Today I received something that made me pretty happy. A while ago I sent out a bunch of debut tickets and got a few back right away but have not received one in a while. Today I received a ticket stub from Brian Simmons’ Major League debut (09.21.1998). He signed it with ML Debut and included a cool note. Since his debut was at the Metrodome, he mentioned that he loved playing in the Metrodome as he first got to play there in college as part of the Michican team in the Hormel Classic. Pretty fun and neat return!
Category: Tickets
My Cousin Vinnie!
Today I received my items from Vinnie M (vinniemiller on SCN) that he got signed in spring training. Vinnie does an awesome job for me at Spring Training as well as during the regular season. His package came later than normal because he is from Washington and his state was hammered by the COVID 19 virus.
The list of items Vinnie got signed for me are:
Adalberto Mejia – 2019 Topps 383
Jason Castro – 2019 Topps 406
Kyle Gibson – 2019 Topps Now Opening Day
Lorenzo Cain – 11.02.2015 Sports Illustrated
Hector Rondon – 10.10.2016 Sports Illustrated
Edwin Encarnacion – 10.12.2015 Sports Illustrated
Jared Walsh – Debut ticket w/”MLB Debut!”
Keston Hiuria – Debut ticket w/”MLB Debut”
Ian Happ – Debut ticket
Nico Hoerner – Debut ticket
Jaylin Davis – Debut ticket w/”MLB Debut”
JP Crawford – Debut ticket
Chih Wei Hu – Debut ticket
Nicolas Castellanos – Debut ticket
Brendan Rodgers – Debut ticket
Dylan Cease – Debut ticket
Edwin Encarnacion – Debut ticket
Thanks Vinnie!
Some Twins
Today I received the first package from the few guys I trust who went to spring training. This package came from Fort Myers and had a bunch of Twins in it. Matt H (mattyice on SCN) lives in the Fort so he was able to get to a bunch of early workouts for me. This is my second spring sending him items and I am very pleased with what he got for me. Those items are:
Ryan Jeffers – OMLB
Lewis Thorpe – 1st Win ticket with “First ML W”
Luis Arraez – Triple play ticket from 07.22.2019
Randy Dobnak – Ticket with “1st MLB Save”
Alex Kirilloff – 2019 Bowman Next T15
Jake Cave – 2019 Gypsy Queen 156 & 2019 Topps Now Postseason
Jorge Polanco – 2019 Topps Now 4/5 & 2019 Topps Now 7/7 (said he remembered the play on the 7/7 card)
Marwin Gonzalez – 2019 Topps Heritage 553 & 2019 Topps Now Postseason
Max Kepler – 2019 Topps Now 7/21
Michael Pineda – 2019 Topps Heritage 662
Miguel Sano – 2017 Gypsy Queen 190
Mitch Garver – 2020 Topps 210 & 2020 Topps 18
Royce Lewis – 2019 Bowman Next T9
Matt did a fantastic job on my items! Thanks Matt!
Nice and Politte
Today I received a nice full ticket from April 2, 1998 which was the second home game of the season for the Cardinals. It was also Cliff Politte’s Major League Debut. Cliff signed my ticket in perfect blue Sharpie.