Larry Walker was recently inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He has started raising money for his favorite charity by signing autographs via mail. I had a pair of Hall of Fame postcards, with one postmarked on the back by the Cooperstown Post Office on Induction Weekend, and mailed them both to Larry to be signed along with the required donation amount. Today they arrived signed really nice! A nice way to knock off a HOF postcard need!
Category: TTM
Not Bogg’d Down
Wade Boggs is a heck of a signer these days. He signs for a nominal donation and while he doesn’t usually add any inscriptions, he signs in blue Sharpie which makes items look great. I have a number of Bogg’s autographs, including a pair of 3,000th hit tickets, but came across a trio of the cards the Tampa Bay Devil Rays handed out at the game Wade got his 3,000th hit as well as the stub the person used to get into the game so I bought them. I sent the ticket and one of the cards to Wade and received them back signed today. I have wanted one of the 5″x7″ cards since I saw them right after the game but never got around to buying one until this lot came up for sale. I am happy to add these to my collection!
Oisk!
Carl Erskine’s nickname is Oisk. He is also today’s autograph I received in the mail. Carl signed the October, 1952 Baseball Digest for me in beautiful blue Sharpie and sent it back to me. It is another signed Baseball Digest that fits perfectly in the collection!
I Shantz Not Be Sad!
I recently received a Baseball Digest back signed by Bobby Shantz. Bobby was on the cover twice and I had to track down the first one he was on. It proved difficult to find a nice one but I did and today I received it back signed. Bobby signed my August, 1952 issue beautifully and included “1952 AL MVP” which is cool since it is the year he won it!
I also received a pair of signed tickets today! A buddy of mine sent me a pair of tickets from the June 14, 2023 Giants at Cardinals game from when Luis Matos made his Major League debut. I noticed Luis was doing a signing with Mike C (Mac6185 on SCN) and sent them in. Mike got Luis to sign them beautifully with “MLB Debut”. They are fantastic!