Today I received the first of a pair of packages that Isaias F (franco858 on SCN) sent me that has the items I got signed via his private signing with Rod Carew. Rod is not doing too well these days health-wise and was very limited for signing at Twinsfest this past January so when I heard Franco was having a signing with him, I sent all the magazines and items I had for him to get signed.
This box contained:
1970 Famous Slugger Yearbook
07.01.1974 Sports Illustrated
Sports All Stars 1976 Baseball
Oct 1977 Sport
Spring 1978 Baseball Quarterly
Summer 1978 Sports Hall of Fame Baseball
Aug 1979 Sport
These all turned out awesome. One of my favorite magazines is the Basbeall Quarterly. I remember my mom buying this magazine for me when I was eight years old and I read it so many times I wore it out. Somewhere along the lines it got tossed. I found a mint one on eBay for this signing.
I am very pleased with how everything turned out. I cannot wait to get my other package within the next couple days.
Thanks Franco!
Category: HOF
Spring Has Sprung!
Today I received my first package of items that Kent B (doggle3 on SCN) and Ethan got signed for me in AZ Spring Training. Kent and Ethan
work their tails off getting autographs for the month and a half of spring training. They do an awesome job and get real nice autographs for me to add to my collection. They have already gotten items signed for my next package!
This box contained the following autographed items:
Archie Bradley- ML Debut ticket
Austin Hedges- 2 ML Debut tickets w/”MLB Debut”
Chi Chi Gonzalez- ML Debut ticket w/”MLB Debut”
Josmil Pinto- ML Debut ticket w/”ML Debut”
Yasmany Tomas- ML Debut ticket
Zach Godley- 2 ML Debut tickets w/”MLB Debut”
Joey Gallo- 2014 All Star Ticket Strip signed on Futures Game ticket with “MVP”
Eric Hosmer- 06.01.2015 Sports Illustrated
Ryan Braun- 08.29.2011 Sports Illustrated (completed– already signed by Morgan and Fielder)
Lorenzo Cain- 11.02.2015 Sports Illustrated
Hideo Nomo- 07.10.1995 Sports Illustrated
Jim Thome- 2012 Topps #97
Blaine Boyer- 2015 Topps #US345
Blaine Boyer- 2016 Topps #235
Thanks so much Kent & Ethan! Keep up the great work! I cannot wait for my next package of Spring Training goodies!
Highpockets
Today I received a really cool surprise from my friend Kyle S (esiason14 on SCN). He surprised me with a couple awesome HOF postcards that I did not have. Because of Kyle I can now include a Ray Dandridge and a George “Highpockets” Kelly postcard! Kyle also included a season ticket booklet of his tickets for the Orioles and a couple Orioles schedules. THANK YOU Kyle! I appreciate you thinking of me and wish you much success in philanthropic pursuits. Take care my friend!
Three HOF baseballs!
Today I received a pair of packages in the mail. Both contained signed baseballs with HOF inscriptions.
The first was a response from Pat Gillick. He graciously signed a baseball with HOF 2011 for my collection.
The second package was a purchase from Amazon of a pair of Steiner certified Tom Lasorda baseballs with H.O.F. 97. A coworker of mine, Wayne S, alerted me to the special pricing on them. There was a limit of three per order. I ordered two and was concerned after someone on SCN mentioned that when he ordered discounted Steiner baseballs via Amazon in the past that they were less than perfect items. These two baseballs look awesome and I cannot think how they could be improved upon! Thanks for the heads up Wayne!
A day where you get three HOF signed baseballs with inscriptions in the mail is a great day!