Author: Kevin

Expanding My Port-Zoilo

Today I received a couple items which are great to add to the collection. The first was a card I bought off eBay. noahsmemorabilia listed a 1975 Topps Zoilo Versalles MVP card #203 for sale. It was the last card I needed to complete my 1975 Topps Twins set so I was happy to see it available.

The other package was a box of Sports Illustrated magazines that Tom O (orr23mj on SCN) got via a pair of private signings he took part in. The first was a trio of Pedro Martinez SIs and the other was a pair of Johnny Bench SIs. I already had the two Bench SIs signed in the collection but the price was so good I had to send these in. It was cool to get Pedro on my 11.08.2004 SI. It already has Curt Schilling and Johnny Damon. All I need is David Ortiz to complete it! The SIs I got this time around are:
10.13.2003 Pedro Martinez
04.20.1998 Pedro Martinez
11.08.2004 Pedro Martinez
03.13.1972 Johnny Bench
11.01.1976 Johnny Bench

Singer-ing In The Rain

Today I received a few cool things for the collection. LGC Sports Marketing had a private signing with Jorge Soler and Brady Signer. I received a pair of JSA Witness Brady Singer signed baseballs and got Jorge Soler on my 10.10.2016 Cubs Roster Sports Illustrated magazine. They did an awesome job and shipped the items back to me quickly after the signing.

The other package I received was a Bryan Mata signed baseball my guy Paul C got for me. Paul lives in Ft Myers and got this signed during spring training.

Bertram Grover Weeks

Who is Bertram Grover Weeks you might ask? Well, Bertram was played by Grant Gelt in the movie “The Sandlot”. A couple years ago I got a movie poster signed by nearly the entire cast of “The Sandlot” but two people were not at the show. The promoter worked out a deal with Grant Gelt but once COVID started the signing was pushed back. It was completed last week which required the promoter to drive to Grant’s location to get it done. Chris D (cpdinc on SCN) helped out again on this one! All I need now is Michael Vitar, who played Benny The Jet Rodriguez, to complete the poster. It looks amazing and is pretty neat.