What do you collect?

Hey, Gwen, I'm a Braves fan, too. My Dad's last pastorate was in Georgia, so I became one with him on furlough. Love both Glavine and Maddox!

Too bad about your mother-in-law throwing away the baseball cards. That's a common story. Twice, though, on furlough I've been able to price such boxes (one was just a shoe box) filled with great cards.

 

I had a book that would have been worth a fortune. It was stolen from me. The book was titled, 'The President of the United States' by Woodrow Wilson. What made it a collector's prize is the fact that it was written when Wilson was in college and had no idea he would later become President of the United States.

 

I have an autographed Sid Bream ball, and we were at the game when he hit the grand slam. This was back when the Braves were nobodies, and they would give away free tickets by collecting cereal box flaps.

I also have a Mickey Mantle autograph, and my son has a Jim Palmer autographed ball.

Although this is not about baseball cards, I want to give kudos to Jamal Anderson. My son has been a fan of his from before he blew out his knees. Recently, he wrote to him and asked if he would sign some cards for him. He did!

 

Watching Nixon steal - what was it? - 72 bases? Sid hitting a game-winning, come-from-behind grand slam, getting two or three of the promotional giveaways because only 700 people would show up for the games... lots more fun than watching a highly paid group play!

You should come up and watch Alaska League baseball sometime. The games are great! Mark McGwire played here one year.

 

Loved Sid Bream. I have a few of his baseball cards. Wasn't he a Liberty grad?

Yes, Gwen, the Japanese really love baseball. In Yokohama we were Yokohama Bay Stars fans. Up here in Hokkaido we have the Sapporo Fighters, and about once a year they have a game in our town.

Each Japanese pro team is allowed several foreign players, and I love to try to collect both the American and Japanese cards of these guys.

Speaking of old time Braves, Bob Horner, who played for the Braves in the '70's and '80's, played for the Swallows in Japan in 1987. I have a rare Japanese card of his and a few of his American cards.

 

That's too bad, standingfirminChrist. I love old books and have a few of them, though I don't know I could say I collect them. I have a TR Greek NT from about 1837 that is a treasure, and a NT dated about 1905 from the first ever Japanese Bible.

 

Phil Niekro

 

Nashville Predators, Tennessee Vols, Cincinnati Reds memorabilia; 1982 World's Fair memorabilia; items that relate to Baptist History, particularly preaching history.

 

On one furlough I picked up a Niekro autographed card in a card shop. Nice grab!

Gwen, I once presented my missionary ministry at Forrest Hills Baptist when Bill Pennell was pastor, if it's the same church. That would have been in about 1978 or 1979.

 

Nashville Predators Rock!!! My DH got me tickets to the Predators vs. Red Wings game in March. I'm so excited!

 

I collect paychecks, weekly. They're hard to find, but I get them when I can.