Wow! Today I received my annual package from Vinnie M (vinniemiller on SCN). I send items to Vinnie at the beginning of Spring Training and again the beginning of the regular season. Vinnie gets autographs for me in AZ and the visiting teams to Seattle. This season he got a bunch of items that I an excited to add to the collection. The items he got for me:
Fernando Rodney 2018 TH BBC
Lance Lynn 2018 TH BBC
Eduardo Escobar 2018 TH BBC
Randy Rosario 2017 Topps US208 BBC
Willians Astudillo 2019 GQ
Jake Odorizzi 2019 GQ
Max Kepler 2018 TN PW
Jose Berrios 2018 TN OD
Jose Berrios 2018 Topps US38
Jonathan Schoop 2019 TN OD
Marwin Gonzalez 2019 TN OD
Eddie Rosario 2018 Topps 334
Eddie Rosario 2018 AG 12
Nelson Cruz 2019 TN OD
Byron Buxton 2018 Topps 127
Jason Kipnis 1st ML HR ticket w/”1st HR”
Kevin Plawecki Debut ticket w/”MLB Debut”
Joey Gallo Debut ticket w/”MLB Debut”
Justus Sheffield ML Debut ticket
JP Crawford Debut ticket
David Bote ML Debut ticket
Albert Almora ML Debut ticket
Vinnie takes care of my stuff as if it were his own. I cannot wait for next spring to send him more things to get signed! Thanks Vinnie!
Category: Tickets
For Scher(zer)!
Today I received a nice package and had another dropped off. The package that was mailed to me had my 11.09.2015 Sports Illustrated in it. It now has six autographs on it with Luke Hochevar being added via a signing with Doug B (dugoutdug on SCN). Doug did a great job with it and getting back in the mail to me real fast.
My other item received today was from Nick K. Nick lives near me and goes to the hotel and ballpark chasing autographs. Earlier in the season he was able to get Willians Astudillo to sign his 2019 Topps Heritage card. When the Nationals were in town towards the end of the season he was able to get Max Scherzer(!) to sign the 04.28.2014 Sports Illustrated at the hotel. He said Max was a little tipsy and was willing to sign. He also got Brian Dozier to sign the ticket when he hit three home runs for me at the same time. I am REALLY excited to add Max on that SI to my collection. I have sent that issue to no less than five people to try to get it signed. Thanks for all your work Nick!
All Arraez!
Today I received a pair of tickets signed by Luis Arraez at his recent signing event at the local shop Fan HQ. Shaun H and his crew does a great job with signing events. The tickets I received are both signed perfectly with the desired inscriptions. I could not be happier!
The tickets are:
05.18.2019 w/”ML Debut”
05.21.2019 w/”1st ML HR”
Cruz’in’
Today I received a couple packages in the mail. The first contained a bunch of cards signed by Nelson Cruz and Jose Berrios. Matt C (campy on SCN) hooked me up with the cards when the Twins visited Cleveland. He pretty much knocked out all my Nelson Cruz and Jose Berrios needs for the season. Except with Nelson hitting his 400th Career HR at the game yesterday so I have a few more already! The cards I got are:
Jose Berrios
2019 Allen & Ginter
2019 Topps Now Road to Opening Day
04.01.2018 Topps Now
06.07.2018 Topps Now
2018 Topps Now Players Weekend
Nelson Cruz
07.25.2019 Ticket from Twins at White Sox when Cruz hit 3 HRs
08.03.2019 Ticket from Twins vs Royals when Cruz hit 3 HRs
04.26.2019 Topps Now
07.25.2019 Topps Now
07.25.2019 Topps Now
07.25.2019 Topps Now BONUS
07.26.2019 Topps Now
07.26.2019 Topps Now
08.03.2019 Topps Now
08.03.2019 Topps Now BONUS
2019 Topps #675
And a couple I bought from him from a previous Twins visit to Cleveland:
Miguel Sano
2019 Topps
2019 Topps Heritage
Jorge Polanco
2019 Topps
2019 Topps Heritage
These cards really put a nice dent into my Twins needs!
I also received a 2019 Topps Ervin Santana I bought from Mike P (SoxAutographs29 on SCN). Nice to get a former Twin on a recent card!