I have thousands of game photos to look back on, and many, many memories to hold on to. Today’s post is a recap of the memorabilia I managed to pick up throughout the 2026 season. If you have anything else to offer, past, present, or future, I’d love to hear from you.
I’m not a beer drinker, but I do enjoy an ice cold Mountain Dew or occasional Coke to go along with a brat or burger. The owner of the Dairyland Collegiate League gave me a Johnson Creek Mapaches cozy and I picked up a Cazenovia Reds cozy at their fan appreciation day.
Speaking of Cazenovia, it was at the appreciation day/pig roast that I picked up a nice poster schedule. I picked one up in Milton last season and I saw several throughout the ’26 season, but didn’t pick up any others.
Admittedly, I am a little biased on this next item. Early in 2026, I purposely went to Albion for a ballgame so I could try my drone to capture their unique ballfield. After posting the game photos, Albion reached out and asked permission to use an aerial photo to create these buttons.
BALLCLUBS: Take a look at my terms and conditions. I encourage teams to use my photography to promote your club. Buttons, schedules, Facebook posts. . . whatever, so long as it is “not-for-profit”, I offer free use.
On July 12th, Rubicon honored their alumni players. It was quite an event with a sizeable and vocal crowd. As part of the celebration, the ballclub printed cards of past Red Sox players. Several of them are shown here.
Jerseys are often available on ebay, but those items are generally too costly for my hobby budget. I was thrilled to be gifted a Rubicon jersey at the aforementioned alumni event. Thanks Tanya!
With Watertown’s return to the Rock River League in ’26, I made a point of getting to a game early in the season. For their May 9th contest against Milton, I picked up a starting lineup card. Note that half the lineup was filled with Roeseler men. It is pretty common to have 2 or 3 players with the same name, but five! Wow!
Schedules are a personal favorite and a collectible I actively seek. Major and minor league schedules are commonplace, as are schedules from Wisconsin’s Northwoods League teams.
Schedules from amateur league teams are much more difficult to find. Late in the season I found a Fort Atkinson Generals schedule on ebay, and it is my understanding Monona printed one, but I was unable to get back to the Madison area to pick one up.
For the past couple season’s I’ve picked up a Rock River League schedule. A trip to the Mayville Museum, which has a nice Rock River League display, has several schedules of similar style that date back to the 1960s.
Not too many teams print pocket schedules. Even fewer print magnet schedules. The Monches and Rubicon skeds are quality items. The Milwaukee Beavers is a simpler laminated four corner variety, but it is considered a magnet sked nonetheless.
Oppps. I forgot to show the Lake Country Dockhounds, but got the Milkmen of the same league. The Blue Ribbons, A’s, and Cavaliers play in nice minor-league caliber parks. And, I was thrilled with my late season “2026 Dairyland Baseball League” pickup. (I know they’ve printed schedules in past years and would love to pick any of those up!)
The next image shows schedules I picked up from the Home Talent League. Evansville has printed a schedule like this going back to at least 2018 (I have one). Uncharacteristically, Ashton printed multiple variations. I managed to pick up two of the three known variations. Man, I would really like to get the third variation.
Like Evansville, the Thiensville club has printed a similar style schedule for many years. On the evening I picked up the 2026 version, the Twins only had nine players and the catcher got injured. Rather than play a person down in the field, the manager picked up a glove and played a few innings in right field. That’s quite an accomplishment considering he first played around 1970. Anyhow, the other schedules in the image are a nice horizontal bi-fold schedule. The ’26 Frogs sked was first-time acquisition.
The last photo shows the Sauk-Prairie Twins season pass that is a business-card style card with a schedule on the backside. Given that this schedule is a season ticket pass, it was a rather expensive pickup.
If you are looking for an inexpensive way to promote your club next season, a photo on the cover and schedule on the back could be an inexpensive means to draw more fans. If you chose this option and want to use one of my photos, I’d appreciate being notified and receiving one.
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