Kids can't afford baseball cards.
At as much as $5 per pack, baseball cards are too expensive for most kids. At those prices, it's clear that they are priced for adults who buy them as a potential investment.
While there's nothing wrong with adults investing in collectable cards, it's a bit disturbing that today's kids don't get the same opportunity to enjoy good old fashioned baseball cards as previous generations did. Back then, kids bought tons of them with spare change and they actually touched them with their bare hands.
Like a lot of kids, I kept mine in shoe boxes, with rubber bands around each team. Other kids lined them up from end to end sorted by the number on the back so they could try to complete the set.
I didn't care much for some teams. I just wanted
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