A while ago I purchased a card from Lance D and it went real well. A few days ago someone posted a comment about finding someone who could get a signing together with Troy Tulowitzki and I mentioned I had three Sports Illustrated magazines I needed Troy to sign. Lance noticed that post and reached out to me letting me know he had a couple Tulo SI’s signed and if I would be interested in them as he is in the process of downsizing his collection. I took a look and his collection is of the same quality as mine (ie blue Sharpie autographs on mint no label issues) so I was real excited to work out a deal with him for those I needed. Today I received them and am very pleased! They are:
04.27.1981 – Steve McCatty – (I have one signed by Mike Norris- This is a tough issue to get autographs of any of the five players on the cover!)
11.02.1992 – Pat Tabler/Pat Borders/Alfredo Griffen/Derek Bell/Pat Hentgen – (I have a couple issues in various stages of player signatures but none this complete or with any of these players! Too bad I could not combine the two and have one complete issue!)
06.18.2007 – Orlando Hernandez/Oliver Perez/Endy Chavez – (I have a couple with just Chavez)
05.05.2008 – Kosuke Fukudome – (I had one of these and never thought I would get it signed) with JSA
10.31.2011 – Yorvit Torrealba and Jon Jay – (I had one with just Jay’s signature)
06.02.2014 – Troy Tulowitzki – (I had two of these regional issues unsigned) with JSA
The cool part is that Willie Randolph is doing a signing in a couple weeks and I already have the 2007 issue packaged up and ready to send to that signing!
What a fun package of magazines!
Category: Sports Illustrated
Torrez! Torrez! Torrez!
I have posted a few updates related to the 09.24.2018 Sports Illustrated magazine that shows Bucky Dent’s playoff home run on the cover. I have three issues and got Don Denkinger, Carlton Fisk, Bucky Dent, and Mike Torrez to sign each one at different times. The magazine I received today completed my third issue when Mike Torrez signed it via a private signing hosted by Guy P (gpuglia on SCN). I have no idea why I needed three of the same issues signed by all four guys on each cover but I have them and hopefully will be able to trade it for something I do not have. They are all awesome and look great. It is a cool cover too.
WOW! Fun times!
After spending three days in New York City I came home to a lot of fun mail! I don’t get many bills by mail anymore as they are mostly electronically delivered so most of the mail I get is fun stuff. Going through my items I was really pleased with how everything turned out. The mail included:
03.05.2001 Nomar Garciaparra Sports Illustrated
Baseball signed by Nomar along with “1997 AL ROY”
08.25.1980 Al Bumbry Sports Illustrated (already signed by Fred Stanley)
1992 World Series Game 4 ticket stub signed by Tom Henke with “5th Postseason Save”
Baseball signed by Len Kasper with “Field of Dreams Game Tim Anderson Walkoff 8/12/2021”. I had requested Len to write his walkoff call but just got this.
I love mail days like this! 🙂
A Fan of FanHQ
Shaun and his crew at FanHQ do an amazing job for customers. Today I received my package of items I sent in for the Luis Arraez and Nelson Cruz signing events. They took my original package and used that for additional packaging to ensure my items arrive as perfect as possible. Plus, the items were signed perfectly! The Cruz item I got signed was the Sports Illustrated magazine from 10.24.2011. For Arraez, I got a ticket from 07.22.2019 signed with “Triple Play” and a bunch of cards. The cards are:
2020 Topps 612
2020 Allen & Ginter 240
2020 Gypsy Queen 203
2020 Topps Heritage 293
2021 Topps Heritage 322
Topps Now 2020 Opening Day OD-143
Topps Now 2021 Opening Day OD-132
Topps Now 2020 Postseason PS-45
Topps Now 07.22.2019 (Triple play card related to ticket)
I was pretty pumped when I saw these items!