dirtysock47

hoping to complete base sets for all Topps Baseball from 1970 to present. also collecting 2019 - present Archives and update.

Currently focusing on completely: 1973 base set, 2023 WBC, 2019, 2020 & 2022 archives - 2020 turkey Red. I have Heritage on wants but that is filler for me - 

Value & tradng philosophy: honestly I don't put a lot of effort into card values. I feel the cards I trade in are pretty low end. I use the TCDB values as a general guide and I understand the difference between vintage, wax and modern. Commons - HOF and inserts so I make trade offers accordingly. At the end of the day there's cards we want and cards we want to trade so let's make a deal. I'm open to any trade across years, base to parallel, inserts whatever! 

I would appreciate a response if a make an offer, please let me know issues with trade offers- let's work it out. 

im mostly interested in set building, so if you want an insert or parallel not on my sale list don't hesitate to make an offer.

Prefer: PWE 18 cards  or less. Basically I don't like dealing with post office workers. I will consider all offers, even bigger ones. I will respond to all offers and correspondence quickly unless traveling. I try to turn off trades if away for more than a few days. 

Im pretty easy to deal with, I love trading and will work with you with any concerns. 
 

   And  Goooooo Tigers!!!!!

Current status,  legend: Year - % complete  

1970-15% 1971-22% 1972-7%  1973-75% 1974 thru 1978 1979-57% 1980-95% 1981 thru 2023

New Astros, old Astros autographs, sets of all years baseball and football.

#1 TCDB for Yordan Alvarez unique cards.  I might contend I have the most unique GM10 PSA Yordan Rookie Cards of anyone on here, but there is no way to prove that!

I trade cards to build baseball, hockey and some miscellaneous sports / non-sport sets. I also PC Felipe Alou, Derek Aucoin, Steve Begin, Jennifer Botterill, Kevin Dineen, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Bob Kudelski, Manon Rheaume, Gabriela Sabatini and P.J. Stock as well. I do not buy cards. I also have a sweet spot for oddball / food issue / regional sets. New cards are regularly added to my FT/S list and all the cards I list here are NRMT or EX unless specified and I expect the same of you.

I don't collect micro-variations (dots, stars, copyright marks, holograms, printing plate codes...), they're not fun to search and I dislike the incessant frequency with which new ones are added. Seriously, what's the point if you gotta need to use a magnifier glass to check out if there's a dot on the back of a 1991 Fleer? However, I do all my best to check all my cards and to keep my lists up to date, but please ask me first, if micro-variations matter to you. The site really needs some way of opting out of micro-variations (just a default / any var. / unverified option for each card).

Besides helping to complete our collections one step closer each time, the opportunity would be nice to have traded with all the states, provinces and territories of North America. On this site only, I traded with members in 46 states, D.C., 9 provinces, N.W.T. and overseas. I can't wait to have a trade in Alaska, Delaware, North Dakota, Wyoming, Manitoba, Nunavut and Yukon. However, if you don't live in the above jurisdictions, you're still more than welcome to trade with me. No trade to Russia, Belarus and Iran.

I'm an easy going, helpful and patient guy, but here's now my turn to announce that my NO TRADE LIST is growing due to an increased lack of civility on the forums and the full site. If (1) you nitpick and/or always have an opinion on anything and/or act like you own the site and you're not Admin or (2) you do not respond to counters or decline without expressing a reason or don't PM me to ask more time after several days of wait or (3) you send me ridiculous off-balanced offers or (4) you accept the trade and you can't mail your cards in a timely manner or you send me loose or severly damaged cards or (5) have a brand new (empty) account without info / feedback and ask for valuable cards or (6) you clearly didn't read my profile (ask first, at least) and ask me to buy your cards, then chances are that you just won a place on my NO TRADE LIST regardless of how much I may want what you have.

I am fine with shipping cards in single or multiple PWEs, if the cards are properly packaged. Also, I don't mind large or small transactions, but I currently prefer trades with 10 to 20 cards going each way or at least that the cards carry more value than the postage. I am working 12 hour shifts, but I always try to ship the same or the next business day. Just remember that Canada Post doesn't pick up or deliver on Saturday and Sunday.

International shipping is very easy, but it costs more for BOTH traders (not just from the U.S.). Here are some tips to save on shipping costs to Canada: use PWEs (Plain White Envelopes) and avoid bubble envelopes, plastic boxes and big stacks of cards. Ship as flat as you can (cut 9 pocket pages in 3 rows and insert 4-5 cards in each pocket). The more it looks like a greeting card or documents mailed in a regular letter instead of a package, the more it tends to be cheaper to ship. Current U.S. to Canada first class postage rate (up to 2 oz) is $1.40 and if non-machinable, $1.79. If you don't have Global Forever stamps handy, three regular Forever stamps work as well. There's also no need to pay $14.85 for shipping with international tracking, because it is just too expensive, it will be way slower to arrive and Canada Post won't track your postal item anyway. Overall, postal service tends to be slower in Canada and at times a bit harder to predict, but it is as reliable as in the U. S.. Lastly, no cross-border shipping by Fedex or UPS: they charge $40.00+ custom brokerage on each and every package they handle no matter if it is duty free or not.

A.S.

Have really enjoyed enhancing my collection on this website with so many great members. So I have a wide ranging collection, and the way I prioritize is as follows:

First thing I look for in any members FS/T list are cards I don't have of the following players: Dalton Hilliard, Christian Okoye, Errict Rhett, Darren Woodson, Thurman Thomas, and Richard Dent. Other players I look for first, but aren't as much a priority, in no particular order are Warren Moon, Jim Kelly, John Elway, Drew Bledsoe, Neal Anderson, Eddie George, Mike Alstott, Daryl Johnston, and Jamal Anderson, and cards featuring any member of the Saints' Dome Patrol.

After my top 6 players, I usually start looking for NCAA matches, I look for teams, not specific players; some favorites are Penn State, Florida, Tennessee, Arizona, Texas, LSU, Louisville, Notre Dame, UNC, and Oregon State, among others. After NCAA matches, I tend to search out the Classic 4-Sport sets, and other similar Multi-Sport sets from '91 to about '00. I also look for some '91 Olympic, '91 Intel Star Trek, and '93 Skybox Star Trek, and any Wrestling I can find. For Racing, I target Ernie Irvan or Joe Gibbs cards, and for Soccer, West Ham United, and for MLS specifically: Portland, Chicago Fire, Atlanta, and Nashville. 

The following are some, but not an exhaustive list of what I look for in the big four sports, which are in order based on priority football being first:

Football: My first love, this is what got me into collecting. Starting generally, I collect all of the Chicago Bears and Houston Oilers cards I can find. I have several sets, with their subsets and all variations, that I'm working on, including 1990 Pro Set, Score, and Topps, 1991 Pacific and Topps, 1993 Pro Set Power and Upper Deck, 1994 Collector's Choice, Fleer, and Skybox Impact, 1995 Collector's Choice, Score and Topps, and 1996 Collector's Choice, Pro Line and Topps. There are way too many players to list as far as guys I like and will target on occasion, but some of the ones I look for (not including the ones I listed at the top) are Dan Marino, Joe Montana, Steve Young, Troy Aikman, Brett Favre, Matt Ryan, Philip Rivers, Tony Romo, Rick Mirer, Boomer Esiason, Phil Simms, Randall Cunningham, Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, Rodney Hampton, Franco Harris, Jerome Bettis, Roger Craig, Frank Gore, Stephen Davis, Warrick Dunn, Terrell Davis, Arian Foster, Freeman McNeil, Jerry Rice, Sterling Sharpe, Henry Ellard, Lawrence Taylor, Eric Berry, Ronnie Lott, Deron Cherry, Joey Browner, Chris Doleman, Julius Peppers, Steve Atwater, Greg Lloyd, Troy Polamalu, Dennis Smith, Junior Seau, Jevon Kearse, John Lynch, Leroy Butler, Tony Boselli, Patrick Kerney, Jessie Tuggle, Morten Andersen, Gary Anderson, Reggie Roby, and Mel Gray.

Hockey: First and foremost any Seattle Kraken cards, including cards of their players playing with previous teams. Also look for Vancouver Canucks, Buffalo Sabres, and Atlanta Thrashers cards. As far as specific players, I look for Shane Doan, Filip Forsberg, Mike Modano, Jaromir Jagr, Steve Yzerman, as well as Sergei Federov for my brother.

Baseball: Primarily players; of which I'll list some below. For sets, '94-'96 Collector's Choice and '95 Topps with all subsets are a few I look for. I also look for anyone who was on the Cubs 2016 World Series winning team. I'm a White Sox and Cubs fan, so I'll look for those teams. As far as players, some of the players I hunt, Frank Thomas, Nolan Ryan, Ken Griffey, Nolan Arenado, Matt Williams, Joe Carter, Edgar Martinez, Bernie Williams, Trevor Hoffman, Mark Grace, Paul Goldschmidt, Jose Abreu, Harold Baines, Tim Raines, Dennis Eckersley, Fernando Valenzuela, Larry Walker, Sammy Sosa, Jon Lester, Willie Stargell, Andrew McCutchen, Adrian Beltre, Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, Evan Longoria, Chipper Jones, Andruw Jones, Luis Gonzalez, Randy Johnson, Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, John Smoltz, and Paul O'Neill. Also look for Brett Gardner cards for my wife.

Basketball: Primarily I look for cards for players associated with the '90s Bulls dynasty, and players who were Atlanta Hawks from 2009-2011. look for stars from the '80s, '90s, and early '00s, including players like Charles Barkley, Reggie Miller, Karl Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon, Allen Iverson, and Patrick Ewing.

March '24 Update: Trading is turned back on. Woohoo!

Topps Baseball (flagship 1969-present) and now Topps Heritage Baseball 2018-present along with some oddball/food-issued cards. I'm also trying to complete my sets of older Topps football and baseball (1969-73) in NM condition (sorry for being a condition snob). Always happy to leave positive feedback.

I prefer to trade base cards for base cards and inserts for inserts. If my For Sale/Trade list has pre-1975 vintage or SPs or serial-#'s cards you want, I will trade them for pre-1975 vintage or SPs or low serial-#'s cards (mix or match) that I need, i.e. a pre-1975 vintage for SP or a SP for low SN or low SN for pre-1975 vintage, then offers will be happily be considered.

The bigger the trade, the better. :)

Transactions currently OFF!!

Had a couple of hiccups with outgoing deals recently and feel the need to overhaul and recheck my traders. Feel like it's best to do it now, before I add anymore "fuel to the fire". If you read this after seeing I'm not accepting transactions, and there is something you really want, or are really wanting to move, please message me directly with the details, and we can see what we can work out. Cheers!

On another note, recently moved locations at work, and the commuting schedule now makes it tougher to process trades during the week. Will still try to get them out as quickly as possible and catch up on the weekend as needed. Thanks in advance for your patience and understanding. Cheers!

Baseball: Roger Clemens; Donnie Moore; Chad Bettis; Cincinnati Reds (1966-2020)

Basketball: Charles Barkley; Craig Ehlo

Football: Pittsburgh Steelers (1971-2020)

Hockey: Colorado Avalanche

 COLLECT: For Enjoyment.. this is suppose to be Fun Relaxation. "No Soliciting to Buy"

Bringing back our childhood memories of trading with my friends.

I have no interest in baseball, basketball cards. I send multiple for even 1 packer card on my wantlist.

Any brand . Packers only.. Trade, trade, trade.. single trades are fine..  my older “ vintage” cards listed for trade are now image included on the link. What you see, is what you get. Learning the tools here , day by day.. 

 LETS DO IT! Its fun going to the Mailbox in this Covid Era..

donn bramer

2382 remington rd
green bay wi 54302

Site User Manual links

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 I don't mind getting PWE's any tme.. Save if you can..Packing your cards for mailing. Link

https://1912fenwayfaithful.wixsite.com/redsox/pwe-guide

Mark McGwire

Complete Sets

Trades will be mailed out on Mondays and Fridays. 

I'm trying to liquidate the FST list, so let's trade with reasonable offers! It never hurts to ask for a little more.

I am building my 1971 topps baseball set right now. Looking for moderate condition (GD-VG-VGEX) and I will overtrade as I build my sets.

Yes: I'll sell (Venmo/Cashapp/Paypal).
Yes: I'll trade a huge pile of cards for a big ticket card.
Yes: I'll trade a big ticket card for a huge pile of cards.
Yes: I'll trade to Canada.
Yes: I'll trade vintage for new.
Yes: I'll trade new for vintage.
Yes: I'll trade between sports.
Yes: I'll probably throw that other card in too.

General Condition notes (unless otherwise noted. I'm happy to send photos if requested): 
• 60s-70s-80s (G-VG-EX-EXMT)
• 80s-90s-00s (EX-EXMT-NRMT)
• 00s-10s-20s (EXMT-NRMT-MT)

Cards come from a smoke-free/pet-free/Subway-bread/patchouli free home. I like to think I have all the (.) and (*) variations catalogued, but let me know if these are critically important to you. 

Sent trades to 46/50 states. All 50 before I die, maybe? Where are you, AK, UT, VT, WY?

PC is Miguel Cabrera, Spencer Torkelson and Cal Eldred.

i collect Mike Piazza (all years, all teams), 90's insert sets. And i just recently decided that I want to put together the 1955 Bowman set. an adventure so far.

other sets I am working on:

1993 SP

1997, 1998,1999 Metal Universe

2017 - present Topps Heritage 

2017-present Topps Chrome and Chrome Update 

2018- present Topps series 1,2 and Update

Side PC

Richie Ashburn

Rhys Hoskins

Cody Bellinger 

i buy, trade and sell on here, as well as on Facebook groups and eBay. 

i am reasonable with prices

I am always open to trades. 

thanks for looking!

I am buying pre 1987 Non Sports

Don't go by my want list.  

Let's discuss if you have any for sale, even if they are not listed in the database. Vintage Misc. Sports as well.

Always looking for a good trade. Let me know if I have anything on your Want list. 

Currently in the midst of a huge overhaul with my fs/ft list and will not be ready for very many trades in the next few months. I PC quite a few things but mainly looking for Zach Aston-Reese, Jalen williams, Jeremy Sochan. If you are looking to buy something I am interested in selling.

Update 5/21/23

My address is 

Johnny Snow,

202 Elizabeth Street

Saltville, Va. 24370

Thank you in advance.

Update 4/06/22

First of all I only have football cards and baseball for trade right now. Send me your trade offers. I respond to all. Also willing to buy cards in bulk for trading purposes. Teams i collect are 49er's, and Braves. Especially from the years 1987 and backwards with a few 90's mixed in. Also 2000 - forward.

Main goal right now is 2022 team sets for the above teams.

Players with my last name. Snow

I collect Yankees and recent A&G Sets.

I also collect Star Trek, MTG, Comics cards and willing to trade Sports for non-sports and vice versa. If you see something in my Gaming collection feel free to make an offer!

2011 Allen & Ginter - 57% - 199 / 350

2013 Allen & Ginter - 40% - 139 / 350

2016 Allen & Ginter - 47% - 166 / 350

2017  Allen & Ginter - 77% - 271/ 350

2018 Allen & Ginter - 77% - 270 / 350

Not actively buying unless it too good of a deal to pass up.

Cards in Trading Block and Gaming are up for trade, but nothing in PC are on the table.

I unplug on Saturdays, and will reply on Sunday.

​​​Hello Transactions off and on. I do not sell cards. I only collect and trade." Don't be offended 😂 if I decline some offers some are: just ridiculous, super busy at work, or maybe not really worth the trade to me.

How to pack a PWE: https://1912fenwayfaithful.wixsite.com/redsox/pwe-guide

I might trade to Canada 🇨🇦 EU, Israel and other countries but it would need to be something unique.

Out of the USA? Trades must be 15 or less cards

I usually never "Buy"

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Lots of stuff to trade in various categories.

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I Send out Mail Now ONLY  once a week sometimes twice. But it's possible it may be two weeks depending on when it goes thru.

If it is on my trade list, it does not mean I need it. I don't make sets usually :) But it might be there from a former trade or a card I might take if it helps a reasonable trade.

I expect cards from 1980 forward mint corners sharp no print defects I also demand no creases and gum stains on the back. I won't send a card with gum stains or creases so I expect the same respect.

If your feedback is 0 or very low you agree to send first.

I reserve the right only if needed to swap cards for other cards on a person's want list if a card cannot be located. 

Trades only!

Top Priority: Tom Glavine (#5 on TCDb) and Trea Turner (#2 on TCDb) and the main Braves stars from past and present.

Just getting my sons started with their own collections. Looking for any braves for them, especially Strider, Riley, and Acuna.

Less actively looking for former NC State Wolfpack (Philip Rivers, Carlos Rodon, Will Wilson, Patrick Bailey, Torry Holt, Jerricho Cotchery, Nyheim Hines, Ickey Ekwonu, TJ Warren, David Thompson, Andrew Brackman, any others).

Always up for a fair trade, so if I have something you like, send me a proposal.  Prefer PWE deals but can make any work.  Will send PWE unless specifically agreed to do BMWT.  I'm usually able to get cards in the mail on Tuesdays and Thursday.  Happy to trade from my standard collection too if the deal is right.   

*Several of the junk wax variations may be incorrect, so let me know if that's important to you and I'll verify before proceeding. Pre-1990 cards may or may not be in Mint condition.  I'll pull and verify before accepting to let you know.  Most are just fine.

I try to be as fair as possible with offers and hope you will too.  If something I send seems off, it's unintentional and I'm always happy to counter/adjust to find something that works for us both.  Thanks! 

After a hiatus of more than 25 years in baseball card collecting, I got back into the hobby during the COVID lockdown with a renewed interest. I have picked up my collection where I last paused, back in 1994, and actively looking to fill the few gaps in the 1969-1994 years, mainly for Montreal Expos cards, as well as pick up all the new issues since then, complementing that with a few extra players in their pre or post Expos teams.

I have diven in the new Topps products, allowing myself the costly leasure of ripping open packs. And, although I am aiming to complete the flagship sets (Opening Day, Series 1, Series 2, Update & Holiday), my preference lies in the Archive and Heritage series, where I get the pleasure of looking at classic card designs of recent players and HoF'ers, but benefiting from the precision printing and slitting of high-end equipment.  

Current set builds:

• Topps Archives 2020 (322 / 324), 2021 (300 / 300), 2022 (336 / 380)
• Topps Opening Day 2018 (131 / 200), 2019 (122 / 200)
• Topps Heritage 2019 (723 / 725, or 761 / 895), 2020 (683 / 725, or 714 / 899), 2021 (613 / 725, or 614 / 908)
• Topps Heritage Chrome Purple Refractors 2020 (137 / 150)
• Topps Holiday 2017 (199 / 200), missing #107, 2019 (277 / 300), 2020 (288 / 300), 2021 (287 / 317), 2022 (199 / 300)
• Topps Update 2021 (330 / 330)

Sets being completed dating before hiatus

• 1993 Fleer Ultra (650 / 650) Finished !! - Inserts (92 / 93) - Missing Darren Daulton Home Run Kings #9

All-Cards Challenge:

• Tim Wallach 445 / 576 (77.2%) - Rank: 1st
• Steve Rogers 168 / 273 (61.2%) - Rank: 1st
• Dennis Martinez 453 / 712 (63.6%) - Rank: 1st
• Moises Alou 1,204 / 3,041 (39.6%) - Rank: 2nd
• Felipe Alou 108 / 317 (34.1%) - Rank: 1st
• Delino DeShields Sr. 475 / 726 (65.4%) - Rank: 2nd
• Marquis Grissom 758 / 1,337 (56.7%) - Rank: 2nd
• Ken Hill 337 / 436 (77.3%) - Rank: 1st
• Ross Grimsley 70 / 114 (61.4%) - Rank: 1st
• John Wetteland 377 / 726 (51.9%) - Rank: 1st
• Chris Speier 139 / 240 (57.9%) - Rank: 1st
• Pascual Perez 115 / 151 (76.2%) - Rank: 1st
• Denis Boucher 38 / 47 (80.9%) - Rank: 1st
• Warren Cromartie 65 / 150 (43.3%) - Rank: 1st
• Orel Hershiser 606 / 1,427 (42.5%) - Rank: 3rd - Not an Expos, but got into collecting his cards because he was an outstanding pitcher and top class opponent

Don't hesitate to contact me if you are looking to offload Expos cards, or even enquire if I have doubles of those players, as I'd be really happy to help you out as well. ;-)

Cheers & Happy collecting!

2023 - Focusing on 1971 Topps Baseball and Gill Hodges Collection

Personal Collection Priorities

Vintage Dodgers (pre 1980)

Gil Hodges

Rod Carew

Hunter Pence

Darin Erstad

Hideo Nomo

Pitchers in Batting Stance

Pre-War Track and Field

Set collecting 1971 Topps baseball, Topps Archives and Stadium Club sets, and 1932 American Caramel 

Orioles

Star Wars

Coast Guard

Goals for 2024:

Complete 80 transactions -   51 / 80

Send / receive 800 cards in transactions -   491 / 619

(Complete 1976 Topps set - 281 / 660)

Complete 1978 Topps set - 671 / 726

(Complete 1979 Topps set - 31 / 726)

Complete 1954-2023 base Orioles:

Donruss - 6 / 27

Fleer - 4 / 44

Score - 3 / 6

Upper Deck - 18 / 62

Increase Orioles collection to 15,000 cards - start 13,238 - currently 14,006 - 14,000th card was 1970 Kellogg's 3-D Super Stars 21 Brooks Robinson

Increase Star Wars collection to 5,500 - start 4,699 - currently 5,211 - 5,000th card was 2023 Topps Finest Star Wars FN-2 Hera Syndulla

Goals for 2023:

✔️ Complete 80 transactions -  171 / 80

✔️ Send / receive 800 cards in transactions -  2433 / 1557

Complete 1976 Topps set - 

Complete 1978 Topps set - 

Complete 1979 Topps set - 

✔️ Complete 1954-2023 Topps base Orioles - received 32 / 32 needs 

✔️ Increase Orioles collection to 13,000 cards - 12,000th card was 2022 Panini Prizm - Illumination Bronze Donut Circles Prizm #IL-9 Cedric-Mullins

13,000th card was 1995-Leaf-Limited-70-Mike-Mussina

✔️ Increase Star Wars collection to 4,000 - 4,000th card was 2023 Topps Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi   #6 The Grand-Inquisitor

Goals for 2022:

Complete 100 trades - 91 / 100

Send /receive 1,000 cards in trades - 722 / 777

✔️ Complete 1977 Topps set - received 16 / 16

✔️ Complete 1980 Topps set - received 10 / 10 needs 

Complete 1954-2021 Topps base Orioles - received 35 / 67 needs 

✔️ Increase Orioles collection to 11,000 cards - currently 11,027 - 11,000th card was 2022-Topps---Gold-Star-579-Ryan-Mountcastle  

Log all cards in my collection into TCDB

Log all trader cards into TCDB
 

Goals for 2021:

✔️ Complete 50 trades

✔️ Send /✔️ receive 500 cards in trades

✔️ Increase Orioles collection to 9,000 cards

✔️ Orioles collection rank top 5 on this site

Log all cards in my collection into TCDB

Log all trader cards into TCDB

Tim Castle

724 Spruce Hill Way

Charles Town, WV 25414

Zach and Porter here!  Father and son combining junk wax with a new age of collecting.  Base cards still matter and so does the love of the hobby.  We love the White Sox & Chicago Bears.  We operate on a budget so we try to focus on PWE trades to maximize our monthly trade allowance.  With that said we stick to trading in the US.  Thank you for understanding

Porter and I recently started our own YouTube channel in order to share our love for collecting.  Please watch and subscribe here Zach and Porter 

Porter and I were recently featured on John Newman's "Sports Card Nation Podcast"  We've been long time fans of John, he is a great ambassador of the hobby - https://www.sportscardnationpodcast.com/ep193-zach-porter-byrne/

Porter and I were recently featured in "Sports Collectors Digest” thanks to John Newman. You can read the article here.  https://sportscollectorsdigest.com/news/collectors-zach-porter-byrne-hobby-journey-sports-card-nation-john-newman

Porter is trying to collect the following sets:

2021 Topps Heritage and 2024 Topps Series 1

Current (or now recently former) White Sox player cards. (Eloy, Yoan, Luis Robert, Vaughn, Cease, etc)  Porter loves anyone who played for the White Sox or Bears.

Jackie Robinson reprints (his idol)  Porter loves collecting reprints of the All-Time Greats!  Pee Wee, Duke, Stan, Honus, etc!

Jim Abbott (he fell in love with Jim's inspirational story)

Shoei Ohtani - what kid doesn't love this guy?!?

Players who turned into announcers and players featured in the Heisman House commercials.

Troy Polamalu, Randy Moss, Calvin Johnson, Tony Gonzalez, Yadi, Trout, Terry Bradshaw, Bryce Harper, Tatis Jr., Justin Tucker, Tony Romo, Arenado, Goldschmidt, St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Steelers Manny Sanguillen and many more.

I am trying to collect:

Frank Thomas, Carlton Fisk, Bo Jackson, Robin Ventura, and other JWE stars like Rickey Henderson, Harold Baines, Ozzie Guillen, Jose Canseco, Will Clark, Albert Belle, Eric Davis, etc...I also love collecting reprints of Negro League Stars, specifically Satch, Gibson, and Papa Bell.  

I PC the Chicago Bears with a focus on members of the 1985 Bears picking up cards spanning their careers.  I have a few other Football Favorites like Larry Allen, Deion, Rice, Barry Sanders, Lott, Greg Lloyd, James Harrison, Devin Hester, Derrick Thomas, Lawrence Taylor, Christian Okoye, Julius Peppers and other random stars from the past.

I like old Bulls players and other stars from the 90's.  Shawn Kemp, Penny Hardaway, Gary Payton, Larry Johnson, David Robinson, and many more....