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My interest in Roberto Clemente has piqued of late and I reviewed the boxscore from the game he got his 3000th hit and discovered the pitcher who threw the ball is a reliable signer. So, I sent a ball to Jon Matlack asking him to write about Roberto’s 3000th hit. He wrote on the ball that he did not even know he needed one more hit to reach 3000 and the pitch he threw was not even a strike! Cool reply from someone who was such a big part of that moment. I am mailing out another ball to a fellow Pirate player soon and will hopefully get a nice reply there too.

With the recent induction of Jim Kaat into the Baseball Hall of Fame, I had to acquire a ball with the HOF inscription (I have to find a Tony Oliva one at some point too). Tom O (orr23mj on SCN) offered some for sale and I purchased it. It arrived today signed beautifully with “HOF ’22”.

Anyone who knows me knows that “Field of Dreams” is my most favorite movie of all time. I have probably seen it thirty times and just in the last year or so I no longer have tears at the end of it. My most favorite quote in the move is “Hey Dad. Wanna have a catch?” It gets me every time. Well, I noticed the actor who plays the young John Kinsella in that scene, Dwier Brown, offers signed baseballs on his website. I decided to pull the trigger and buy one of the move quote baseballs and it arrived today. Dwier also included a card that said “Hey Kevin- Wanna have a catch?” The quotes on the ball are “Iowa? I could’ve sworn this was heaven.”, “If you build it… he will come.”, “Ease his pain”, and “Wanna have a catch?” I have a baseball signed by James Earl Jones in my collection already so this is the perfect mate for that ball.
I also received a pair of Julio Rodriguez baseballs I bought from Mill Creek Sports today. Rodriguez is one of the top rated prospects in MLB.