Whos your favorite to collect and Why?

[suave1477]

I think this is a thread long over do and it hit me that this something in many ways we come close to talking about yet we have actually never discusssed and in many ways can be educational to others.

Who is your favorite player and why? or Who is your favorite team and why? (As far as Game Used items you collect)

Mine as everyone knows is Darryl Strawberry
Many people ask why he has done so many bad things off the feild and ruined his career. I agree. Yet you cannot deny what he has done while he did play on the field. He had one of the sweetest swings in baseball - once regarded in a newspaper as graceful as a Gazelle I couldnt agree more and the Home Runs just popped off his bat.
He is what made me take a liking to watching baseball when i was young, before him I could have rally caredless but when I first saw him come up in 1983 in a game and to watch him swing, I was blown away and thought to myself this kid is gonna be great!!!

[both-teams-played-hard]

Mine as everyone knows is Darryl Strawberry

I, like Suave, collect jerseys of the chemically dependant. I recently picked up this mid-70s Montana Grizzlies jersey of Micheal Ray Richardson. Aside from being a great scorer and playmaker, "Sugar" was jacked-up in at least half of his career NBA games. I was thrilled to get Micheal Ray's college shirt! I also have a Walter Davis and a John Drew (not as infamous as Richardson, but still former coke addicts). I still need a David Thompson to complete the set. These are great players who fell victim to the temptation of illegal narcotics. Remember guys-cocaine addiction is not a character flaw- it is a DISEASE just like Guillain-Barre Syndrome or Wilkes-Barre Disease. These guys have/had a sickness and it should be treated as such! They can't/couldn't help it!

* REPORTER: What do you think is happening to the team?
* RICHARDSON: The ship be sinking.
* REPORTER: How far can it sink?
* RICHARDSON: Sky's the limit.

[kylehess10]

Even though I'm new at collecting I would have to say my favorite is Andruw Jones because he gave some pretty sweet stuff to ASI. It's pricy but still very very sweet. Also my favorite team to collect is......what else, the Braves.

[suave1477]

Kylehess but why?

Why do you like particurly Andruw Jones? Why do you like the Braves? Is it just because you from the area or something deeper?

[trsent]

My favorite athlete is Denis Rodman because he smokes cigars, loves strip clubs and is an avid gambler. Do I have to go into any more detail?



My favorite current athlete is Maria Sharapova because she is hot, rich and I dream about what a great couple we would make.



The most anticipated athlete I ever saw in person was Bo Jackson when he played for The Kansas City Royals. Amazing how people flocked to see him before the hip replacement. After the replacement he was amazing, but people didn't come to the ballpark to see him like the did when he was a 2-sport stud. He also had the best commercials (oh, so did David Robinson in that era)

[jonincleve]

i collect buddy bell material which branched off into the whole family gus bell, david bell, mike bell. the reason is my dad took me out of grade school one day for lunch to go and meet the indians at general electric company picnic. i met buddy bell and rick waits. he was really nice to me and i started following his career from there. interesting note...i was 10 years old when he was traded to texas and i have always hated toby harrah. i have a jersey from every team that buddy has played for or coached with the exception of the detroit tigers and now the kansas city royals. if anyone has either of those two jersey's i would really be interested in buying them. the other players i collect are jim thome and grady sizemore. the reason i collect all of these players are because they play the game of baseball the way it is suppose to be played. the other night grady sizemore made a diving catch, sliding across the warning track in the 7-8th inning against the kansas city royals with the indians down 10-1 at the time. not enough players like that anymore, worried it might hurt their checkbook.

off the soapbox...love the site.

take care
john

[kylehess10]

Kylehess but why?

Why do you like particurly Andruw Jones? Why do you like the Braves? Is it just because you from the area or something deeper?

Well, my favorite is Chipper but Andruw probably comes second. And yea I'm from the area maybe that's why I like the Braves so much. I've been living in Georgia ever since I started liking baseball when I was a little kid so I pretty much grew up around the Braves.

[34swtns]

My favorite current player to collect game used items of is Brian Urlacher of the Bears. My favorite all-time player is Walter Payton. Since Sweetness jerseys don't grow on trees you can guess who I have the most GU items of........

Speaking as a 13-years sober former cocaine addict, believe me when I tell you it is most definitely NOT a disease and is ABSOLUTELY a character flaw. It only becomes a "disease" when someone repeatedly refuses to walk away from it. Some of us got smart and realized that WE, and not the drug, were our biggest problem.
Lecture over.
GO BEARS !!

[skipcareyisfat]

Dale Murphy. One of 80's best players despite being on one of the decade's crappiest teams. I have a helmet and a bat. I've met him a few times over the years and he's always nice. Probably not a HOFer, but it really doesn't matter. Wish he could've made it to 400 home runs.
Jason

[suave1477]

34, i dont think the other member meant any harm by what he said I think he was just making a joke thats all nothing to harm personally.