Today I received my Lenny Webster card from a signing Chris Potter had. It is the 1994 Topps #252. I liked this card because it was one of the few cards which featured a Twins player in their home uniform. The problem at the Metrodome was the lighting so there are not many Twins cards in the 90’s with the player in their home uniform. This card officially closes the book on my Lenny Webster needs for my Twins project too!
Category: Topps Twins Project
Spring Has Sprung!
Today I received the first of a couple packages from a pair of guys from SCN who are working spring training teams in Arizona. Ethan (ethanoah) and Kent (doggle3) did a great job so far. It is obvious they treated my items as if they were their own. All the autographs are perfect and beautiful. They did a great job and are still working on more the last few weeks of spring training.
Today I got in:
Jason Kipnis OMLB
Brian Wilson OMLB
Hyun-Jin Ryu OMLB
Patrick Corbin OMLB
Mike Olt OMLB
Jose Dariel Abreu OMLB
Archie Bradley OMLB
Clayton Kershaw ML Debut Ticket
Chris Sale ML Debut Ticket
Conor Gillaspie 1st HR Ticket
Jarrod Parker ML Debut Ticket
Jim Thome 2011 Allen & Ginter #204
Jim Thome 2011 Topps #304
Like I said above, these guys took care of my stuff as if they were their own. I cannot wait to see what else they are able to get signed for me as spring training winds down!
Thanks guys!
Another Joe
I need about 35 Joe Mauer cards to complete his run of cards I need for my Twins collections. I have probably 15 signed. One of the four cards I got signed at Twinsfest was one I already had. Really? I thought I kept better records than that. I was pretty ticked off when I discovered that.
Well, it turns out I was not the only one who got a card signed by Joe they already had. Kevin W (yrocks2001 on SCN) did the same thing. The good news for me was that he offered his for sale. It was twice what the cost was at Twinsfest but I was ok with that. Today I got the 2009 Allen & Ginter signed beautifully in blue Joe Mauer card. It looks awesome. I guess this softens the sting of my screw up a little bit.
A Couple Great Packages!
Today’s mail brought a couple great packages of autographed items.
The first I opened was a great package from my pal Kyle S (esiason14 on SCN). In it was a card I traded for (SGC slabbed 1962 Topps Jack Kralik), and a couple cards I bought (PSA slabbed 1962 Topps Earl Battey and 1962 Topps Billy Martin). Kyle decided to change his focus of his collection and instead of working towards the 1962 signed set work on other things. Knowing I collect Twins cards he contacted me first to see if he had anything I needed. As always, thanks Kyle!
The other package was the items I sent to Kevin W (kdubs on SCN) that he got signed at the Cardinals Winter Warm Up (like Twinsfest) event. In it was a 05.27.2013 Sports Illustrated signed by Shelby Miller and Lance Lynn. Also was two baseballs signed by Trevor Rosenthal and Matt Carpenter. I had sent a Michael Wacha debut ticket but they sold out before Kevin could by a ticket for him. I also sent a ticket stub from Game 3 of the 2013 World Series to get signed by Allen Craig but it fell out of Kevin’s notebook thankfully while he was at home (he thought he lost it at the event) but as a result did not get signed. Thanks for the great autographs and your efforts at the Winter Warm Up Kevin!