Arguably my number 1 pitcher I PC is Johan Santana, (1a is Doc Gooden).

Picked up this beautiful team color blue parallel Five Star Autographed Jumbo Prime patch card (and what a very cool patch it is, the T from Mets on the front of the uniform).

He was a pleasure to watch and gave me and my son a game watching moment together I will never forget when he threw the Mets first ever no-hitter back in 2009.

PS if anyone has a lead on a 2008 Topps Johan Santana card 661, please let me know!

Let’s Go Mets!

Got an excellent deal on this 1/1 first AEW Auto of 1/2 of one of the greatest tag teams in pro-wrestling history, Mark Briscoe.

2025 AEW Upper Deck Signature Edition is the first wrestling product I’ve ever gone ALL-IN on.

As a huge 2010’s Ring of Honor fan I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to own this card.

Happy Collecting!

One of my new favorite things for 2026- 5 boxes of AEW Signature Edition arrived today from two separate orders (I still have a 20 box case on the way that’s been delayed by UPS because of the Winter Storms.

Very happy with these boxes!

Happy Collecting!

One of the best centerfielders of his generation, today Carlos Beltran was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He will become just the 3rd Hall of Famer to go in with a Mets cap on his plaque. In addition to what he did on the field his immediately changed how the Mets were viewed both in context of being a destination for free agents and how fans and the media around the league viewed the club.

He’ll often be remembered for that called third-strike, but really, I don’t think there is anyone who’s knees that curveball would not have buckled.

This is my favorite Carlos Beltran card in my collection- his 2005 Topps (first Mets card) autographed one-of-one from the Topps Archives Signature Series Retired Players Edition.

I was a kid in Flatbush during my formative years as a baseball fan, and that coincided with the 86 Mets, the all time greatest Mets team. The team was the toast of the town! This set was a labor of love- building the 1986 Topps X Once Upon A Time In Queens Collector’s Edition Autograph Set (still missing there Keith Hernandez auto, I’ve only seen one for sale during my searches and lost the auction so my set sits at 28 of the 29 card set)

Gary Carter and Roger McDowell were the absolute hardest for me to track down (the only Carter I’ve ever seen on eBay is now in my set, I couldn’t hit the buy it now fast enough) and the McDowell I acquired in a trade with someone who I really feel was doing me a favor (I haven’t seen one for sale in years).

I have a placeholder Keith in my set from a public signing I attended- still hoping to procure one some day to make my set truly complete.

Also complete, and pictured after the autos are the complete 50 card Blue & Orange parallel set (each card serial numbered out of 86)- the Davey Johnson card 34 was the hardest one to track down! It took my so long and I finally snagged one last summer on BuySportsCards.Com for $5. One of my favorite parallel sets.