Growing up, I remember going to baseball games and getting autographs from the players, didn’t matter who they were. To me, they were larger than life because they were playing baseball.  And the first autograph that I got as a kid, was Jim “Catfish” Hunter, who spoke at my church in North Carolina and from there it has just grown.

Over the years, I continued to go to baseball games and started to grow my collection, picking up autographs from athletes and movie stars. My collection has grown and grown and grown, to the point that I think that my wife is getting concerned. But, a few months ago, I slipped a clause into our will that says that she can’t sell the collection if I were to die before the boys turn 18.  I have really built it up the last 3 years for them. I’ve gotten a lot of the players that I use to watch playing baseball growing up, many who are now in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

At some point in time, I’ll try to put everything into a spreadsheet for the boys, but the autograph collection is getting to be crazy. But, it is a hobby, one that is fun and one that I’ll be able to share with the boys in a few years. I just hope that it is a hobby that they will enjoy and will want to continue.