Love this 1993 Upper Deck card where Jay Buhner is interrupting a Griffey interview.

It’s been awhile since I’ve landed a game-used jersey, but I got back on the big board with this XFL gamer of Nate “Big Nate” Miller.

Miller played football at LSU and spent a few seasons as an offensive lineman in the NFL, seeing some playing time with the Falcons in 1997. After NFL teams stopped calling, Miller resurfaced in the XFL with the Los Angeles Xtreme. I photomatched this jersey to the 2001 XFL “Million Dollar Game”, making it the second game-worn jersey I own from the league’s lone championship game and my third LA Xtreme jersey. This would be the last jersey Miller ever wore in a pro football game.

According to his XFL player bio, “Big Nate” is an avid comic book collector. Maybe he’ll show up here one of these days?

When the sideline photographer nails the shot.

Being that I collected the entire 1995 Select Certified Mirror Gold football card set, I’ve occasionally seen Mirror Gold cards from other sports and I had to purchase this one. Love the gold against the teal jersey. Our dude is coming over the boards, already sizing up who he’s going to hit.

I came across this gem while sorting through cards today. When I was growing up in the early-‘90s, a store near us sold bags of oddball baseball packs. I pulled this from one of those bags in maybe 1993. I haven’t looked through the checklist but I can’t imagine there’s a better card in the set.