Category: Misc

A Wild Moose!

Today I received a pair of items for the collection.

The first was a box that had three baseballs I had sent to Lucky’s Sportscards for a private signing they were having with James “Wild Thing” Karinchak. James is a hard throwing reliever in the Indians organization who will be a top rated closer real soon. Vinny (owner of Lucky’s) also email me a photo of James holding the actual three baseballs he had just signed for me. I was really impressed with the service I received from Lucky’s. I got JSA on each ball too.

The other package was a Lanny Frattare scorecard I had sent to Mike Mussina. It was from the game on 06.14.2005 when Moose threw a complete game shutout against the Pirates at Yankee Stadium. I had sent a real nice note and even extra money to have it inscribed with “22nd CG SO” but all I got was “HOF 19”. Oh well. At least I got it back and got it back signed.

Bertram Grover Weeks

Who is Bertram Grover Weeks you might ask? Well, Bertram was played by Grant Gelt in the movie “The Sandlot”. A couple years ago I got a movie poster signed by nearly the entire cast of “The Sandlot” but two people were not at the show. The promoter worked out a deal with Grant Gelt but once COVID started the signing was pushed back. It was completed last week which required the promoter to drive to Grant’s location to get it done. Chris D (cpdinc on SCN) helped out again on this one! All I need now is Michael Vitar, who played Benny The Jet Rodriguez, to complete the poster. It looks amazing and is pretty neat.

Lanny’s A Dandy!

Today I received a pair of items that really made my day! The first item was a 10.25.1999 Sports Illustrated that was already signed by Jason Varitek that I sent to Todd S (toddschafer on SCN) for his signing with Scott Brosius. Scott signed it and completed the magazine. It looks great!

The other package I received was a bunch of scorecards I bought from Lanny Frattare’s son. Lanny was the Pirates broadcaster for a number of years and after he retired, his son built a website that sells the scorecards. I was sitting at Sam’s Club a couple weeks ago waiting to get the tires replaced on Caden’s car and decided to look and see if I could find a scorecard or two to add to the collection. Over a couple days of research I found fifteen that were pretty cool. All of them are signed by Lanny and I hope to get a lot of them signed by the player I chose the scorecard for. I have a few I got previously already signed and they are neat. The ones I picked up this time around, and the reason, are:
-04.08.1986 – Jim Leland’s Managerial Debut (I just bought a ticket to the game)
-09.13.1976 – Tom Seaver Complete Game Shut Out
-06.25.1978 – Bert Blyleven Complete Game Shut Out
-08.06.1978 – Steve Carlton Complete Game Shut Out
-06.30.1977 – Steve Carlton Complete Game Win 1R 8K
-08.19.1980 – Nolan Ryan Win 7.2 IP 7K
-06.22.1977 – Rich Gossage Save 4 batters faced and 4 K’s/Rollie Fingers appearance
-05.01.1978 – Dave Winfield HR/got thrown out at 1st base/Willie Stargell RBI/Gaylord Perry start/Rare Ozzie Smith error
-07.25.1978 – Dave Winfield HR and GW RBI Walk off single
-06.01.1979 – Dave Winfield 2 HRs/Lots of runs scored/Ozzie Smith hits
-06.12.1979 – Dave Winfield HR/Gaylord Perry CG Win
-05.22.1980 – Dave Winfield HR/Rollie Fingers Save/Bert Blyleven 5.2 IP 8K
-07.24.1980 – Bert Blyleven CG Win 1 Run/Dave Winfield HR 2 outs Bottom of 9th (off Bert)
-08.21.2006 – John Smoltz Win 8 IP 0R 10K
-08.01.2006 – John Smoltz Win 7 IP 1R 6K
I am really looking forward to getting these signed by the above players.