Author: Kevin

Twin Twins!

Today brought in a couple Twins from the past.  I had found a really neat wirephoto with Joe Nossek sliding into second base a while ago and finally got around to sending it to him.  I got it back signed today.  Also in the photo is hall of fame umpire Doug Harvey.  I will send it to Mr Harvey next.

Also in the mail was a couple cards signed by Steve Brye.  I did already have these cards in my collection but both were multiplayer cards and the others had signed them so I thought I would send them off to him to finish them off.  He did not disappoint!

If You Send It, He Will Sign

Most of you who know me know that my all time most favorite movie is Field of Dreams.  I have been fortunate enough to have played catch at the movie site in Dyersville, IA with Caden a couple times in the past.  Great movie.  I had sent a baseball to James Earl Jones (Terrence Mann in the movie) a while ago.  He is always acting somewhere whether it is in a movie or in a Broadway play so he is hit or miss timing wise.  Today I received the baseball signed with his name and an inscription of Terrence Mann and Field of Dreams.  I had asked for the quote about baseball from the movie but he did not do that.

I also received a real nice package of items that I had sent to Kent B (doggle3 on SCN).  In it was a bunch of items I sent to him back when the Twins were coming to KC.  In all, he got me the following items signed:
Chris Parmelee 2 @ 1st HR tickets
Francisco Liriano 2006 Topps UH & 2012 Allen & Ginter
Alexi Casilla 2012 Topps Heritage
Lorenzo Cain SS OMLB
Salvado Perez Debut ticket
Mark Mustakas 1st HR ticket
Salvador Perez side panel OMLB
Jonathan Broxton side panel OMLB
He still has a pair of tickets for Eric Hosmer’s ML Debut and his 1st HR that he is still working on.  Thanks Kent!

GREAT mail day!

Today we returned from a quick family vacation to Rapid City, SD and the baseball mail was awesome!

First, I mailed a request to Wade Boggs to sign a baseball and HOF postcard.  Since I recently mailed to him for two Sports Illustrated magazines, I asked my father-in-law if he minded if I sent one in his name.  It showed up to his house while we were gone.  I sent $25 cash this time for the donation to the hospital.  I received a real nice baseball with HOF 05 and HOF postcard also with HOF 05.

Then I opened the mail and found that Carlton Fisk had signed both of my Sports Illustrated magazines I had sent to him before leaving.  That included an $80 donation to “The Cancer Support Center”.

Also in the mail today was a Ryan Zimmerman card that was from the 2007 Topps set.  I traded with Eric H (toastwrpi on SCN) and got it while I was gone.

Finally, my favorite package…  I have mentioned my friend Jon S (tjsportcards on Pat Neshek’s site) on here before.  Most recently that I got some Brian Dozier items signed for him as he is a huge Dozier fan.  Well, while I was gone Jon sent me a REAL nice package of Twins items signed while in Rochester.  Jon has season tickets to the Red Wings and does a ton of autographing there.  In the package was the following awesome items:
Tsuyoshi Nishioka postcard
Tsuyoshi Nishioka eTopps card (can’t be too many of these out there outside of Jon’s and mine!)
Tsuyoshi Nishioka 2012 Allen & Ginter
Danny Valencia 2011 Allen & Ginter
Liam Hendriks 2012 Allen & Ginter
Chris Parmelee 2012 Topps (upgrade to the one I have)
Chris Parmelee 2012 Allen & Ginter
Chris Parmelee 2012 Topps Heritage
Jon has taken great care of me with my Rochester needs.  I hope to even the score someday!  THANKS JON!

Like A Rock!

Today was one of the more interesting in person autograph events in a while.  We are on a family vacation to Rapid City, SD and while at Mt Rushmore today, we noticed Nick Clifford was there signing and selling his book about when he worked on Mt Rushmore at the gift shop.  Earlier today the kids purchased a Passport to National Parks and will try to get to as many of the parks as they can over their lifetime.  I thought it would be cool to have Mr Clifford sign the area where it was stamped with the date and logo.  Both kids decided to do that and we bought a book from him.  One of the more interesting autographs that is for sure!