While I already had one signed, I could not resist sending Frank Viola his 1986 Twins 7-Eleven card I found while moving some cards around. I love this set and having another Frank Viola card is pretty sweet. Frank signed it nicely in blue.
Category: Topps Twins Project
Spring Time in AZ
Today’s mail brought in my final package from Spring Training. This one from AZ. Chris S (CSmith21 on SCN) posted he would work on autographs for people in AZ so I tried him out. I am not disappointed! Chris hooked me up with the following:
Wyatt Langford MLB Debut ticket
Josh Jung MLB Debut ticket
Jack Leiter MLB Debut ticket
Travis D’Arnaud Debut ticket with “Debut”
Pierson Ohl Debut ticket with “MLB Debut”
Tyler Mahle 2023 Topps Heritage #449
Harrison Bader 2025 Topps Heritage #707
Lamonte Wade Jr 2020 Topps #495
Willi Castro 2024 Topps Heritage #608 & 2025 Topps Heritage #73
Brent Rooker 2021 Topps #480
I cannot wait to have Chris chase more autographs for me next spring!!!
Another Florida Spring Package!
I connected with Matt H (mattyice on SCN) a handful of years ago on SportsCollectors.net. Matt lives in Fort Myers and gets to a lot of Red Sox and Twins games during the spring and spends a lot of time chasing autographs for me. Today I received the package of his efforts this spring! Inside was:
Royce Lewis – 2024 Topps Heritage #577, 2025 Topps Heritage #138, 2025 Allen & Ginter #221
Brooks Lee – 08.17.2025 Topps Now #568
Ryan Jeffers – 2024 Topps Heritage #635, 2025 Topps Heritage #424, 07.28.2021 Topps Now #566, 07.23.2023 Topps Now #609
Gio Urshela – 2022 Topps Heritage #635
Michael Taylor – 2023 Topps #374
Austin Martin – 2025 Topps #595, 04.09.2024 Topps Now #53
Taylor Rogers – 2020 Topps #342, 2020 Topps Heritage #25, 2021 Topps Heritage #597
Luke Keaschall – 2025 Topps #US342, 2025 Allen & Ginter #223, 08.05.2025 Topps Now #518, 08.10.2025 Topps Now #543, 2025 Topps Now Rookie Cup #RC-3
These are all awesome additions to my collection and I really appreciate Matt’s help over the years. I hope to get to Florida for some spring training games and chase autographs with Matt in spring 2027 as long as there isn’t a lockout.
Another Spring Package!
Today’s mail brought another package of spring training signed items. Today’s package was from Wesley George. Wesley spends spring training driving around Florida obtaining autographs during spring training. The package included:
Joe Ryan- 2025 Topps Heritage #276 & 2026 Topps #54
Kody Clemens – 2026 Topps #85
Royce Lewis – 2026 Topps #115
Trevor Larnach – 2026 Topps #68
Ryan Jeffers – 2026 Topps #315
Byron Buxton – 2026 Topps #255
I’m excited to knock these off my list!