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.
Category: HOF
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!
Giving a Rip(ken)
Today’s mail brought a pair of packages with really neat items for the collection. The first package I opened was a Sports Illustrated from 05.01.1995 and the other was a Sports Illustrated for Kids from August, 1995 both signed beautifully by Cal Ripken Jr. Both have Ironclad and MLB authentication. I acquired them from my buddy Joel B (brad0112 on SCN and formerly of the Twin Cities here). Joel is selling a number of items in his collection so he can buy a cool Babe Ruth or Ty Cobb or someone of that stature’s autograph. I am sure you will see Joel’s name popping up here again soon!
The other package had a Wayne Garrett Story Ball about Roberto Clemente’s 3000th hit game. Mr Garrett mentioned what Roberto meant to the team and baseball and how he played third base in the game Roberto got the hit. Pretty cool baseball and recollection!