tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597761046378693913.post2823770741442939658..comments2023-11-07T22:43:36.262-08:00Comments on Notes from the Ironbound: Baseball Card MemoriesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597761046378693913.post-25618220385249835572012-02-07T19:41:56.580-08:002012-02-07T19:41:56.580-08:00Perfect timing for this post. Now that my book is...Perfect timing for this post. Now that my book is out--seriously, I've seen it in a bookstore!--and I don't have any campus interviews (sadly, a bit of a relief after last spring's disastrous string of campus visits), I have turned my attention to things I used to do before graduate school. One of those is collecting baseball cards. The mid-sized city in which I currently live has a baseball card show TWICE A MONTH at the local Ramada Inn. No kidding. I feel like I have been magically transported back to 1991. Just this Saturday I bought a box of 600+ 1984 Topps commons and minor stars in mint condition. Perhaps the best $10 I've ever spent. This is one of my favorite sets, for sentimental reasons--my dad gave me two packs' worth of 1984 Topps (still not sure why he had them) around the time I started collecting in 1987. The 1987 set is also one of my favorites, for both sentimental and aesthetic reasons, although 1983 is maybe the decade's best. I could continue on with the merits of 1980s baseball card sets (recently I've gained a new appreciation for 1988 Topps) but I'll leave it at that for now.Brian Inoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597761046378693913.post-75124700047603759282012-02-07T18:14:35.815-08:002012-02-07T18:14:35.815-08:00When I think about the ponzi scheme mortgage scams...When I think about the ponzi scheme mortgage scams inflicted on the american people in the Great Recession I can't help but reflect on the great comic book baseball card debacle of the 1990s. Whole collections "valued" at 50k but could only get 1,000 on the market.<br /><br />chauncey devegaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com