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I'll enjoy following this thread for sure.

I've collected quite a lot of paper collectables over the years, but never any baseball cards, until several months back, that is. I am now collecting baseball cards that show the oldest living Major League Baseball players. Just to make things interesting, I have stipulated that the cards must be personally hand autographed by the players themselves. So anyway, here we go.

The oldest MLB player is currently a fellow by the name of Bill Greason, who is 101 years old. Bill played in the Negro leagues for quite a few years until he was finally acquired by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1954. I honestly doubt if I will be able to get a signed card of Bill's because they currently fetch a hefty price. There are some cards of his that are affordable out there, but they aren't signed.
Bill Greason at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Greason

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Bobby Shantz is currently the second oldest MLB player. He is currently 99 years old, and if he can hang around for another 14 days, he will be 100 years old.
Bobby Shantz at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Shantz

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Was visited by this member of the Cicada family awhile back. Cicadas in the Pacific Northwest are annual in nature, meaning that they get it all done (egg, larvae, insect, breed, deposit next years eggs in tree bark) in a year, unlike their more famous cousins back east that bury themselves in the ground and wait for a number of years before emerging topside, en masse.

Duuuude! That is in poor taste.