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