Category: HOF

Twins Welcome Back HOFers

Cami and I went to the Twins game tonight. It was a celebration of Jim Kaat and Tony Oliva and their welcome back from Cooperstown following their inductions into the Hall of Fame. The Twins offered a special package that included a pair of HOF baseball signed under the logos of Kaat and Oliva as well as a special bobblehead of each and the induction weekend program. It was all in a real nice box. I picked the one up I bought before the game and Cami and I enjoyed a Twins victory over the Blue Jays. Even though it rained for part of the game, we still had a blast.

Rodney

A while ago I had sent in a pair of Topps Project 70 cards for a signing that Tom O (orr23mj on SCN) was having with Rod Carew. I asked Tom to use a nice bold gold paint pen. Well, when I received them the paint pen appears transparent on it. I reached out to Tom and he told me to send them back next time he had a signing with him.
I sent the two cards so he could wipe them or show that they were messed up plus a replacement of each of them (I usually buy two of things for exactly this reason) as well as a different Project 70 card and a Topps Andy Friedman Spotlight 70 Series II card. I received all six cards signed today. I did not expect the two that were signed in gold to be signed but they were and I was able to remove the gold paint pen. Tom provides solid customer service!

Posting Up

A couple weeks ago I saw a person on Facebook selling some Hall of Fame postcards. I was going to send to Mike Mussina and recently sent to Ryne Sandberg but what caught by eye on this post was that these postcards were cancelled at the Cooperstown Post Office induction weekend. Jeremy Dresdner was selling some nice postcards and I bought the following:
Ryne Sandberg (cancelled)
Mike Mussina (cancelled)
Whitey Herzog (cancelled)
Ozzie Smith
These are nice additions to the collection!