I had two guys chase autographs for me in Florida for spring training this spring. Both guys did an amazing job for me! I received the first package today. Robbie L (robbielee on SCN) got the smaller group of the two but had great success getting everything I needed from Royce Lewis signed plus a few others! The items I added to my collection from Robbie’s work are:
Joe Ryan ticket with “First Win”
Ryan LaMarre ticket with “MLB Debut”
Royce Lewis MLB Debut ticket which he inscribed “5/6/22” (which is also the date on the ticket
Luis Arraez 2022 Topps #543
Royce Lewis 10/12/2019 Bowman Next #10
Royce Lewis 10/16/2019 Bowman Next #11
Royce Lewis 10/26/2019 Bowman Next #13
Royce Lewis 2020 Bowman Next #BA69
Royce Lewis 5/6/2022 Topps Now #136
Royce Lewis 5/13/2022 Topps Now #173
Robbie did a fantastic job!
Category: Tickets
Sam!
The MN Gophers baseball team sponsored the Cambria Classic the first weekend of March at US Bank Stadium. My son’s buddy pitched in one and my buddy’s son pitched in another game that weekend. I attended both and bought a ticket (something rare these days! A printed ticket!) and took a bunch of photos of the two players for their families. I mailed the ticket from my buddy’s son’s start to my buddy along with a dvd of the pictures I took and today I received that ticket signed by Sam Malec! Pretty cool item to add to the collection! I wish Sam and the entire Gophers team much success this season!
Lefty
Today was a fun day of mail from a Hall of Famer. I recently acquired a set of tickets from Steve Carlton’s final MLB win. It just so happened that he was with the Twins and it was at the Metrodome. I decided to send one of those tickets as well as a HOF Postcard (I cannot believe I did not have one already in the collection!) and received them back today. Lefty signed the ticket with “Final MLB Win #329” on the ticket and the postcard in the typical area at the top of the postcard. I am very pleased with how both turned out!
TK, Joe, and Eck
I have had some pretty good mail days but I think todays mail day is the best ever! I received items from three people and all are people I admire in baseball.
The first package was from Tom Kelly. My friend Mark B is the Tigers Ticket God. If he does not have a specific Detroit Tigers ticket he will track it down and that is exactly what he did for me. On May 26, 1975 TK hit his only MLB home run and Mark found me a pair of tickets to that game. TK signed one of them with “Only MLB HR”. I will donate the other ticket to the Twins as they have the home run baseball on display. I think a ticket would go great with it. The other item TK signed for me was a ticket for the 09.08.2012 Twins game when his #10 was retired. He inscribed that ticket with “#10 Retired”
The next package I opened was from Dennis Eckersley. I had mailed him a ticket from the 2004 Hall of Fame Induction which was postmarked from Cooperstown. He signed it beautifully. Now I need to send it to Paul Molitor to complete it.
I saved the best for last and I was blown away with how perfect everything was signed. Doug Keating (4192HITS on SCN) had a signing with Joe and I sent in a few items I had that I needed signed. The items I received are:
2015 Topps #700 SP Variation
2022 Allen & Ginter #163
2018 Topps Now Players Weekend Bonus PWB-66
2021 Topps Project 70 #629
10.06.2009 Ticket with “2009 AL MVP” and “Batting Champ .365”
09.29.2018 Ticket with “Last Run 1,018” and “Last RBI 923”
06.15.2019 Ticket with “#7 Retired”
Game used baseball from the game Joe’s #7 was retired with “#7 Retired 6/15/19”
Retail baseball from the game Joe’s #7 was retired with “#7 Retired 6/15/19”
The 2009 ticket is from Game #163 and has Joe pictured on it. It is signed in ultra fine silver deco and looks amazing. Actually, all of them look amazing. I am really excited to add these to my collection!