Today I received a pair of items in the mail. The first package was four Sports Illustrated magazines signed by Dave Stieb. I had one issue already signed in black Sharpie by Andre Dawson and got Stieb to finish it. I had three other issues in great shape sitting around so I sent those as well. Those were signed in blue Sharpie. I hope to get Dawson on the other three to complete those as well someday.
My other package was a ticket from Rafael Palmeiro’s 3,000th hit game. I already had a season ticket version signed and had acquired a box office ticket along the way. When I saw the Palmeiro was signing via his home for $30 (later lowered to $20), I sent the ticket with a request to inscribe it “3000th Hit” and he did. It arrived today and looks great!
Category: Private Signing
A Winning HR!
Today I received a nice surprise! A while ago I had mailed a full ticket from Game 3 of the 1987 ALCS to Pat Sheridan as I saw he was signing via his office. I never heard back. I had one ticket left and saw that The Athlete Connection was having Pat as a signer at an upcoming show. I quickly put together the package to mail my remaining ticket in with a Sharpie and the fee and asked for Pat to inscribe it with “Game Winning HR”. Then the Coronavirus hit. The show was cancelled but they still got together with Pat for a private signing event and got my ticket signed. I did not realize they were going to have a signing with him. I figured I would just wait to have him at the rescheduled show and get it signed then.
Game 3 was the only game the Tigers won in the 1987 ALCS. I remember I was working as a land surveyor (my summer job in high school and college) and we had the truck stationed near us with the windows down and the radio playing the game. I remember sneaking back to the truck as often as I could to get a full game update. Sheridan hit the game winner off Jeff Reardon. I remember that day like it was yesterday.
A Little More Pine Tar
Today I received a really cool baseball that was signed by Mike Armstrong. Mike was the winning pitcher in the Pine Tar Game and wrote about what he remembers from the game. Brian S (bds258 on SCN) had a private signing with Mike and I worked out a deal to send a baseball to it. I cannot express enough how happy I am with this baseball and the effort Mike and Brian put in to make it happen. Thanks guys!
Ba Ba Ba Benny!
Today I received my 08.25.2003 Sports Illustrated magazine that was already signed by Sammy Sosa back from Jamie B (jamieblye on SCN) who added Benito Santiago to it. I already had one signed by Benito but forgot about it when I sent this magazine to Sosa’s signing event. Now I have both on this SI. It turned out great!