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Randy Shields
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So after taking almost a 6 year hiatus from sportscards and being pretty much out of the hobby completely, I've recently returned to collecting and selling baseball cards and some memorabilia. Basically in a nutshell I got burned out, that and the fact that the time that is involved in cards and especially in "prospecting" was taking away time from my 3 daughters who needed that time much more than cardboard did.
However, with my work being slow and my daughters all being teenagers now, I NEED AN OUTLET again!! Although I must say that with 2 of them dating it is rather difficult to balance a weapon in 1 hand and sportscards in the other.
I know there's a lot of new people on here since I've been away, so just a quick rundown on me. I signed on about 1999 or so on the old Beckett messageboards, of which this site eventually spawned from for various reasons and was started by Chris and John. Back in the old Beckett days though believe it or not, most people actually used their real names, at least back in the early onset of it ...that was just pretty much the norm. And it was a great site to be on with quite the cast of colorful characters. Unfortunately over time though there was a significant decline mainly because of Beckett administrators heavy-handed changes to the site which led to most simply departing and coming over here in 2008 after Freedom was started. Yes indeed, we needed our freedom back.
Anyhoo, I don't post a ton and don't want this post to be any kind of "grand" re-entrance, but I hope to be more involved now and as always this site has always been a wealth of information.
So hello to those who don't know me and hello again to those who do!
Cheers!
However, with my work being slow and my daughters all being teenagers now, I NEED AN OUTLET again!! Although I must say that with 2 of them dating it is rather difficult to balance a weapon in 1 hand and sportscards in the other.
I know there's a lot of new people on here since I've been away, so just a quick rundown on me. I signed on about 1999 or so on the old Beckett messageboards, of which this site eventually spawned from for various reasons and was started by Chris and John. Back in the old Beckett days though believe it or not, most people actually used their real names, at least back in the early onset of it ...that was just pretty much the norm. And it was a great site to be on with quite the cast of colorful characters. Unfortunately over time though there was a significant decline mainly because of Beckett administrators heavy-handed changes to the site which led to most simply departing and coming over here in 2008 after Freedom was started. Yes indeed, we needed our freedom back.
Anyhoo, I don't post a ton and don't want this post to be any kind of "grand" re-entrance, but I hope to be more involved now and as always this site has always been a wealth of information.
So hello to those who don't know me and hello again to those who do!
Cheers!