Category: Non-SI Magazine

Gettin’ Miggy Wit’ It

There was recently an autograph event that had a number of former Detroit Tigers in attendance. Chris R (rifon on SCN) was taking items to get signed so I sent him a couple items for Jack Morris and one for Miguel Cabrera. For Jack, I sent a Hall of Fame postcard and the April, 1985 Baseball Digest. For Miggy, I sent in a 3,000th hit ticket. Miggy likes to sign these tickets with 3000 hits instead of 3000th Hit so I was a little nervous about sending it in but Chris did a fantastic job with my items! Miggy signed the ticket exactly as I wanted! All items look great and I could not have been happier!

Twins and a HOFer!

I love mail on Mondays! There is usually extra mail that arrives due to the mail moving on the weekend. Today I received a pair of packages. The first was from Pat Gillick who signed my 2011 Baseball Hall of Fame yearbook. The second was from Mike E who lives in Iowa and was able to get me a bunch of Twins stuff signed when the St Paul Saints played the Iowa Cubs. Mike got me:
Zebby Matthews game used baseball from his debut game with the date
Zebby Matthews 2025 Topps Heritage #309
David Festa 2025 Topps #178
David Festa 2025 Topps Heritage #249
David Festa 2025 Topps Now Opening Day #OD-89
Edouard Julien 2025 Topps Now Opening Day #OD-82
Kenta Maeda 2023 Topps #US97
Jose Miranda 2025 Topps Heritage #4
Jose Miranda Topps Living Legends #564
Jose Miranda Topps Now 7.4.2024 #376
Jose Miranda Topps Now 7.6.2024 #389
Jose Miranda Topps Now 4.7.2023 #68 (already signed by Kyle Farmer)
A great day of mail!

Hey Bert!

Every day is a great day to receive a Hall of Famer’s autograph but today was especially great because of the quantity of items from Bert Blyleven. It took just seven days to get back the following items signed exactly as requested by Bert:
07.16.2011 Twins Ticket w/”#28 Retired”
1973/1974/1976/1986 Topps Wendy’s cards
2011 Baseball Hall of Fame Yearbook w/”HOF 2011″
I am so excited on each of these!
I also received the June, 1988 Baseball Digest that I just got back signed by Bret Saberhagen now signed by Mark Gubicza. He returned my donation and included his full signature instead of his typical “G”.
Lastly, Ryan S (Rls2239 on SCN) had a private signing with Jake Odorizzi. I sent in the last cards I needed signed by Jake to complete all the Twins cards I needed. I received:
2019 Topps #63
2020 Topps #409
05.10.2019 Topps Now #210
2020 Topps New Road To Opening Day #OD-146
Great day!