New member from Indiana

seby · 01-17-2026, 05:12 PM

My name is Steve from the Kokomo area of Indiana. I collected baseball cards as a kid and teenager through the 80’s and early 90’s (I have a lot of junk wax cards!). I have recently pulled my collection out of the attic and have engaged with it again. The hobby has changed a lot since the 80’s and 90’s so I am just working on getting the lay of the land again. I have started by sorting what I have and making binders of hall of fame players that I own and plan to try and have every hall of famer represented in some form. I also have played fantasy baseball since 2003 and plan to collect the players that I have had each of those seasons. I have also started collecting 2025 cards. I forgot how much fun it is to rip packs, it has just gotten a lot more expensive! My goals are to work on those collections, rip some packs at times for fun and I would like to identify cards to grade and flip to fund my hobby.

barberromo2008 · 01-18-2026, 06:18 PM

Welcome to the forums Steve. I loved collecting in 90's and late 80's...things changed from 2000 to 2010, I mainly focus on Football but when Topps and Upper Deck lost licensing to Panini, it just changed. Fingers crossed that Topps football will come back and not be $500 a box.

01-17-2026, 05:12 PM	#1
seby Member Join Date: Jan 2026 Posts: 1	New member from Indiana My name is Steve from the Kokomo area of Indiana. I collected baseball cards as a kid and teenager through the 80’s and early 90’s (I have a lot of junk wax cards!). I have recently pulled my collection out of the attic and have engaged with it again. The hobby has changed a lot since the 80’s and 90’s so I am just working on getting the lay of the land again. I have started by sorting what I have and making binders of hall of fame players that I own and plan to try and have every hall of famer represented in some form. I also have played fantasy baseball since 2003 and plan to collect the players that I have had each of those seasons. I have also started collecting 2025 cards. I forgot how much fun it is to rip packs, it has just gotten a lot more expensive! My goals are to work on those collections, rip some packs at times for fun and I would like to identify cards to grade and flip to fund my hobby.

01-18-2026, 06:18 PM	#2
barberromo2008 Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 14,000 sportscloset12	Welcome to the forums Steve. I loved collecting in 90's and late 80's...things changed from 2000 to 2010, I mainly focus on Football but when Topps and Upper Deck lost licensing to Panini, it just changed. Fingers crossed that Topps football will come back and not be $500 a box. __________________ Collecting Dallas Cowboys,NFC East Players,Drew Brees, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.