After 8 years on the site, I finally decided to expand my profile. As my user name suggests, I am a collector of all things Minnesota Twins, and Kirby Puckett is the top player I collect. Whenever I pick up a Twins card, the hunt is on to complete that Twins team set. I currently have well over 4,000 Twins team sets, cataloged in 50 binders, while several hundred more team sets are a work in progress. It is a great feeling finishing off a team set, finding that last card that sometimes took years to locate.
A note about trading: Even though they may show up on my wantlist (I try to delete them whenever I see them), I am generally not interested in all the variations (dot or not dot, one or two asterisks, Copyright D or E, etc.), unless they are Puckett cards.
I am currently ranked #1 in TCDB for Twins cards with 24,620 cards. My top ten Twins cards are (with currently TCDB ranking):
- 1. Kirby Puckett, 1314 (3rd)
- 2. Joe Mauer 816 (4th)
- 3. Torii Hunter 550 (3rd)
- 4. Harmon Killebrew 511 (2nd)
- 5. Justiin Morneau 481 (4th)
- 6. Chuck Knoblauch 412 (1st)
- 7. Byron Buxton 384 (2nd)
- 8. Rod Carew 376 (3rd)
- 9. Miguel Sano 368 (1st)
- 10. Kent Hrbek 353 (3rd)
- 33. Tony Oliva 152 (1st) I added Tony because he was my favorite player growing up. What a thrill it was to see him go into the HOF! I see him every year at spring training. What a great gentleman and ambassador for the game!
- I also dabble in Vikings cards, but now that they have disappointed me again, I'll probably ease off but feel free to offer me any Vikings cards I don't have.
