As previously mentioned, I had sent in a pair of tickets to the recent Chicago Sports Spectacular show through two different guys to have Dennis Eckersley sign them. Today I received the second one and, like the other, Eck signed it with “Back Door Slider”. Chris R (rifon on SCN) took care of this one for me. I absolutely love these tickets. It was a moment I remember well. It was my second month of my first year of college and most people on my dorm floor went out to party. It turned out that the cops showed up to a bunch of houses and broke up the parties and the kids all spilled into the streets. Who would have thought that a bunch of drunk kids would act reasonably when that happened? Turns out the kids started rioting… setting dumpsters on fire, flipping cars, and ripping out street signs. All this happened while I was in the dorm room watching Game 1 of the 1988 World Series and seeing Kirk Gibson do the improbable. Great memories of a heck of a moment in baseball history!
Category: Private Signing
Yaz’s It
As the old story goes, when Carl Yastrzemski got his 3,000th hit, the Boston Red Sox sold a bunch of the ticket stubs that the team keeps when a person enters the ballpark. This audit stub part of a full ticket is plentiful. In fact, I have one unsigned as well as one signed with 3,000th Hit inscription. When the opportunity came up to purchase the OTHER half of the stub, the one that pictures Yaz on the ticket, I bought it. I recently sent it to Tom O (orr23mj on SCN) to be signed during his private signing with Yaz. Yaz no longer inscribes anything other than his triple crown year or Hall of Fame so getting a 3,000th hit inscription on it was not possible. I received it today and it was signed beautifully on the ticket. A great job by Tom and Carl!
A Loose Strand
Christian Encarnacion-Strand was a highly touted prospect who made his Major League debut in 2023. I was able to trade for a ticket from the game he made his debut in and when I saw that Jim F (jimfalbo21 on SCN) was having a signing with him I had to send it in to get signed. Today I received it back in the mail signed perfectly with Christian’s scribble of an autograph and “MLB Debut 7-17-23” on it. It also has JSA Authentication on it. Nice ticket for an upcoming Major League star!
Winnie
I was fortunate enough to be at the game when Dave Winfield got his 3,000th hit off Dennis Eckersley at the Metrodome. It was the first of three 3,000th hits I was able to witness. I got a ticket from that game signed by Dave at Twinsfest years ago but he did not inscribe 3,000th hit. Tom O (orr23mj on SCN) had a private signing with Dave recently and I had another ticket from that game so I sent it in as well as a 09.16.2022 Topps Now card (incidentally commemorating Dave’s 3,000th hit) and a 2022 Allen & Ginter card. Today I received the items. The items were all signed great but Dave missed the inscription on the ticket. I contacted Tom and he will be seeing Dave in February so I sent it back and he will add the inscription then.