tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388967132687334512.post5386668617917727077..comments2024-01-04T06:41:14.910-08:00Comments on Manupatches & Mustaches: Where Does Your "Fandom" Lie?Eric Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12675227753227959590noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388967132687334512.post-2851988561344604262011-08-04T12:01:40.439-07:002011-08-04T12:01:40.439-07:00I voted none of the above. I always collected card...I voted none of the above. I always collected cards as a kid, but then again I typically collected anything I could get. I have always been a big sports fan. I got back into cards when guys I grew up with started making the pros. I don't really fit into any of the categories because I my sports enthusiasm has little to do with my card collecting, but I am a fan of both.Spankeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17359644189269593175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388967132687334512.post-85542462756165924102011-08-04T10:02:17.497-07:002011-08-04T10:02:17.497-07:00I am definitely a fan of the game first and a card...I am definitely a fan of the game first and a card collector second. I've always loved watching the games whether it was a Pirates game or some other team. I find that there are players on all 30 teams I like watching (even the Yankees, Brett Gardner is the man). With card collecting I find myself sticking with just the Pirates or players who have played for the Burgh in the past.<br /><br />This is a really interesting question and I'm curious to see how the rest of the blog world responds. <br /><br />BTW thanks for following my recently started blog. (shameless plug)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09795879355880087015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388967132687334512.post-28769890856021034202011-08-04T09:19:02.102-07:002011-08-04T09:19:02.102-07:00I'm a card collector first. The reason I say ...I'm a card collector first. The reason I say that is when I first started collecting baseball cards I really didn't care for watching much baseball...or any sport for that matter. <br /><br />I'm also a huge fan of non-sports cards so if all the major sports went on strike or lock-out I'd be fine collecting Garbage Pail Kids or comic related sets.<br /><br />As I've gotten older I do have a better appreciation of major league sports and I enjoy watching them much more now than I did as a kid. This also brings a new appreciation to card collection as I have a better "connection" to the players on the cardboard.flywheelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17404740580161509052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388967132687334512.post-615197705243872082011-08-04T08:12:44.276-07:002011-08-04T08:12:44.276-07:00I put myself as somewhere in the middle, but then ...I put myself as somewhere in the middle, but then I read your post and so much resonated (especially the paragraph about no Sportscenter and Drew Magary articles) that maybe I am more a collector first. I know humorous cards brought me back and then a few player collections kept me addicted, and my blog probably would be more baseball themed if I had played more baseball video games than football video games as a kid.<br /><br />All that said, I think with baseball I'm cards first, game second. With football I'm game first, cards second. Baseball I'll catch the occasional game over drinks. Football, if I have cable, I will watch all Sunday every Sunday until the Super Bowl.SpastikMoosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13374559066158419166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388967132687334512.post-21997378063483864792011-08-04T07:29:51.048-07:002011-08-04T07:29:51.048-07:00I've always been a baseball card fan first and...I've always been a baseball card fan first and card collector second. My fandom comes and goes, but I don't think I could collect if there wasn't some sort of interest in watching the game.<br /><br />Very little interest in the other sports though. Only keep up on them because of my job.night owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388967132687334512.post-68338369993742041682011-08-04T01:54:54.844-07:002011-08-04T01:54:54.844-07:00I know I'm a card collector more than a fan, b...I know I'm a card collector more than a fan, because I can look at cards and tell you if I have them or need them, but I couldn't tell you who's leading the standings, who has more home runs, or what pitcher threw the last no-hitter (okay, that I know, Ervin Santana). I'm a little better at it this year than most, partly because I have more time, and partly because involvement in the blogging community has made it a bit more important to me to know what's going on. Plus, the ESPN Sportscenter app tells me everything important I need to know. I have my favorite players for my personal collection, but to be honest I don't live and die by them.<br /><br />I don't care much at all for sports other than baseball, but I'll go to games or matches and enjoy myself. I like going to baseball games, especially in new stadiums for the different experiences, and in minor leagues because it's easier to be closer to the action and involved in the game.<br /><br />I also know I'm a collector more than a fan because I stopped collecting baseball cards in '98, and I stopped following baseball at the same time. But while baseball dropped off my interest list, I started collecting non-sports cards, a big part of my current collection. Plus I have other smaller collections (hey, another post idea for sometime this week). So even if baseball hadn't walked into my life in '89, I'm sure I would still be collecting something.Ryan Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670458381967699663noreply@blogger.com