Today I received a couple items I am excited about. The first was a ticket I have had for a while. Back on 08.14.2003 Travis Hafner, Pronk, hit for the cycle at the Metrodome. I have sent this ticket in to a few consignors without luck in the past. I noticed he signed up for Past Pros so I sent my ticket in within the first couple days. He was not sure how I wanted it signed so he contacted Past Pros and they in turn contacted me. I provided a description and received the ticket today signed perfectly.
The other package was a baseball I sent to Ralph Garr on what it was like playing in the game when Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s home run record. He wrote a short story on it and sent it back to me.
Category: Tickets
Lombo!
Today I received one of the Triple Play tickets I had sent in for Gary Gaetti to sign a few months ago but this time Steve Lombardozzi scribbled his name on it. I now have two of the three players to be a part of the Triple Play on Opening Day 1988 in New York on the ticket. I need Kent Hrbek to complete the trifecta. The Twins lost Opening Day 1988, their first game after winning Game 7 of the World Series the prior October, but they did turn a memorable triple play.
Big Sexy!
Today I received my debut ticket back signed by Big Sexy Bartolo Colon! I sent the ticket to Trent A (Albert2011 on SCN) who had a private signing with Bartolo. I paid to have him add “ML Debut” on it which he did. Bartolo made his debut on 04.04.1997 at Anaheim Stadium when he played for the Indians. Pretty fun little ticket!
Finals Tickets
Today I received three tickets I sent to Shaun H (FanHQ on SCN) for his autograph roadtrip. The tickets were season ticket varieties of the Dome Opener and Final Game (before #163 came about) from the final season at the Metrodone. Gary Gaetti signed a pair of Dome Opener tickets and Frank Viola signed the Final Game ticket. These tickets are pretty cool as they have three players on each that had great moments at the Metrodome. As always, Shaun did a perfect job with my items!