Today I received a couple items to add to the collection. The first was a baseball signed by Don Denkinger with an inscription of “Orta was out!” referencing his call in the 1985 World Series. I bought this from deano (Lezcano D on SCN).
The other package was a signed ticket from Dansby Swanson’s ML Debut game. Brian B (bandro on SCN) had a signing with Dansby and got it signed for me with the inscription.
Author: Kevin
Winter Meetings
Today I received a box with three baseballs in it from Chris L (chrisl999 on SCN). Chris attended the MLB Winter Meetings last week and was able to get the following baseballs signed for me:
Bruce Bochy
Bill James
John Schuerholz with HOF 2017
Chris did an awesome job and got me three baseballs I have wanted for a while. Thanks Chris!
The Big Unit and Wood
Now that I have your attention with that crazy title, I have to say I am pretty excited about what came in today’s mail. First, I had sent a Craig Sager First Pitch insert card from the Topps Update series. Craig has been battling cancer and it arrived today signed beautifully. I wish him well in his fight.
Next was two packages from Tom Orr that he got signed at the recent Chicago Sun Times show. The first box had my 3,000 K baseball. I had all the living players who got 3,000 strikeouts except for Randy Johnson. Tom got Randy to sign the baseball with his 4875 K total. It looks awesome.
The other package from Tom had a pair of Sports Illustrated magazines in it. The first was the issue from 07.07.2003 that Kerry Wood signed. I just need Mark Prior to finish it. Also in this package was my 1980 US Olympic Hockey team signed SI. I had all the hockey players on it except for Mark Pavlich. Tom got Mark to sign it and it is now complete. I was nervous of the Olympic SI and the baseball being shipped but Tom and the USPS came through!
The Straw That Stirred The Drink
Today I received three magazines that my friend Ryan A got me at the recent Sun Times show in Chicago. Ryan is awesome and has helped me out many times in the past and has done a great job. The items I received today are:
07.11.1988 Sports Illustrated signed by Darryl Strawberry
02.27.1995 Sports Illustrated signed by Darryl Strawberry (completing the cover with Dwight Gooden)
1969 Home Run magazine signed by Lou Brock (completing the cover with Pete Rose)
Thanks a ton Ryan!