Paul Skenes was the number one overall pick in the 2023 MLB draft. Legends Memorablia/Major League Alumni Marketing announced a signing with him so I bought a ball. This is probably the best way to get an item as it has the MLB hologram on it and you are acquiring it right from the source. My ball arrived today and is a great addition to the collection!
Author: Kevin
A Triple Play
When I saw a Facebook post by John Wilkey showing a bunch of Twins cards, I was skeptical because in just about every post like this I have every Twins card listed. This time I was excited to find the following:
2020 Topps Heritage #74 Lewis Thorpe
2020 Topps #US-180 Ben Rortvedt
2019 Bowman Paper Matt Wallner #BD6
I did not need the Wallner for my set but since it was a nicely signed 1st Bowman card, I picked it up too.
What is cool about the other two is that they are the last two I needed for each of the two players!
A Walk-Off Winner!
August 6, 2023. This was the date of the last Twins game Cami and I attended before sending her off to college. We had a fantastic time at the game and the ending really was a nice send off for her to remember until she came back home after her first school year in Phoenix ends in May, 2024. The game was tied going into the ninth inning. The Twins were facing the Arizona Diamondbacks which was cool since Cami was going to go to college at ASU in a week so we were cheering for a good game. They did not disappoint. In the top of the ninth Christian Walker hit a solo home run off Caleb Theilbar to take the lead. That lead did not last long! The first batter for the Twins in the bottom of the ninth was Max Kepler and he delivered a solo home run of his own to re-tie the game at three runs apiece. After a walk to Jorge Polanco, hometown player Matt Wallner came up jacked a walk-off home run to right center!
Cory Provus, as usual, had an awesome call of the homer. I sent a ball to him and asked him to write his call on it to commemorate Wallner’s walk-off. I received that beautiful baseball today along with a note on the back of his business card apologizing for the delay.
A Tough Signer
The April, 27, 1981 Sports Illustrated magazine pictures the Oakland A’s starting five pitchers inside their locker room. It shows Rick Langford, Steve McCatty, Brian Kingman, Matt Keough, and Mike Norris posing together. It is really tough to find this magazine signed by any of them much less all of them on the same issue. I was fortunate enough to get Mike Norris to sign one years ago and then found a seller selling an issue with Steve McCatty’s signature on it. Coliseum Kingz (Carlos Lopez) recently had a signing with Norris so I sent in the issue signed by McCatty already and received it back today. Mike Norris signed it perfectly. I now have two down and three to go! I know this one won’t ever get completed but it is ready if the other three decide to start signing.
UPDATE: I received a message on this post from a buddy of mine that Matt Keough has passed away. So, now I know this one will NEVER be completed! I guess that makes Matt a REALLY TOUGH signer now!