Favorite Players: David Aardsma

David Aardsma is the first player on the list if you alphabetize every MLB player in history by last name. So, for that, I decided to collect him.

DAVID AARDSMA CARDS I HAVE

2004 Bowman's Best Autograph

2004 Topps

2004 Topps Total (ttm auto)

2006 Upper Deck

2008 Topps (ttm auto)

2010 Upper Deck

2011 Topps

2011 Topps Diamond Sparkle (ttm auto)

2011 Topps Heritage

Favorite Player: Dustin McGowan

Dustin McGowan is a rather new addition to my Favorite Players binder. He is another Type 1 diabetic.

DUSTIN MC GOWAN CARDS I HAVE:
2004 Bowman
2004 Topps Pristine Personal Endorsements certified autograph
2007 Topps
2009 Topps
2009 Upper Deck
2010 Upper Deck

Favorite Player: Trevor Bauer

Trevor Bauer is one of the newest guys added to my Favorite Player Collection. While some of his Twitter posts and thoughts have been viewed as controversial, at least he has the guts to speak his mind, even if people are going to ridicule him for it. Somewhat similar to Aubrey Huff and Carl Everett, except Bauer is still playing.

Trevor Bauer cards I have:
2012 Bowman Chrome
2013 Topps
2013 Topps Update
2014 Bowman
2017 Topps
2018 Topps
2018 Topps Heritage
2018 Topps Holiday

2018 Topps Update All-Star Stitches
2019 Topps

2020 Topps
2020 Topps '85 Topps 35th Anniversary
2020 Topps Big League
2020 Topps Heritage ERA Leader

2020 Topps Stickers (back)

2021 Topps ERA Leader

Boone customs

 

Favorite Player: Patrick Mazeika

 Patrick didn't get into my favorite player collection until recently. My friend Jim told me that he went to Stetson University (across the street from my church), but I forgot the name until I saw him a few months after the first time he told me about Patrick. I checked my cards, and pulled out one from 2022 Opening Day, and recently acquired his Topps card, and pulled his Topps Chrome autograph from a pack.

Patrick Mazeika cards in my collection:

2022 Topps

2022 Topps Chrome certified autograph

2022 Topps Opening Day

Favorite Player: Ferenc Jongejan

 Ferenc Jongejan was a pitcher for the Dutch National Team, and a guy that took a while to get into my favotite player collection just because he kind of slipped through the cracks only having the one card in my binders and with the frequency that I update them, I just didn't see the card and read the back until recently. He is in my collection now, and I hope to find his Bowman Chrome card, and perhaps an autographed one.

Ferenc Jongejan cards in my collection:

2003 Bowman

Favorite Player:Ryan Yarbrough

 Ryan is a new addition to my Favorite Player list. During the World Series I found out he was from Polk County, which is where I lived for almost 20 years. Upon examining the back of his cards, I realized he was born in Lakeland, FL, the same city I had lived in. Goes to show you what you can find when you actually read the backs of your cards. 

RYAN YARBROUGH CARDS I HAVE:

2014 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects Chrome Refractors

2018 Topps Heritage

2018 Topps Update

2019 Allen & Ginter

2019 Allen & Ginter mini

2019 Allen & Ginter Black

2019 Donruss 

2019 Panini Prizm

2019 Panini Prizm Red White and Blue

2019 Topps

2019 Topps Big League certified autograph

2019 Topps Fire

2019 Topps Heritage

2019 Topps Opening Day

2020 Topps

2020 Topps Gallery

2020 Topps Gallery (certified autograph)

2020 Topps Heritage

2020 Topps Stickers (back)

2021 Topps

2021 Topps Sparkle

2021 Topps Star Border

2022 Topps Chrome

2021 Topps Chrome Green Refractor

2021 Topps Chrome Refractor

2022 Topps Chrome Sepia Refractor

2021 Topps Heritage

2021 Topps Opening Day

2021 Topps Opening Day Blue

2022 Topps

2022 Topps Heritage