I have been a sports nut since I was about eight, and I have all the stuff to prove it. From posters to sports cards, autographs and programs, I have accumulated more sports memorabilia in about 15 years than most people think of getting in a lifetime. In all, my sports card collection includes about 200,000 cards, with about 80% of those being in baseball. The remaining 20% are split between basketball and football. Currently, my quest is to obtain every Topps baseball set back to the year of my birth (1980). So far, 1980-1993 is complete.

I also have a fairly large autograph collection ranging from signatures that I obtained in person (Reggie Jackson, Goose Gossage, Tony Larussa) to those obtained through the mail (Will Clark) and a few that I pulled from packs of cards (Joe Morgan, Maury Wills). In recent years, I have expanded my collection to include more autographed memorabilia, including basketballs signed by the entire 1988-89, 1989-90, 1991-92 and 2002-03 Portland Trailblazers and 2002 Elite Eight Oregon Ducks; pennants signed by the 1979-80, 1988-89 and 1999-2000 Portland Trailblazers, posters signed by the entire 1995-96 and 2003-04 Portland Trailblazers, a game-used Atlantic League baseball signed by Rickey Henderson while playing with the Newark Bears, and a game-used Interational League baseball signed by Darryl Strawberry while he was with the Tidewater Tides in 1983.

My Music Collection