Today I received a Story Ball from Steve Blass. Mr Blass wrote a cool story about Roberto Clemente’s 3000th hit game. He did a great job but forgot to sign it! I will send it back to him for his signature tomorrow. It was a really cool story too!
Category: Story Ball Collection
DeeeeeeeeLux!
Todays mail included a pair of items I had sent out. The first was a debut ticket, inscribed with “MLB Debut” and a baseball signed by Gavin Lux. Luis B at oneway77jc.com had Gavin in for a signing and inked up my items. I am pleased with everything Luis and his crew has taken care of for me. One Way even got a photo of Gavin signing my ticket!
The other package was a baseball I sent to Dave Schneck. Dave was on the Mets team when they played the Pirates when Roberto Clemente got his 3000th hit. I recently sent out a handful of baseballs surrounding Clemente’s hit and this is the first I got back. Dave did inscribe it with Roberto Clemente’s 3000th Hit but did not write about his memory of the event.
A First & A Milestone
Wow! What a story! Today’s mail brought me a return for a Story Ball from Chuck Goggin. I sent Chuck a baseball asking him to write about his memory of leading off in the game when Roberto Clemente hit his 3,000th hit and Chuck’s reply did not disappoint! It turns out that Chuck got his first two hits of his career in the same game Roberto got hit 3000! What a cool memory and story on the baseball from a personal point of view of that game!
What A Story!
My son said, “Dad! He really hooked you up!” as I was looking over a baseball FULL of ink! This past offseason I was watching the MLB Channel and “Only In Hollywood” came on. It was about Kirk Gibson’s 1988 World Series Game One home run. I remember right where I was when Kirk hit the ball. It was my first year of college and while my roommate and friends were out partying, I was in the dorm room watching the World Series. During the MLB feature, it was mentioned that Mitch Poole had played a big “behind the scenes” role in making the moment happen. At the time, Mitch was a clubby who worked with Gibby to get him ready to bat. Mitch is now the visiting team’s equipment manager with the Dodgers. I sent a baseball asking him to write about what he did and how it all came to happen. He, like Kirk, did NOT disappoint! It is probably one of the coolest Story Balls in my collection. And, my son was right, Mitch really did hook me up!