Welcome to ’30-Year Old Cardboard’!!!
My name is Brian Applebaum and I have created this blog to re-capture my enjoyment of writing while sharing my love for the sport of baseball.
My blog is centered around our beloved sport and my attempts to honor my favorite players from the past by collecting their baseball cards. I am a loyal Florida Marlins fan, but after living in Chicago for 5 years in the late 1980′s and early 1990′s, I fell in love with the team’s heroes and traditions. I stay true to the players that left strong impacts on my collecting habits and baseball memories from my youth by collecting their cards today.
I was a ‘baseball card kid’ during my youth and my collecting spirit was rekindled during the summer of 2008. Since that time I have built a very small but meaningful collection of cards from yesteryear. I enjoy sharing my c0llection with the readers of this website and will continue to post my new additions as they are obtained.
I am also somewhat of an ‘autograph hound’. While I am not the guy chasing players through parking lots with a binder full of cards, I do enjoy the quest of seeking out autographs. And if I am able to score the signature of a player that I grew up admiring, I go all out!!!
Over the past year I have given my all to entertaining anyone who stops by to visit. Whether it was through my ‘What Ever Happened To…’ series, or my ‘Did You Know’ series or even my ‘Celebrity First Pitch’ series, I have made a conscious effort to keep the content of this blog fresh and fun.
All I ask is that you check back often. If you like what you read, let me here it. And if you don’t, I want to know that too.
Thanks for stopping by and checking out ’30-Year Old cardboard’!!
Brian
I can be contacted at bapple2286@hotmail.com
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keep up the good work! you forgot to mention ttms though!
Brian,
Thanks for creating said Blog. I too enjoy reading and commenting on you writings. We definately enjoy a lot of the same players and share a ton of similar thoughts. Keep up the great work… your full of great ideas!
- Gerad
I enjoy your blog. I also have recently re-visited my baseball card obsession. It’s good to be back!
Great blog! We’re rekindling our love for baseball cards over at http://www.openingdaycards.com love to hear what you think!
Cool site, and I liked your Snider entry. I’m going to add you to my blogroll.
Hey… just wondering who this is lol…. every single card I saw on the front page of your blog was bought from me at the Coral Square Mall show. Thanks for the purchases, come see me Saturday and tell me this was you. I’ll gladly give you a good deal or the Pub.
great sight
long time expo fan since their birth in montreal
i look forward to reading you in the future
Welcome Peter. Thanks for your kind words!!
Ps. I’m a collector too, and wouldn’t want to give this card to someone who didn’t fully appreciate it. It’s a piece of art. Kinda like a guy who won’t sell his classic car to just any punk kid, I couldn’t let this card be a dust collector in somebody’s lockbox. I also have a really nice Sandberg (83 Topps) and Maddux (87 Donruss) rc’s if you’re still collecting.
Brian,
I enjoy the read; thanks so much for taking the time out of your schedule to have the blog. I “especially” enjoy when you pick up Brooks Robinson cards. He was my hero growing up and I’ll pick up cards, when I can afford them, of Brooksie. I haven’t purchased much on the newer items, but they are starting to be appealing as well.
Thanks again!
Mark
Mark- Thank you for the very kind words!!! Three cheers for Brooks!!
30-Year Old Cardboard
My name is Wes and I am what you might call a fanatic! I over the years “1986″ have collected my fair share of Wade Boggs cards and memorabilia, I am looking to get rid of about 90% of this collection. I have most of the modern stuff too. Please get ahold of me, I did at one point have a broker interested in buying the collection, and he called back after telling me there was more stuff than he really anticipated.
Love to have you added to my site
What an awesome idea for a blog!
Travis, Thank you!