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