Author: Kevin

Schatzy

While moving some things around a while ago, I came across some really cool cards I must have picked up a while ago. They are 1986 Provigo Montreal Expos cards. I have no idea what a Provigo is/was but the sponsored some cards for the Expos in 1986. They are printed on really thin stock, almost paper like, and have perforated edges like they came in sheets. The backs are printed in red, white, and blue and are in French and English. I picked up a few of these long ago somewhere and finally got around to sending them out. Today’s mail brought in the first of the few I sent out. Dan Schatzeder signed his card beautifully in blue.

Another Florida Spring Package!

I connected with Matt H (mattyice on SCN) a handful of years ago on SportsCollectors.net. Matt lives in Fort Myers and gets to a lot of Red Sox and Twins games during the spring and spends a lot of time chasing autographs for me. Today I received the package of his efforts this spring! Inside was:
Royce Lewis – 2024 Topps Heritage #577, 2025 Topps Heritage #138, 2025 Allen & Ginter #221
Brooks Lee – 08.17.2025 Topps Now #568
Ryan Jeffers – 2024 Topps Heritage #635, 2025 Topps Heritage #424, 07.28.2021 Topps Now #566, 07.23.2023 Topps Now #609
Gio Urshela – 2022 Topps Heritage #635
Michael Taylor – 2023 Topps #374
Austin Martin – 2025 Topps #595, 04.09.2024 Topps Now #53
Taylor Rogers – 2020 Topps #342, 2020 Topps Heritage #25, 2021 Topps Heritage #597
Luke Keaschall – 2025 Topps #US342, 2025 Allen & Ginter #223, 08.05.2025 Topps Now #518, 08.10.2025 Topps Now #543, 2025 Topps Now Rookie Cup #RC-3
These are all awesome additions to my collection and I really appreciate Matt’s help over the years. I hope to get to Florida for some spring training games and chase autographs with Matt in spring 2027 as long as there isn’t a lockout.

Another Spring Package!

Today’s mail brought another package of spring training signed items. Today’s package was from Wesley George. Wesley spends spring training driving around Florida obtaining autographs during spring training. The package included:
Joe Ryan- 2025 Topps Heritage #276 & 2026 Topps #54
Kody Clemens – 2026 Topps #85
Royce Lewis – 2026 Topps #115
Trevor Larnach – 2026 Topps #68
Ryan Jeffers – 2026 Topps #315
Byron Buxton – 2026 Topps #255
I’m excited to knock these off my list!