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.
Category: Topps Twins Project
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.
Three’s A Charm!
Today I received three, yes THREE, packages with autographs in them! What a fun mail day!
The first package was a HOF postcard signed by Trevor Hoffman that I bought from Steve S (cosmo on SCN). Steve has provided me a few items in the past and is one cool dude. He also included an early Kent Hrbek signed index card. Thanks Steve!
The second package was a pair of Shane Mack cards. FanHQ had a private signing with Shane last week and I had sent in my final two Mack cards I needed to complete my Twins team sets. These are 1990 Topps Traded #64T and 1994 Topps #337. Both were signed perfectly in blue Sharpie. Thanks Shaun and crew!
My final package was one I forgot about. I mailed a baseball to Dave Fleming via Oracle Park in San Francisco asking him to write his call from when the Giants beat the Tigers in the World Series. Not only did he sign the ball but he also included his call! I have a new baseball to add to The Call Ball Collection! Thanks Dave!
What a fun time opening these packages!