This is a very cool 1982 TCMA Columbus Clippers Don Mattingly minor league card. One of my very favorite cards to collect. Love finding cards of stars and Hall of famers from before they even played a major league game. His 1981 stats:

.314 average , 172 hits, 74 runs, 7 hrs, 98 RBI’s just shows the player he will become for the Yankees. It’s unfortunate that he shortened his career by wearing his body out with so much batting practice before games. I didn’t think that was a thing but it is. Anyways, I love the card and I hope you guys like it too.

As a kid in the early 90s, I loved collecting minor league cards. As a 40-something now, I am thrilled to have picked up this 1987 Bellingham Mariners Griffey auto last night. This is my second Griffey auto and looking forward to building out that part of my PC.

Tino’s or Edgar’s

One of my all-time favorite Blue Jays, back when he was a catching prospect in the NY-Penn league.