Today I received a package of a few items I bought from Jonathan M (dabulls on SCN) of things I did not have but thought they were cool. The first was a Jim Bunning HOF postcard. What I liked about this one was that it had HOF 96 on it and it was signed boldly in blue Sharpie across the top. Another item I bought was a Bob Feller 8×10 photo. Yes, I have about a zillion Bob Feller photos but this one is a pose I did not have. It is a picture of him flipping a baseball in the air. He signed it and then inside the baseball he wrote “HOF ’62”. I always liked that pose and am surprised I never got one signed before. Heck, I don’t even collect photos but I bought it on a whim. The last thing in the envelope was a signed umpire card of Rick Reed from the 2004 Bowman Heritage set. Rick is from the same fraternity I was/am a member of and I know my friend Shane would love this card so when I saw it, I had to get it for him. He doesn’t read this so it won’t ruin anything but I plan on sending the card to him. He will get a kick out of it.
Category: HOF
Postcards From The Edge
Today I received four Hall of Fame postcards that I bought from Dylan A (bballabro on SCN). They are all signed real nice in the top yellow margin in blue Sharpie as one would want. They are:
Goose Gossage
George Kell
Phil Niekro
Monte Irvin
Thanks Dylan!
Hurt Me!
Today I received a baseball signed by Frank Thomas. Leaf Authentics was running a special on them and could not pass it up. I got one from them a couple weeks ago that had the “Big Hurt” inscription. This one today has “HOF 2014”. Not bad at all!
Vacation Mail Day
One part of coming home that was actually fun was seeing all the mail piled up in the house. My in-laws are awesome and not only watched the crazy dog for us but also got the mail each day and kept watch of things at home. Going through the mail yielded the following items:
- Joc Peterson signed baseball I sent in to a private signing with this top prospect via Lojo Sports
- Bill Mazeroski to complete my 1961 Dell Sports Baseball Magazine. It has Maz, Whitey Ford, Bobby Richardson and Hal Smith on it and looks awesome.
- Roger Clemens, Frank Thomas, and Juan Lagares signed baseballs via a promotion Leaf Authentics ran at a nice price.
It was a nice run of mail to go through!