(A couple of public service announcements today. First, Jaybarkerfan's Junk is running the third annual Blogger of the Year Awards. You can vote , if you're into that. Second, View From the Skybox is holding a box break with the best of intentions -- it's for charity. So check it out. OK, time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 196th in a series): I don't see a lot of card bloggers write about their brothers (or sisters) and their card collecting experiences. I suppose I know why that is. In many ways both blogging and card collecting are solitary experiences, meant to highlight "me" and not "they." But I have mentioned my brothers several times on this blog in regards to collecting and their favorite teams. That's because for the early part of my life, their card collecting experience was my card collecting experience, too. They were intertwined. And even though we tried very hard to keep them separate, sometimes our cards would g...
Up all hours talking baseball, cardboard & collecting