Author: Kevin

The Human Vacuum Cleaner

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!!!

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!