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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!

Johnny Likes Tuttles

Today was a fun day getting a couple autographed items along with some cool tickets for the collection.
The autographed items are a 1963 Topps Bill Tuttle card that David P (dcpolak on SCN) was selling. The other item is my Sports Illustrated magazine from 04.20.2016 already signed by Madison Bumgarner and Buster Posey that now is complete after Johnny Cueto signed it in the Dominican Republic for a PastPros/Under The Radar Sports signing. Here is Johnny completing my SI!

The Greatest

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.