Baseball cards

[Cdaniel]

Does anyone still collect them. My youngest has been home sick and his Papa surprised him with a Tops set. We had a lot of fun looking through the cards and getting them organized and started putting them in a binder. Must of spent a good couple hours and still not done. My back was pretty wrecked after we decided to put them down for the night. It was really cool seeing him light up seeing his favorite players. Took me back to my youth.

[wopphil]

I hate what has happened to baseball cards. When I was a kid, a pack cost a couple dollars and had 20+ cards. Now a pack costs $23 and has 4 "high gloss" cards.

[gotbeer]

I hate what has happened to baseball cards. When I was a kid, a pack cost a couple dollars and had 20+ cards. Now a pack costs $23 and has 4 "high gloss" cards.

 

yup.  No one makes baseball cards anymore.  They only make collectable cards. 

 

It's just too bad no company can make a set of cards with stats and pictures of every player in each league like old times.  When you would have a series 1, and as people got traded add them to series 2, and so on.  I think Topps sets would end up with like series 7 or 8 and have over 800 cards in the set. 

 

But now with rights, it is not profitable to do such sets, and they go for the limited, big bucks card packs that kids and most adults can't afford. 

[Cdaniel]

The set my kid got was over 700 cards.

[Jay]

I think it was like 10 cents for a pack of 5 or 10 cards with bubble gum, I can't remember.  That would have been back in late 60's early 70's.  Still have them though.

[Yellow Balloon]

My biggest thrill was ripping open that bubblegum wrapper and finding which cards I had.  Sure, it might have contained that third Eric Soderholm or that fourth Ron Fairly, but you never knew when you'd hit on a Reggie Jackson or Johnny Bench.  I miss those days.

[Jay]

There were some cards you had three of and those would be inserted into the spokes of the bicycle wheel and held in place with a clothes pin.

[Cdaniel]

My biggest thrill was ripping open that bubblegum wrapper and finding which cards I had. Sure, it might have contained that third Eric Soderholm or that fourth Ron Fairly, but you never knew when you'd hit on a Reggie Jackson or Johnny Bench. I miss those days.

This! I remember saving up my money to buy upper deck in hopes to get the Ken Griffey rookie card.

[Cdaniel]

There were some cards you had three of and those would be inserted into the spokes of the bicycle wheel and held in place with a clothes pin.

I used empty Coke cans

[Angel Dog and Beer]

One of my best memories as a kid was taking my allowance I made from chores, and walking to the corner store with my best friend to buy a pack or two of cards. We'd get back to my house and sit on the floor and decide how and who we're going to trade with.  I have two boxes worth of cards, mainly from the mid to late 80's which unfortunately I don't think are worth much right now.  Maybe next year I'll pull them down from the attic and flip through them with my kids.

[Erstad Grit]

I remember being so angry. I bought 1987 Tops packs and I finally got a Mcgwire rookie but it was the top card and it was damaged from that chalkboard gum. 

[Cdaniel]

One of my best memories as a kid was taking my allowance I made from chores, and walking to the corner store with my best friend to buy a pack or two of cards. We'd get back to my house and sit on the floor and decide how and who we're going to trade with. I have two boxes worth of cards, mainly from the mid to late 80's which unfortunately I don't think are worth much right now. Maybe next year I'll pull them down from the attic and flip through them with my kids.

I want to do that as well. I have probably over 20k cards and I need to get binders for them all.

[Cdaniel]

I remember being so angry. I bought 1987 Tops packs and I finally got a Mcgwire rookie but it was the top card and it was damaged from that chalkboard gum.

His USA card? I have that one.

[halonatic13]

I don't mind how they do it now at all.  You can still buy the cheapy ones, but I love that they have limited cards.  Sure some packs cost 30 bucks.  In those 30 bucks u can find a $1000 card.  

[HeavenlyHalos]

I once pulled a Magic Johnson autographed reprint in a pack of Topps. The odds were 1:7,500 packs. I was around 10 or so at the time and was ****ing thrilled for weeks. I still have that card somewhere. I miss the simplicity of youth.

[Erstad Grit]

favorite card ever.......the Bo Jackson with a bat and football shoulder pads

[Guest]

I have a mint Luis Polonia card if anyone is interested.

[ABC]

I hate what has happened to baseball cards. When I was a kid, a pack cost a couple dollars and had 20+ cards. Now a pack costs $23 and has 4 "high gloss" cards.

 

WTF. Seriously?

[HeavenlyHalos]

That is an exaggeration. There are some high priced brands that you have to pay that much for, but there are also your cheap packs out there still too. Next time you are in Target, go ahead and take a look.

[Adam]

I don't mind how they do it now at all.  You can still buy the cheapy ones, but I love that they have limited cards.  Sure some packs cost 30 bucks.  In those 30 bucks u can find a $1000 card.  

 

A $1000 card that no one will buy

[CaliAngel]

Once got a Michael Jordan baseball card swinging a bat in a White Sox uniform, probably one of the cooler cards I ever came upon.

Never had much of a thing for cards, but my aunt would always send me boxes full of packs so I had fun opening. Probably have 2 binders full of them in order.

[ABC]

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2053587.m570.l1313.TR8.TRC2.A0.H0.Xmike+trout+rookie+card.TRS0&_nkw=mike+trout+rookie+card&_sacat=0

 

 

[ABC]

[Homebrewer]

70's cards were the best.. with the huge 'Fro's and loud colored, double knit unis..

[halonatic13]

A $1000 card that no one will buy

Surprisingly go on ebay and you will see that people are bidding like crazy on these cards.