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: Topps Twins Project
I Like Tuttles
Today I received a pair of cards I bought from Mickey’s Cards. One is a 1961 Bob Allison and the other is a 1963 Bill Tuttle. Tuttle was an upgrade.
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!
Esky
Today I received a signed 2018 Topps Heritage Eduardo Escobar #538 from Kent B (doggle3 on SCN). Kent was selling it and it was the last Esky card I needed for the collection so I can close the book on him.