Adventures in Autograph Collecting
I recently received my February, 1968 Baseball Digest back from Rick Reichardt and was hoping to find a Billy Williams signing event soon. Turns out I did not have to wait long! Jim & Steve’s Sportscards in Chicago announced Williams was going to be a guest of theirs at a signing event. I sent in my magazine and received it back today! They even sent me a picture of Billy signing my magazine!
To say I am thrilled is an understatement! Now I need a Tony Oliva signing to complete it!
Today a Hall of Famer showed up in the mailbox. I had sent a July 1986 Baseball Digest along with a ticket from 07.16.2011 to Bert Blyleven just before the World Baseball Classic knowing it would take a while to come back to me. Bert was a coach with the Netherlands team so he was in Japan for a while. Today I received the ticket with “#28 Retired” as requested as well as the Baseball Digest signed beautifully!
I have posted a few items I received from Jim Kaat since his Hall of Fame induction including the purchase of a signed baseball with the #36 retired logo. While I was unable to get a ticket to that game, I was able to get a game used baseball from it which, of course, had the #36 logo. I sent it in to a signing Kaat was doing and had him sign it under the logo with “#36 Retired 7/16/22” and received it back signed beautifully today! A special thanks to Donnie D (macey225 on SCN) for getting it done!
Even though I already had one, I love the Kirby Puckett Weekend signed cards that were given away to kids that weekend… some directly from Kirby himself as he appeared at one of the gates at the Metrodome that weekend. Fernando Hoover listed a couple for sale on Facebook and I reached out to him for one. I received it today and am excited to add another to my collection!