| Collecting baseball cards has always been a | | | | rookie cards and different current baseball |
| passion of mine and something that started | | | | player cards. Of course these cards may be |
| from the day my mom took me to my very first | | | | ones which are already in my collection but |
| baseball game. I remember it quite clearly, I | | | | that does not really matter. |
| was only five at the time, but I still | | | | |
| remember because that was the time when I got | | | | With the many different duplicate cards I |
| my first baseball card, which you must | | | | have the means of trading these cards for |
| understand was a magical thing for me at the | | | | other cards which I have yet to collect. This |
| time. | | | | does not really mean that I will get the |
| | | | cards that I really yearn for or that these |
| I treasured it above all else and in fact I | | | | cards I trade for will be in the best |
| still have it, a little ear-worn perhaps, and | | | | condition but that doesn't matter. |
| maybe a little rough around the edges, but | | | | |
| still my most prized possession even if it's | | | | The fact of the matter remains though, that |
| not my most expensive baseball card. You see, | | | | collecting baseball cards isn't for everyone. |
| the thing is that collecting baseball cards | | | | Not everyone will feel the rush at holding a |
| has become my hobby, my extreme hobby, but my | | | | Troy Glaus rookie card in their hands or the |
| hobby nonetheless. | | | | joy of seeing for the first time a card they |
| | | | had thought never to see in their lifetime. |
| I consider collecting baseball cards to be an | | | | |
| art form, and something that I am very good | | | | The same anticipation that I feel when I know |
| with. The fact of the matter though is that | | | | that I'm going to get my greedy little paws |
| not everyone appreciates what they have in | | | | on a vintage Mickey Mantle card is not |
| their baseball cards, so they don't take as | | | | necessarily felt by many people, and this I |
| good care of it as they should have done in | | | | consider to be a great loss to them. For me, |
| the first place, but then again, I guess | | | | it's a boon because there are less people out |
| little kids are a bit difficult to separate | | | | there collecting baseball cards which means |
| from eternally grubby hands. | | | | that there's more for me to find and collect! |
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| I scour endlessly through the baseball shops | | | | Muna wa Wanjiru is a Web Administrator and |
| to find the best cards for my collection. | | | | Has Been Researching and Reporting on |
| These cards can be ones like vintage cards, | | | | Baseball Cards for Years. |