot in '10/'11 Bowman Draft Break

1. The cards
2.the memories
3.the thrill of a huge hit
4. the pack ripping
5. the value
6. prospecting!
7. Sick Cubs Cards
8. Super SP Pulls
9 The wonderful members at FCB
10. the tons of basecards
 

The Third Eye

New member
Aug 26, 2008
1,209
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The Fox Valley
Re: Contest for 1 Slot in '10/'11 Bowman Draft Break

1. Nostalgia
2. Cracking wax
3. Friends online and off
4. Prospecting
5. Team collecting
6. Player collecting
7. Finding the great deals
8. Cardboard savings account
9. Keeps me out of trouble
10. Andrew's contests

Thanks Andrew.
 

Ghumbs

Member
Oct 3, 2011
992
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Seattle, WA
Re: Contest for 1 Slot in '10/'11 Bowman Draft Break

1 Nostalgia
2 Baseball
3 Collecting with friends
4 Thrill of the hunt
5 Rare cards
6 Card design
7 Sometimes, increasingly rarely, opening wax
8 Organizing
9 Thinking about where the hobby should go
10 FCB :grouphug:
 

Jus Chrome

New member
Sep 25, 2008
136
0
Re: Contest for 1 Slot in '10/'11 Bowman Draft Break

Thanks for the contest Andrew.

My top 10.

1.Plain and simple. Best Hobby of all-time!
2.It's just fun.
3.Love Baseball and the history of the game.
4.Keeps me young and brings me back to my childhood days.
5.Something new everytime keeps me from leaving the hobby.
6.Gets me as close to the game as I can get other than the TV or going to a game.
7.I can build many houses using cardboard.
8.It earned me the KDC Title (Knock Down Champion) when I was a kid. Needless to say those never went to BGS or PSA for grading.
9.Cardboard sounds like a motorcycle.... in my bike spokes.
10.Good Firewood.
 

emarc27

New member
Oct 6, 2010
400
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NYC-->St. Louis
Re: Contest for 1 Slot in '10/'11 Bowman Draft Break

1- Opening Wax
2- Cards of my favorite players
3- Learning about new players (prospects especially)
4- FCB
5- Card Shows
6- Organizing my cards
7- Huge pulls
8- Talking to fellow collectors at my LCS about the hobby
9- Looking through cards from when I was younger and the memories they bring back
10- The stale bubble gum
 

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