Some Highly Rated Prospects

Today I received a package of baseballs my guy Paul C got for me signed by Florida State League prospects.  This package contained the following:
Jorge Mateo
Kevin Newman
Kevin Kramer
Jack Flaherty
Jhoan Urena
Wuilmer Becerra
Amed Rosario
Some of these baseballs are duplicates but they are such good players I could not go wrong adding an additional signed ball to the collection.
Thanks Paul!

A Phil But Not For Long

Today I received a Sports Illustrated signed by Ryan Howard of the Phillies.  He is probably going to be out of baseball at the end of this season but he did manage to have a private signing with Todd Schafer a couple weeks ago.  Todd had my 11.2.2009 SI signed in blue Sharpie.  I was hoping for a decent autograph since this was a sit down paid signing.  If it is, Howard’s signature is worse than I thought!

The Kid

Today I received a Sports Illustrated magazine signed by one of the best to ever play the game, Ken Griffey Jr.  Back when Griffey played for the Mariners I would go to all three games in the series when they visited the Twins.  Not once did I ever see Griffey or A Rod sign for anyone.  Fast forward years later I have purchased two different signed (and authenticated) Sports Illustrated magazines in the span of a few months.  I am glad to get these and would love to find the rest of them.  This one came from Lou B (loumud on SCN) and arrived beautifully signed and in great shape.  A real nice addition to the collection!