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Personal Nostalgia

To read about fun personal memories and experiences from my younger days of collecting, click on the links below.
 
 
My First Baseball Glove
 
My First Major League Baseball Game
 
1984 Topps Baseball 

Entex Handheld Baseball Game
 
Samuel Morse and Grandpa
 
An Unassisted Triple Play
 
My Role on the Local Voltron Force
 
Punch Buggy!
 
A Little League Game Ball
 
New York Islanders Say No to Drugs
 
1988-89 Topps Hockey
 
Poster Display Racks

A Box of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cards
 
Hockey Camp and Bob Nystrom
 
An Art Auction and Pat LaFontaine

Glenn Healy's Antics
 
The Courtnall Brothers Teach Me How to Shoot and Score



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