My son and I were watching the MLB Presents Special on George Brett recently and I realized Denny Matthews, the Royals announcer, was present at the Pine Tar Game so I thought I would send him a request for a story ball. I got it back to day and he said his play-by-play guy was doing the broadcast at that moment so he just sat back and took it all in! It would have been really cool to get a story ball from the play-by-play guy but he had long passed away.
Category: Story Ball Collection
Not Bombing Out
I acquired a ticket to the Twins game on 8/25/1970 recently as it was the game of a rather unusual event. There was a bomb threat called into the ballpark, later found to be made FROM INSIDE the ballpark! Bill Zepp was the starter for the Twins that day and I thought it would be a cool story ball opportunity so I sent him a request. He replied signing the ball with a story about what he remembered from the game. It turned out awesome! He even included a cool note!
Blass-toff!
About a month ago, I received a Steve Blass Story Ball on Roberto Clemente’s 3000th hit but he forgot to sign it. I mailed it back with a nice thank you note and another donation and received it back signed today. It is a cool baseball about a memorable moment of one of baseball’s greats!
Giving a Rip(ken)
Today’s mail brought a pair of packages with really neat items for the collection. The first package I opened was a Sports Illustrated from 05.01.1995 and the other was a Sports Illustrated for Kids from August, 1995 both signed beautifully by Cal Ripken Jr. Both have Ironclad and MLB authentication. I acquired them from my buddy Joel B (brad0112 on SCN and formerly of the Twin Cities here). Joel is selling a number of items in his collection so he can buy a cool Babe Ruth or Ty Cobb or someone of that stature’s autograph. I am sure you will see Joel’s name popping up here again soon!
The other package had a Wayne Garrett Story Ball about Roberto Clemente’s 3000th hit game. Mr Garrett mentioned what Roberto meant to the team and baseball and how he played third base in the game Roberto got the hit. Pretty cool baseball and recollection!