Pat Mahomes!

No, not THAT Pat Mahomes. THAT Pat Mahome’s father Pat. A year or so (?) my pal Jeff D from the Seattle area gave me a bunch of Mariners tickets from all the games he went to and saved. I got a couple signed and today I added another. On April 21, 1992 Pat Mahomes got his first Major League win and Jeff was there! IBExclusives and PastPros recently had a signing with Mahomes and I sent in the ticket and received it today. They got Pat to sign it with “1st ML Win”. It looks great!

Tony O

Today I received a really cool addition to my collection. On Opening Day, April 6, 1973 the Twins were at Oakland playing the A’s. With Catfish Hunter on the hill for the A’s and in his first at bat, Tony Oliva hit a home run becoming the first person to homer as a designated hitter. I acquired the ticket stub a couple months ago and sent it in for FanHQ’s autograph session with Tony O. Tony signed it with “1st DH HR”. Shaun and his crew at FanHQ do an awesome job with things. I am excited with how this ticket turned out!

Boooooooooooof!

Today I received a triple play of tickets signed by Boof Bonser. Michael T (goodbyehalloween on SCN) had a private signing with Boof and I sent in three tickets. He signed each with “MLB Debut” and they look perfect! I may have been at this game as I had a bunch of tickets for it. I cannot remember all the games I have been to in the past but I doubt I would have bought four tickets to a game where Boof made his debut. I certainly do not remember Boof coming in the game or anything memorable like that though!

Kent Hrbeck

Today I received a great package of items that I had sent to Kent Hrbek to sign. I spelled his name incorrectly in the title on purpose as one of the items I got signed, a 1983 Ajax Dog Food card, had his name spelled incorrectly. It has a blank back and is really a unique item. He signed it beautifully in blue Sharpie. The other two items I sent to him was a Baseball Digest from November, 1982 and a final Metrodome Opening Day ticket that was already signed by Gary Gaetti. What a fun package to open for a Minnesota Twins fan!