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Sports Cards: What I've Learned

  I use to be involved in sports cards growing up, but I drifted away from the hobby as I got older. Once the pandemic took hold and we really had nothing else to keep our attention I was collecting wrestling memorabilia and slowly started to dip my toe back into the hobby I left behind me. I looked at the cards I had and realized I got out of the hobby before cards started blowing up. I got out of the hobby before minor league stars were getting hyped up on draft day as the next big things. I got out of the hobby before Mike Trout, Bryce Harper and Stephen Strausburg. I just lost interest and honestly was never in it for the money I feel like it was just something to do.  Something I learned since coming back to the hobby is just because someone is a "Hall of Fame" player doesn't mean their cards are desired or expensive even rookie cards. Randy Johnson, Tony Gwynn, Mariano Rivera, Chipper Jones, Edgar Martinez, and others are some hall of fame players that fit the just ...