So why do you collect Juan Gonzalez?

[Rolltide27]

Hey guys Istarted collecting Juan cards around 1991 I live in small town in alabama and I was a braves fan but they traded away Dale Murphy and he was ending his career so I started ona different guy..my friend collected Frank Thomas and his cousin collected Griffey, Jr. so I heard about this young superstar from Texas and started that way...I have around 1500 different cards now and around 10000 all told including some nice autos and a game used bat from his days in Cleveland ...well this is a great site and I will check back daily and I am interested in talking with all you guys too just email me whenever you geta chance thanks----Tony

[Rafferity]

I was browsing the older post and ran across this. Why I collect...

In 1991 I noticed that the industry was expanding with a whole lot of different brands, subsets, brands of brands, and etc. I figured then that collecting one player would be the way to go and cheaper. I liked the Astros and Rangers so I started my looking there. I wanted something unique about the player I was going to collect. I looked at all things...fanbased, attitudes, and all. Even checked their birthdates and ran across Juan's. I saw 10/16/69!!!! A few 10/20's but more of the latter. Even my wife thought that was neat that Juan had the same B-day as mine. 10/16/69!! So in 1991 the collecting started. Juan had it.....Power, Attitude, Fan/Kid friendly, and etc. I've enjoyed collecting him over years. AND never have regretted it. I still try to add more to this day, as most of the members of this site.