1400

That number has a lot of significance to me. It was the street number of the house I grew up in. Where my love for baseball, baseball cards, and autographs all began.

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Ironically, it's also the street number of my current residence.

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On Saturday, June 6, 2015, the number became even more meaningful.

My brother and I drove 3+ hours to the east coast of Florida to Roger Dean Stadium, home of the Florida State League's Jupiter Hammerheads (Marlins) and Palm Beach Cardinals.

We saw the St. Lucie Mets (featuring 2 MLB players on rehab assignments, Travis d'Arnaud and Dilson Herrera) play the Palm Beach Cardinals.

It was there that I got 7 autographs, the 7th being my 1400th card signed. How appropriate, it was also one of my newest cards. A 2015 Topps Pro Debut card of St. Louis Cardinals prospect, Alex Reyes.

Just a reminder, but that's 1400 different cards signed. I never ask players to sign more than one card.

They're not all baseball cards. To break it down, it's:

11 Football cards

1 Basketball card

1 Wrestling card

1387 Baseball cards.

This is where they all reside, a 5" binder.

Here's the last page of the album, where autographs 1396-1400 sit.

A side view of the album, showing all 156 pages.

That binder has all my autographed cards in the order that I received them. It all started with Jose Canseco, but didn't become a full blown hobby until I got David Wells.

Who knows how long I'll keep this hobby going, but if I get another 1400 autographs, to paraphrase Chief Martin Brody...

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"We're gonna need a bigger binder."