Jeff Weaver was a pitcher who pitched for a few teams but appeared on the cover of a Sports Illustrated magazine only once. He posed with four other pitchers as well as George Steinbrenner on the cover of the 03.31.2003 issue. I had it signed previously by Clemens, Mussina, and Contreras so it was a no brainer to send it in to have Weaver sign it. Nick C (ncc500 on SCN) was having a private signing with him so I sent it to him and today received it back signed beautifully! Now I just need Andy Pettitte and it will be as complete as it can be.
Also received today was my Kent Hrbek ticket stub from when the team retired his #14. I asked for “Retired #14” but he only signed his name. Oh well. Not surprised.
Category: Private Signing
All Arraez!
Luis Arraez was a huge fan favorite when he played for the Twins and still is even on his third team since then. Fan HQ set up a signing with him so I sent in my last three cards I needed and received them back signed perfectly! I received:
2023 Topps #289
2023 Topps Heritage #201
2022 Topps Now 10.05.2022 #1028
That closes the book on my Arraez needs for my Twins sets!
Almost Perfect
After attending the HOF induction last summer, the family went to a Tigers game at Comerica Park. While there, the Authentics kiosk had tickets for sale. They were $10 each and in envelopes so I bought three of them. Two were clunkers but the third was from Armando Galarraga’s game when he was perfect for 8.2 innings and would have had a perfect game but the umpire missed the call at first base calling the runner safe in error. I saw that Donnie D (macy225 on SCN) was attending a show where Armando was signing so I sent in that ticket. Today I received it signed and inscribed with “Almost Perfect”. It is a pretty cool ticket for the collection!
Gettin’ Miggy Wit’ It
There was recently an autograph event that had a number of former Detroit Tigers in attendance. Chris R (rifon on SCN) was taking items to get signed so I sent him a couple items for Jack Morris and one for Miguel Cabrera. For Jack, I sent a Hall of Fame postcard and the April, 1985 Baseball Digest. For Miggy, I sent in a 3,000th hit ticket. Miggy likes to sign these tickets with 3000 hits instead of 3000th Hit so I was a little nervous about sending it in but Chris did a fantastic job with my items! Miggy signed the ticket exactly as I wanted! All items look great and I could not have been happier!