Today I received a really cool baseball that was signed by Mike Armstrong. Mike was the winning pitcher in the Pine Tar Game and wrote about what he remembers from the game. Brian S (bds258 on SCN) had a private signing with Mike and I worked out a deal to send a baseball to it. I cannot express enough how happy I am with this baseball and the effort Mike and Brian put in to make it happen. Thanks guys!
Author: Kevin
More Debuts!
Today I received two more debut tickets. The first was Brian Bark from 07.06.1995 at the Metrodome. The other was Keith Garagozzo from 04.05.1994 also at the Metrdome. In both cases, I am sure these were my tickets and I attended the games but I do not remember any specifics about their debuts.
Debut Tickets!
Today I received three debut tickets that I sent out to be signed. I recently came across a website that listed players Major League debut dates and compared those dates to my list of trader ticket stubs. I found 14 and sent them out.
I received a ticket from Creighton Gubanich who made his debut in 1999. He signed the ticket with MLB Debut and wrote a note about what he remembered about it (he mentioned coming in for defense after someone pinch ran for Jason Varitek in the bottom of the 8th).
Another ticket I received was from Fritz Connally who made his debut in 1983. He also signed and inscribed it with ML Debut. He included a note about his debut that mentioned “… I struck out. Not a great start but at least a start.”
The third ticket I received was from Eddie Bane who signed it with ML Debut. He did not include a note but he made his debut for the Twins in 1973.
I have always enjoyed debut tickets as it was something every player had to have remembered. To hear these players mention something about their debuts is pretty neat.
La Tortuga
Today I received a pair of packages. The first was a numbered Willians Astudillo signed Topps Now post season card. I bought an autographed Topps Now post season set and La Tortuga was the signed card in the set. This is ironic because Willians was not on the post season roster. My card is numbered 10/10.
The other package I received was the first of hopefully many ML Debut tickets I sent out. I found a website that listed all the Major League debut games so I went through my trader list of tickets and found a bunch and sent them out. Bubba Trammell made his ML Debut on April 1, 1997 at the Metrodome. I had this ticket and mailed it to him. He signed it and included a nice note thanking me for the memory. Pretty fun return!