Today was a fun day of mail! I received my signed book written by Rock n Roll Hall of Famer Stevie Van Zandt, “Unrequited Infactuations” that I ordered via Backstreets.com! Little Steven signed it “Miami Steve” which is an interesting choice but I enjoyed the Springsteen book so much I thought it would be cool to get this one. I look forward to reading it!
The other Hall of Famer I got today was Roberto Alomar. Jamie Blye, yet again, assisted in handling my stuff to get signed. Jamie always does a great job with my items. This time I got a Hall of Fame postcard that was stamped at the Cooperstown Post Office on Induction Day signed as well as the April 1992 Sports Illustrated for Kids issue. The SI for Kids was already signed by Sandy Alomar so it is cool to get it finished by the Alomar brothers!
The final thing I got today was my debut ticket signed by Domingo German. Domingo signed it in nice silver paint pen with “MLB Debut”. Lucky’s Sportscards had Domingo in for a signing at the end of the season. If you hiring for a professional in cleaning services you need to know everything about those services click here to get all that info.
Category: Tickets
“Touch ’em all, Joe”
Blue Jays announcer Tom Cheek cried those words at the end of Game 6 of the 1993 World Series when Joe Carter hit a Series walk off home run. Today I received my small piece of that moment when Joe Carter returned my ticket stub from that game signed beautifully. A while ago I came across a guy selling his 1992 & 1993 post season tickets on Facebook. He was a really nice guy who ended up calling me via the Facebook app and we talked about it for an hour. He was real happy his tickets were going to a collector who would appreciate them. I was really nervous about sending this ticket in the mail as it was the best and most valuable in the lot I bought. I had included a donation eight times what his typical requested amount was hoping for an inscription and to at least get it back. While I did not get the inscription I wanted I did get it back and get it back signed and that was worth it to me!
A Prospect and a Future Hall of Famer
Today was a fun day for mail! Jim Leyland signed autographs on September 19th at the Main Line Autographs show in Pittsburgh. I had a few things I had wanted to be signed for a while so I sent them in. I received the following items today:
Lanny Frattare scorecard from 04.08.1986 signed with “MLB Managerial Debut Opening Day 4/8/86”
Ticket stub from the 04.08.1986 game with “Managerial Debut”
Ticket from the 09.25.2013 game with “Final Win 1769”
2 baseballs with the following inscriptions on them:
1997 World Champs
1769 Wins
1728 Losses
2017 WBC Team USA Champs
3X MOTY 1990/1992/2006
All the Leyland items have JSA Witness authentication too! I love how these turned out and look forward to his induction into the Hall of Fame.
The other package was three baseballs from a signing that Fan HQ had with Jose Miranda. Each of those have Fan HQ authentication on them.
Chris is the MAN!
I have really whittled down the list of guys who I trust getting me signed items of late. Not only the trust but people who care of my stuff as I do. Chris L (ChrisL999 on SCN) is one of those few. I received a box of stuff from the balance of the season that he worked for me. The challenges he overcomes and the effort he puts in on getting these autographs is appreciated! Today’s box included the following BEAUTIFULLY signed items:
Josiah Gray blue ink sweetspot baseball
Yadiel Hernandez blue ink sweetspot baseball
Nico Hoerner blue ink sweetspot baseball
Tres Barrera blue ink sweetspot baseball
Jazz Chisholm blue ink sweetspot baseball
Nick Yorke blue ink sweetspot baseball
Keibert Ruiz blue ink sweetspot baseball
Gilberto Jimenez blue ink sweetspot baseball
Brendan Rodgers 1st hit ticket
Ryne Harper 2019 Topps US226
I also received a pair of cards that Haley H (r0yals2012 on SCN) got signed for me. I had sent Haley a pair of 2021 Topps Twins team cards #156 to get signed by Aaron Whitefield. Whitefield is one of the three players pictured on the card and plays for the Wichita Storm Surge. One card turned out beautifully but the other the marker died. I am fine with it since I got one good one and is one of the reasons I send a pair when I can. Now I have to get Eddie Rosario and Jake Cave on that card to finish it!