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!
Category: Private Signing
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.
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!