Trading Cards

1961 Topps Roger Maris. This is my favorite baseball card. Roger Maris is from North Dakota, where I am from, so I love collecting his cards. 1961 was a special year for Maris, because he hit 61 home runs and broke Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record.

Another Maris I really like: the 1962 Post. This was printed on a cereal box, so considering that, it’s in pretty decent shape. The 1961 stat line and blurb are really cool to me.

Brayden Schenn Young Guns. Brayden Schenn is my favorite hockey player.

This Schenn auto card is my favorite hockey card.

This draft board auto is one of the cooler memorabilia cards I have seen. I like trading cards that are numbered, or represent a specific moment in time. This card is both!

Here is an autographed baseball card of Ron Gardenhire. Gardy managed the Twins for a long time and had a lot of good seasons. Also, he looks like my dad.

Denny Green is like the Ron Gardenhire of the Vikings. He had a lot of good seasons. He doesn’t really look like my dad, though.

Jorge Polanco is one of the dudes of all time.

A portion of my Binnington collection. Goalies are so aesthetic.

Twins Legend Jake Cave

I love Simeon Woods Richardson. I’ll never forget his gutsy performances in 2024 when the Twins had absolutely no pitchers and he had to pitch a full season as a rookie.

This is a trading card of the Mayor of Flavortown, Guy Fieri.

Porg.

This is a filler insert of Brooks Lee but I really like it.

Randy Moss was one of the all time greatest NFL rookies and also an all-time great for his career. A nicer Moss rookie card is a bit of a grail card for me.

I really love this card. On-card auto, serialized, great photo. Rosario was my favorite Twin during his time in Minnesota and it was fun to watch him have success in the postseason with Atlanta after he left.

Batting champ Luis Arraez – the Twins have a history of rostering perennial batting champs like Rod Carew and Joe Mauer. Arraez continued that legacy and was very fun to watch.

Eduardo Escobar represents another Twins signature – the super utility guy who ends up playing 150+ games. Huge fan of this guy, and it was easy to predict he’d be equally beloved in Arizona after he left the Twins.

We like Nathan Walker. He is the Blues’ all-time single-season hits leader (281). Absolute legend.

My friend Tom sent me an insane gift – a binder containing a copy of every Lightning Helix ever printed. I love it so much.

Whenever I am down, I look at this old Upper Deck Dan Gladden to remind myself that I am doing my best.

Torii Hunter was my very favorite baseball player when I was a kid.

Cris Carter was my favorite football player ever. These old Action Packed cards were so cool with the texture on the front and the two layers of cardboard. I would love to see Topps or Panini bring these back as an insert.

Brooks Lee’s autograph isn’t the best, but this card is sweet.

Convention promo for Royalty Card Game I got at Bewhiskered 2026.

Mitch Berger was the Vikings’ punter when I was a kid and he was really good. This hand-numbered, on-card auto is numbered to… 7,750. Not exactly scarce!

Another serialized card that is worth nothing – this weird convention promo of Batman and the Georgia Dome numbered to 50,000!

Joe Mauer was the best Minnesota Twin during my lifetime. Such a pure hitter.

Inuyasha rules. Jess watched the whole series with me, because she is a good wife.

The Ryan O’Reilly trade was the most “flags fly forever” trade I have witnessed. Tage Thompson is now a superstar, but you can never take away the cup that ROR won for the Blues.

Ivan Barbashev is one of the dudes of all time.

One day I’d like to collect all the Brayden Schenn UD Canvas cards. What a sweet insert.

Randall Cunningham might actually be too good to be a dude of all time. He’s a Dude of All Time Hall of Famer. Also this card was issued by Domino’s Pizza. Classic.