Not really new guy, but never really introduced myself =P

**philliesman** · 08-09-2011, 01:34 AM

I have technically been part of this forum for a while but hadn't really gotten involved a lot until this winter, and now even more so this summer as I begin to get into actually buying/selling/trading cards instead of just being a TTM fanatic. I am a 15 year old sophmore from outside of Philadelphia that works hard in school. I play Baseball and Basketball seriously, and I am a Philadelphia/Baltimore sports fan.

I have long been a sports fan, rooting for the Orioles and Ravens as my original hometown teams, but lived overseas starting when I was 5 until I was 10 and so I kinda lost touch with the fan hood part and was more focused on actually playing. Moved back to the states to Philly and fell in love with Philadelphia sports but I still keep a special place for my true first hometown teams.

I engage in TTM, IP autographing, and now expanding my card collection to more then just baseball. I am also what is called a "ballhawk" I go to MLB games and run around getting the adrenaline rush of catching baseballs at a game, you can read my blog here http://phillieswschamps.mlblogs.com/. I am happy to finally feel engaged here as I begin to actually develop relationships through the Forums! I hope to meet more of you, especially any Philadelphia centered graphers, and maybe even ballhawks! (I have yet to find any ballhawks on here =P)

Thanks for giving me a place to fully enjoy the array of sports hobbies!

Jeremy Evans

**Greengoblin782** · 08-09-2011, 02:08 AM

Hey Jeremy, Welcome back to SCF. Thanks for returning.

**andrewhoya** · 08-09-2011, 08:56 AM

Hey Jeremy, welcome back to SCF!I'm a sophomore, too. Good luck finding some more ballhawks.

**htwheelz01** · 08-09-2011, 09:26 AM

Welcome back to SCF!

**philliesman** · 08-09-2011, 10:28 AM

Thanks guys, if anyone is wondering what a ballhawk truly is, you can listen to this interview that happened yesterday morning on NPR. It's Zack Hample and he is at the moment the king of ballhawking, and the one who inspired me to get into it. At this point he has 5,300+ balls, while I have about 31 balls so you can see the comparison haha http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2011/...r-zack-hample/ you can listen there by clicking the play button at the bottom of the Bio.