Today I received a really, really, really cool baseball signed by one of the coolest guys I have ever met. A few weeks ago I had sent a couple magazines to Brooks Robinson and he was not happy with how one of them turned out so he told me to send him anything in the future and he would sign it for me for free. I have always wanted a stat ball of Brooks and thought this would be a good time for it. I still included a donation for him and today I received it. He loaded it up with his amazing career statistics. He wrote his name and HOF 1983 and the following stats:
1955-1977 Baltimore Orioles
2,896 Games
1,232 Runs
2,848 Hits
268 HRs
.267 Batting Avg
18x All Star
16x Gold Gloves
1970 WS MVP
1964 AL MVP
1966 AS MVP
It looks awesome and I am really excited to have this in my collection. THANK YOU BROOKS!!!
Author: Kevin
Pat Comes Through Again!
Today Caden received his package of baseball cards that we sent to Pat Neshek to have his teammates sign. I received a pair of Sports Illustrated magazines last week and today Caden’s cards showed up. I sent Pat a package of four baseballs that should arrive tomorrow. I am excited for those.
In Caden’s package were the following cards:
Jake Arrieta – 2017 Gypsy Queen #235
Aaron Nola – 2017 Allen & Ginter #206, 2017 Topps Heritage #93, 2018 Topps Heritage #188
Jorge Alfaro – 2017 Gypsy Queen #4, 2018 Topps Heritage #352
Jerad Eickhoff – 2017 Gypsy Queen #123, 2018 Topps Heritage #392
Cameron Rupp – 2017 Gypsy Queen #72
Vince Velasquez – 2017 Gypsy Queen #92
Maikel Franco – 2017 Gypsy Queen #220
Hector Neris – 2018 Topps Heritage #184
JP Crawford – 2018 Topps Heritage #273
These are awesome cards and Caden is stoked to have them in his collection. Thanks Pat!!!
Willie & Jason
Today I received a pair of autographed cards in two packages. The first was the 2000 Fleer Greats of the Game Willie Stargell card. This is not the certified issue but rather the much harder maroon border version. I had all the cards signed by each person in the set who was living at the time it was available (although the Fernando Valenzuela might be ghost signed so I need to upgrade that one) except for Willie Stargell. It is the last card needed on A LOT of people’s list. Scott K (cpt_k on SCN) was selling all his cards six months ago and I worked out a deal with him that he would offer a refund if the card did not pass PSA. The card was not signed the best but I was not too picky as I only know of two instances of this card signed before I saw this one. I sent it in to PSA in a group submission that Tony M (bandit11 on SCN) sent in and today I received it authenticated. I am pretty excited about it.
The other card I received was a Jason Tyner card I needed for my Twins card sets that I bought from Jared W (jaybruce32 on SCN). I am happy to now have all the Tyner cards I needed and can mark him off my need list. I had sent this card to him twice with no response so I gave up. Thanks Jared!
A King, A Cy, and Spring Goodies
Today was a fun day to get mail! I received three packages full of autographed goodies.
The first package I opened contained a pair of magazines signed by “The King” Richard Petty. Mr Petty was kind enough to sign the March 1992 and December 1992 Stock Car Racing magazines in thin silver paint pen. They look great! I am going to give one to my brother who is a big NASCAR fan.
The second package I opened contained a pair of Sports Illustrated magazines signed by Jake Arrieta. I never figured I would get one Jake Arrieta autograph in my collection much less two! Pat Neshek started helping out collectors to get items signed from the Phillies for a nominal fee. I mailed in some cards for Caden and a pair of SI’s for me. I received the SI’s today. They are both signed beautifully! They are the 03.28.2016 and 10.10.2016 issues. I cannot thank Pat enough for helping out fellow collectors.
The last package I opened contained a bunch of autographed items from spring training that Vinnie M (vinniemiller on SCN) got for me. These items are:
Amir Garrett ML Debut tickets X3
Ariel Hernandez ML Debut tickets X2
Jesse Winker ML Debut ticket
Jimmy Sherfy ML Debut tickets X2
David Dahl ML Debut ticket
Alen Hansen ML Debut ticket
Pablo Sandoval ML Debut ticket
Francisco Mejia ML Debut tickets X2
Rob Refsnyder 1st Hit ticket
Jeff Mathis – 02.24.2003 Sports Illustrated
Vinnie has a bunch of other items for the visiting Seattle teams this season. He does a fantastic job on my items and cannot wait to see what else he has for me this year!