Wow! What a fun day of mail today! I received FIVE packages of mail that contained autographed items! Where do I start?
The first envelope I opened was from my buddy Steve C (last name pronounced Cheek thus the title of this post). He had sent me a baseball card of himself from when he was a kid and I sent it to him asking him to sign it. I included a little that I sent out to the ballplayers and got it back signed today. I half expected a price sheet for future autographs. LOL. Thanks bud!
The next envelope was from Vinnie M (vinniemiller on SCN) who had posted some cards for sale on a Facebook group. Vinnie provided me two 2021 Topps Heritage cards signed by Jose Berrios, the regular and In Action. Great job as always Vinnie!
Next was an envelope that I had sent to The Philly Show a while ago that had a ticket from Kyle Schwarber’s debut. He signed it nicely with MLB Debut and I paid for JSA Witness sticker.
Then, Brooks Robinson returned my Baseball Digest from July 1974 signed beautifully with HOF 1983. Looks awesome!
Lastly, I received my box of goodies from Redsfest that I had sent to Tony R (trogers on SCN). In it was a beautifully signed Elly De La Cruz baseball and a Spencer Steer ticket with MLB Debut inscribed. Tony even included some Reds schedules for me! I love it!
What a great day of mail today! It was a blast opening it all!
Category: Private Signing
A HOF Trifecta!
Jamie B (jamieblye on SCN) was recently involved with a private signing with Roberto Alomar. Roberto was the last of three Hall of Famers I needed to sign my 2011 HOF Induction ticket. What makes this ticket cool is that it is postmarked from Cooperstown on induction weekend. It is a colorful ticket that granted media into “section 2” of the induction ceremony grounds. It is now completed with Bert Blyleven, Pat Gillick, and now Alomar all signing it and including “HOF 2011”.
Justin Time
Man, let me tell you… Fan HQ does an awesome job handling your autograph needs. I sent in three tickets to a private signing with Justin Morneau and they were returned today and they are awesome. I sent in a ticket from Justin’s last game and he included “Final Game” as well as a pair of tickets each already signed by Tony Bautista from the triple play on 05.27.2006. All are great and well done!
Go West Young Man
A long while ago Todd S (toddschafer on SCN) had a signing with Joe West. I sent in a couple baseballs and a ticket. I requested an inscription on a ball and the ticket and when I received the items, the inscription was missing on the ticket. I contacted Todd and he said he was going to see Joe to sign other items that did not make it in by the deadline and to send it back. I sent it back and waited. Todd got COVID and was on the shelf for a bit. He was finally able to reconnect with Joe West and add the inscription to the ticket. I received it today and am very pleased with how cool it turned out! The inscription is “5,164th MLB Game Umpired” “2nd Place All Time” and is on a ticket from the 08.15.2018 Twins game.