Author: Kevin

WS MVP

Today’s mail brought a pair of Rod Carew and a pair of Jack Morris signed cards. Tom O (orr23mj on SCN) had a signing with each and I mailed in a pair of Topps Project 70 cards for Carew and a Topps Now 2020 Turn Back The Clock 10.27.1991 and a 2021 Allen & Ginter card for Morris. I had asked that the Carew cards be signed with a nice gold paint pen. Well, they were but they turned out really opaque and you could not see the autograph unless you tilted it towards the light. I reached out to Tom and he told me he would have them redone next time he has Carew for a signing. I am pleased with that outcome so stay tuned on the Carew follow up down the road!

HOF Postcards

I recently saw a post on a Facebook autograph collecting group where David McNaughton listed a bunch of Hall of Fame postcards he had available. I have dabbled in these postcards for a while but thought it might be a good time to jump in on these and pick up a bunch of older ones I needed. I ended up working out a deal for the following:
Earl Averill
James “Cool Papa” Bell
Stan Coveleski (red Dexter)
Joe Cronin
Bill Dickey
Charles Gehringer
Burleigh Grimes
Jim “Catfish” Hunter
Waite Hoyt (blue Dexter)
Judy Johnson
Buck Leonard
Freddie Lindstom
Rube Marquard
Pee Wee Reese
Edd Roush (red Dexter)
Lloyd Waner
This put a nice dent in my needs!

Triple Play!

Back in September, 2021, Noel A (bluejay50 on SCN) posted he was going to have a bunch of signings with a number of players in the Dominican Republic and one of those players was Tony Batista. Batista played third base for the Twins in 2006 and on May 27th, he started a triple play. I had a pair of my season tickets from that game so I thought I would send them in to the signing. Due to a few issues, etc, the signing was finally completed around late January. The tickets made it back to me today from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico and then to me. They look awesome and each ticket includes “Triple Play”. The play started when Kenji Johjima hit the ball to Luis Castillo who touched second base and threw it to Justin Morneau at first for the second out. Carl Everett rounded third base too far and Morneau’s throw to Batista got Everett for the third out of the play. Not really a traditional ’round the horn triple play but it counts just the same! Now to add Castillo and Morneau to the ticket…