collection themes

[nomarmauerfan]

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I have a tattoo of a baseball/bat combo. with the 4 numbers of my favorite players through my lifespan thus far.
4 = Lou Gehrig - the player I wanted to see, but never did
10 = Larry Bowa - my favorite player as a kid in the 1970's
23 = Don Mattingly - my favorite player as a teenager
5 = Nomar Garciaparra - my favorite player now

I'm trying to get a bat from each player. The Gehrig is out of my price range. But, I just picked up a nice store model from the 1940's - can't wait to get it. I have the Bowa (a bat from the mid-70's). I am on the hunt for a Mattingly (have the money, but no one is selling). After the Mattingly, I'll pick up a Nomar (preferably from his Red Sox years). I just got into this hobby and, although expensive, it reminds me of being a kid again.

Mike

[eGameUsed]

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Hi and welcome to the forum! My collecting focuses are the following:

• 1962-1971 Current Houston Colt .45s/Astros GU Flannels (All Original)
• 1962-Current Houston Colt .45s/Astros GU Bats
• Craig Biggio GU Items (1988-2007)
• Jeff Bagwell GU Items (1991-2005)

I too once had the goal of collecting a bat from every member of the Houston Colt .45s and Astros from 1962. I am at over 400, but still have a way to go! I have also been collecting for 20 years now, and working toward the one of every player since 1999.

Thanks,

[joelsabi]

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I once decided I would collect bats from players who I saw hit home runs while I was performing my husbandly duties. But that part of the hobby has really slowed to a crawl in recent years.

Maybe you should make a collection of players who use Viagra. you would have Rafael Palmero in your collection.

[suave1477]

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Well the spot light of my collection is anything

Game Used by Darryl Strawberry being that he was my favorite player of the 80's and 90's.

Jorge Posada anything Game Used - my favorite player of the Yankees

Next comes up Yankees Game Used items I like things that are rare

Such as Yankees Pitchers bats those are rare
Right now I have
Pettitte
Tom Gordon
Jon Leiber only bat he ever used with the Yankees
and a few others
2000 World Series relief pitchers bat

I like 70's and early 80's Yankees Game Used Jerseys
I have about 8 Jerseys from 1978 and about 10 from the early 80's

I will also collect other players that I like from the Yankees and jerseys from other teams if the player I liked was connected to the Yankees.
Example Ruben Sierra - Texas Rangers Jersey

Also items I have a connection with such as going to that game or meeting that player and I liked him.

I met with Scott Spezio,Weaver and the late Hancock a while back and it was the night of one of the last playoff games that the Cardinals lost to the Mets and Weaver asked me on the early edition of the Daily News can he write his name over Jose Valentin's face who was on the cover I said "sure go right ahead"

After that I bought the Jersey Jose Valentin wore in that game and im going to frame both together (Newspaper and Jersey)

[Chris78]

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Hi, I am trying to get a MLB game used jersey from all of the teams. I know this can be expensive and certain teams cost more than others, but I am at 12 teams so far.

Also, I have started to look into obtaining some players game worn jerseys that have potential of making the HOF someday (my first and only to this point is Todd Helton).

I have bought jerseys from minor league teams (I have a lot of Scranton/Wilkes Barre Red Barons, along with some others.)

I will pick up some game used bats as well, but I prefer jerseys. Also, I would buy Steelers game used jerseys if I could ever find any.

Chris78

[TNTtoys]

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I have a few different things going on...

1. 1987 Mets game used road jerseys and road BP jerseys (anything that bears the one-year script 'New York' across the chest). I have 18 of these.

2. 1986 Mets single signed inscribed MLB balls (I have 23 now. A little more than half way there.

3. 1986 Mets signatures on a 2006 TBC gamer. I have 32 now but still missing a couple of key ones such as Rick Aguilera, Lee Mazzilli and Rafael Santana.

4. One of every Mets style jersey from 1978 to present. Getting close here, but I have cheated too. Where most of the collection is game used or game issued, I have used retail authentics to fill in some of the gaps. I am however missing a couple, which include the 1983 alternate blue road jersey (I don't count the M&N Tom Seaver as an adequate replacement because it is wrong) and the 1994 road BP.

5. Smaller collection of bats used by members of the 1986 Mets (but not necessarily used during the championship year): Includes Gary Carter, Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Lenny Dykstra, Tim Teufel & Ray Knight.

6. Smaller collection of Mets "nickname" bats: IZZY (Jason Isringhausen), PULSE (Bill Pulsipher), HOT ROD (Todd Hundley), FONZIE (Edgardo Alfonzo).

7. Smaller collections of game used jerseys from specific players:
Bill Robinson: 1 jersey from 1978, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989.
John Olerud: 2 1999 jerseys, 1 2000 jersey; game used pants from 1999; game used bat from 1993.

If anyone has anything that will fit nicely into any of the above, please feel free to email me at TNT_Toys@yahoo.com.

[toddhead]

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I've decided to collect GU of my three favorite Running Backs...

Roger Craig
Terrell Davis
Clinton Portis

I was all over the place when I first started, but I realized that if I buy random fairly unexpensive stuff I will never be able to afford the big stuff of the players I really like. I kind of jacked up my collection because I had Portis GU cleats and gloves that I sold to buy something that I eventually sold. One of my biggest hobby regrets so far...

I've also decided to try and pick up jerseys of guys who went to one of my schools or I went to school with. This includes the following

Yo Murphy -
NFL: Bucs Rams Vikings Chiefs
CFL: Roughriders BC Lions Renegades
NFLE: Claymores
XFL: Las Vegas Outlaws

By the way, Yo Murphy is the only football player to play in the CFL, NFL, XFL and NFL Europe league.

Greg Biekert - Raiders and Vikings

Heath Irwin - Patriots Dolphins Rams

[bigtruck260]

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I agree with the previous post whole heartedly. After I sold all of my cards (almost all of them anyway), I went into collecting everyone - Mays, Mantle, Aaron to Pujols, Bonds, A-Rod and Jeter. When I realized that my room looked cool, but terribly sporadic, I decided to get rid of everything that did not inlclude a "bird on bat" motif.

It has worked out well...instead of trying to find a decent Goose Goslin, Ty Cobb, etc. I can concentrate on finding quality items of my players...might be expensive, but not nearly as pricey as the way I began.

My game used collection is even more concentrated - and I love it. You need to have a scope, a focus - unless you are Barry Halper, and can afford everything under the sun (and have a nice place to showcase it)...

Dave

[Nnunnari]

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I focused in on game used bats of HOFers from the '80s & '90s since these were the players I grew up watching.

So far I've got:
Gwynn (2)
Puckett
Molitor
Murray
Winfield
O. Smith
R. Henderson

Potential HOFers
F. Thomas
A-Rod
F. McGriff
Thome
Sheffield (2 rookies)
Canseco- rookie- not gonna make the hall but still a nice bat
T. Hoffman- Pads fan had to pick it up

I'd ultimately like to add: Yount, Boggs, Sandberg, Ripken, Brett, Griffey, mattingly

[gatorcollector]

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My collection is all Florida Gators. I collect game used UF jerseys and also pro jerseys of former Gators in the NFL, MLB, and NBA.

I am also attempting to collect autographs of every former Gator to play in the three major pro sports leagues. I'm only 3 short in baseball but they're all deceased. I was down to one in basketball before Noah, Horford, Brewer, Green, and Richard all got drafted this year. Still about 40 to go for the NFL but I have around 170!

[beavisrules]

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Notre Dame football - college jerseys, and alumni in the NFL pro jerseys