While late-night surfing eBay on my iPhone in one hand and feeding the baby in the other, I came across an ARod SportFlix rookie. I remember being very envious of a friend of mine who had this card growing up, so I put in a bid of $.55 shipped and won it. I don’t need the card for a collection and I only casually collect ARod to begin with, so this was more of a card that I felt like I owed myself from my childhood. For two quarters and a nickel, it’s worth it.
I collected baseball cards from the late '80s through 2002. Then I went to college and when I came out, I was lost. There were too many brands, sets, choices, relics, autos, parallels, variations. It was a turn off. However, I slowly made my way back. So here is my attempt to venture back into the hobby. I'll buy a few packs of cards here and there, comment on some cards I have, send out some TTMs, and follow the progress of my Topps Yankees Project.
My friend and I both bought a couple packs of this set when we were kids and we actually each pulled this card from our packs! We traded them to each other once, but then I had to trade him back 'cuz it just felt weird to me.
ReplyDelete55¢ for a piece of your childhood is a steal!
ReplyDeleteSportflix is a huge part of my collecting past... in fact lenticular cards in general are pretty awesome!
I didn't realize that Sporflix cards continued long enough for A-Rod to get a rookie card from them. Nice cheap oddball pickup. :)
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