Favorite Player: Hensley Meulens

Hensley Meulens is a coach on the Dutch National team, and was a coach on the 2017 Netherlands team in the WBC.

HENSLEY MEULENS CARDS I HAVE
1989 Donruss
1989 Star
1990 Score
1990 Topps
1991 Donruss
1991 Leaf
1991 Score
1991 Topps (ttm auto)
1991 Ultra
1992 Donruss
1992 Fleer
1992 Pinnacle
1992 Score
1992 Skybox
1992 Topps (ttm auto)
1992 Upper Deck
1993 Topps (ttm auto)

Favorite Player: Rusty Meacham

In 1996, I went to 2 Royals Spring Training games. Rusty Meacham played for them at that time, and he was a really nice guy, signing a ton of autographs. I got Rusty to sign a few cards, and a baseball.

RUSTY MEACHAM CARDS I HAVE
1991 Line Drive (ip auto)
1991 Upper Deck
1992 Donruss (ip auto)
1992 Pinnacle
1992 Score
1992 Stadium Club
1992 Topps custom

1992 Topps Traded
1992 Topps Traded Gold
1992 Upper Deck
1993 Donruss
1993 Leaf
1993 Pinnacle

1993 Select
1993 Topps Gold (ip auto)
1993 Ultra
1993 Upper Deck
1994 Stadium Club 1st Day Issue

1994 Topps custom
1995 Score
1995 Topps Spectra Light/Cyberstats (ip auto)

Favorite Player: Larry McWilliams

Back when I did ttm autographs a ton, I sent a letter to Larry McWilliams, and he wrote back with a nice response and signed my cards. I sold a portion of my autographed cards (including the 2 of Larry that I had), but I still have the letter of him somewhere, as well as his unautographed cards.

LARRY MC WILLIAMS CARDS I HAVE
1982 Donruss
1982 Topps
1983 Donruss
1986 Fleer
1986 Topps
1987 O-Pee-Chee
1987 Topps
1988 Topps Traded
1989 Donruss
1989 Fleer
1989 Score
1989 Topps
1989 Topps Traded
1990 Donruss

Favorite Player: Kyle McPherson

Kyle McPherson went to the University of Mobile, and that is why he is in my Favorite Player Collection. I may have seen him there had I went there all 4 years.

KHLE MC PHERSON CARDS I HAVE:
2011 Bowman  

2011 Bowman Chrome Purple Refractor

Favorite Player: Andy McGaffigan

When I was in middle school or so, I was at the dentists office, and I, like always, brought a binder of baseball cards along to look at. The dental hygenist noticed, and told me that her next door neighbor was Andy McGaffigan. She told me to mail her his card, and she would get it signed for me. I had his 1990 Donruss card, so I mailed it to her, and sure enough, a few weeks later, the card came back signed and personalized. Many years later, he appeared at the Rays fan fest, and I was able to meet him in person and get him to sign some more cards.  I should've got a picture with him. Maybe someday.

ANDY MC GAFFIGAN CARDS I HAVE:
1982 Topps
1984 Fleer
1984 Topps custom
1986 Topps
1986 Topps Traded (ip auto)
1987 Donruss
1987 Fleer
1987 Topps
1988 Donruss (ip auto)
1988 Fleer
1988 O-Pee-Chee
1988 Score
1988 Topps (ip auto)
1989 Bowman (ip auto)
1989 Donruss (ip auto)
1989 Fleer
1989 Score (ip auto)
1989 Topps
1990 CMC (ip auto)
1990 Donruss (ttm auto)
1990 Fleer
1990 Score (ip auto)
1990 Topps
1990 Upper Deck
1991 Score
1991 Topps (ip auto)
1992 Topps custom

Favorite Player: Quinton McCracken

Quinton McCracken was the leadoff hitter of the 1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays team, the first year they played in MLB. Quinton was a speedster, who would've been a star in my opinion, but never got the chance. He was a 2-sport star at Duke, playing football and baseball, and went from being drafted by the Rockies in 1992 to making his MLB debut in 1995. He hit .292 with 7 Home Runs and 59 RBIs in 1998 after being drafted by the Rays, and was named their first ever MVP. He missed most of '99 with a torn ACL, and then they kept him in the minors for most of 2000. He could've been a nice player if they gave him some at-bats. Quinton stuck around the Majors until 2005, and retired following the 2007 season. He worked for a few teams in the front office after he retired, most recently with the Houston Astros, winning a World Series with them last year. In 2019, he became a coach with Durham, and that makes my chances of meeting him a little better, as he has a chance of perhaps moving around and getting in a league with cities closet to me.

QUINTON MC CRACKEN CARDS I HAVE
1993 Bowman
1993 Topps Team Stadium Club
1993 Topps (ttm auto, also signed by fellow Favorite Player Brent Gates)
1993 Topps Gold
1994 Upper Deck Minors
1996 Bowman (autographed, purchased on eBay)
1996 Collector's Choice
1996 Fleer Team Set
1996 Pinnacle
1996 Score
1996 Topps custom
1996 Ultra
1997 Collector's Choice
1997 Collector's Choice Team Set
1997 Donruss
1997 Leaf
1997 Pinnacle
1997 Score
1997 Topps
1998 Bowman
1998 Collector's Choice
1998 Finest
1998 Fleer Vintage '63

1998 Pacific Paramount
1998 Pacific Revolution
1998 Robert Rodgers Rays Team set
1998 Score
1998 Score Rookie/Traded
1998 Stadium Club
1998 Topps
1998 Topps Chrome (ttm auto)
1998 Topps Gallery Player's Private Issue

1998 Upper Deck
1999 Finest Refractor
1999 Pacific Red
1999 Pacific Gold Crown
1999 Pacific Prism Gold
1999 Pacific Revolution
1999 Skybox Thunder
1999 Stadium Club
1999 Topps
1999 Topps Chrome Refractor
1999 UD Choice
1999 UD Choice Preview (ttm auto)
1999 Ultra
1999 Upper Deck
1999 Upper Deck Black Diamond
1999 Upper Deck MVP
2000 Fleer Focus
2000 Pacific Paramount
2000 Topps custom
2001 Topps Chrome Traded Refractor
2003 Topps
2003 Topps Chrome Refractor
2004 Topps
2004 Topps Total
2005 Fleer

Favorite Player: Joe Mather

Joe Mather was a big part of my brother-in-law JT and my baseball world in the late '00's. JT saw Joe play in a high-school home-run derby, and was able to get his bat that he broke. I saw Joe a few times in the minors with Palm Beach of the Florida State League, and JT was there in St. Louis when Joe made his Major League debut. I picked up a few cards of Joe to represent him in my collection, including this TriStar autographed card.

JOE MATHER CARDS I HAVE:
2007 Bowman Chrome
2007 Tristar Autothentics certified autograph
2008 Bowman
2008 Bowman Chrome
2008 Topps
2008 Topps Heritage
2009 Topps