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!
Category: Private Signing
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.
The Arrow Hit the Bullseye
Chris Archer was a pitcher who played for the Twins for just the 2022 season but he has a pair of Topps cards as a Twin. Ryan S (Rls2239 on SCN) had a signing with Chris so I jumped at the chance to send them in. Today I received my two cards signed perfectly by Chris:
2022 #US233
2023 #465
I am excited to knock these two off my list!
I Got Boofed
Boof Bonser has had a couple private signings recently and I previously sent in tickets to his debut game. I realized after the last signing I also had a couple tickets from the game he got his first win in. When I saw Boof was signing again I sent a first win ticket to Josh M (ridiculousxdream on SCN) asking for the inscription. The signing took forever to happen as I understand Boof was pretty uncooperative and the inscription got missed. Josh was not going to deal with Boof again so he refunded me the cost of the inscription. I got one ticket signed and that is good enough for me!