Today I received my 1971 Topps Twins Rookie Stars card signed by Jim Nettles. Anthony Solano had a private signing with him so I sent in the card I had. What makes this exciting is that this card was already signed by Pete Hamm. Even though Pete is still alive, he just doesn’t sign autographs so having any card signed by him is pretty rare. The card I had was signed by Pete in red Sharpie so I included a red Sharpie in my package to Anthony and Jim signed it perfectly with it. While I would prefer blue over red, I am just happy that they are both the same color on a hard to find completed card! I already had a single signed Nettles card in blue but that will never get completed.
Category: Topps Twins Project
A Faust Class Lady
Today I received a really neat reply to a sent baseball request. Nancy Faust, who was the organist for the Chicago White Sox signed my baseball and included a really nice note and a couple signed cards of herself. While looking up something a month or so ago, I came across an article about her and was impressed with how she progressed in-game entertainment at a baseball game. Check out her Wikipedia entry here. She signed the baseball with “White Sox Organist”. I hope to get a baseball signed by the Twins organist next. I have a card signed by Sue Nelson but not a baseball… yet.
My other package received was from Brett Bashinger via DEB Sports for a signing he had with former Twin Jack Savage. I had both Savage Twins cards signed but he is so tough and my cards were signed in black, I sent in a few cards. I got both his 1990 and 1991 Topps cards signed along with both Tiffany versions and the 1991 Desert Storm version. They turned out great!
I Am Hereby Circled
Bert Blyleven had a shtick when he was broadcasting Twins games that he would use the telestrator to circle Twins fans who went to road games. It lead to a lot of “Circle Me Bert” signs at the ballparks. Today I received the 2020 Allen & Ginter card signed by him. He included a note with a smiley face too.
Big Erv!
Today I received twelve cards signed by Ervin Santana. These were signed a few weeks ago while he was in the Dominican Republic. Isaias F (franco858 on SCN) had a signing with a few guys in the Dominican Republic and Erv was one of them. The cards are:
2017 Topps #US58
2017 Topps #US128
2018 Topps #49
2015 Topps Heritage #677
2019 Topps Heritage #336
2017 Gypsy Queen #258
2018 Gypsy Queen #86
2017 Topps Now #174
2017 Topps Now #233
2017 Topps Now #OD-136
2017 Topps Now #PS-122
2018 Topps Now #OD-142
Here are a couple photos sent to me by Isaias!
