Saturday is National Baseball Card Day
By Mark Newman / MLB.com
Long before people collected his likeness, Mark Teixeira was a little boy who spent every dollar he had on baseball cards.”That was my only hobby until I was 12 or 13 years old,” the Texas Rangers first baseman said. “I remember when my parents bought me the Don Mattingly rookie card. That was my favorite. I still have it. I still have all my cards.”
Most players are just like baseball fans. The only difference is that they get to pose for the front of those cards today, and the introduction of the first-ever National Baseball Card Day on Saturday means everyone has a chance to celebrate that time-honored hobby with some special events that make collecting even more fun.
National Baseball Card Day is a joint effort by the Major League Baseball Players Association, Major League Baseball and the trading card companies. It is part of an overall campaign to inject new life into a hobby that has sustained through generations and now competes with video games, computers and myriad high-tech entertainment.
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