Today I received a pretty cool item. Famous Ink had a signing with David Ortiz recently and I mailed in my 11.08.2004 issue of Sports Illustrated that was already signed by Johnny Damon, Pedro Martinez, and Curt Schilling. This completed the group of four players on the cover. The magazine is perfect in every way! I am excited with the job everyone did on it.
Category: Private Signing
Goin’ To The Jon
Today I received a cool Sports Illustrated magazine that had Jon Lester added to it but not before a mail delivery scare. I had mailed my 10.10.2016 SI issue that was already signed by Jake Arrieta, Dexter Fowler, Jorge Soler, and Hector Rendon to a signing that Josh Rubin (via the Baseball Private Signings Facebook group) was having with Lester. Lester used to be a Fanatics client and his autographs were expensive and limited. I was excited when I saw Lester was signing so I sent it in. Our mail arrived this afternoon and delivery confirmation showed it as being delivered. It was nowhere to be found! Around 5pm a nice lady stopped by and dropped it off saying it was delivered to her instead. I am thankful for the kindness of neighbors! I doubt I will ever complete the issue getting all nineteen people on the cover to sign it but it is a fun little project for when one pops up at a signing.
Lombo!
Today I received one of the Triple Play tickets I had sent in for Gary Gaetti to sign a few months ago but this time Steve Lombardozzi scribbled his name on it. I now have two of the three players to be a part of the Triple Play on Opening Day 1988 in New York on the ticket. I need Kent Hrbek to complete the trifecta. The Twins lost Opening Day 1988, their first game after winning Game 7 of the World Series the prior October, but they did turn a memorable triple play.
Winnie The Twinnie
Today I received a card signed by Dave Winfield. Tom O (orr23mj on SCN) had a signing with Dave and I sent in his Topps Now Turn Back The Clock card from when he got his 3,054th hit and passed Rod Carew on the all time hit list. It was a meh autograph as it looks like Dave “mailed it in” signing the autographs. The photo on the card shows the home white pinstripes as it was taken at the Metrodome. If you notice the photos taken for the cards during the years the Twins were in the Dome, you will find that most of them were on the road or if you happen to get a home uniform it was probably taken in Spring Training. That is because the lighting was not the best for photos inside the Dome. This is one of the few Metrodome game action cards out there.