Some of you may remember Chris Bermann on ESPN giving nicknames to athletes. His Bert “Be Home” Blyleven was one of my favorites.
While organizing a box of items, I came across a couple old wirephotos I had bought somewhere along the line to get signed. I found two Tony Oliva and a Bert Blyleven wirephoto. I sent the two Oliva ones off to an upcoming signing and sent the Blyleven to Bert along with his requested donation. I received it back today signed along with a funny note. The photo shows Bert in mid-delivery with his knee above his elbow. He included a note that said “If I tried that high leg delivery now I would fall over!” Pretty funny stuff!
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Mr Mustache
I had mailed a pair of Baseball Digest magazines to Rollie Fingers and today they arrived signed! Rollie signed my January, 1975 and March, 1982 issues in perfect blue Sharpie!
Fostering My Collection
George Foster was once one of the most feared batters in baseball. He was on the cover of a number of magazines over the years. I had mailed him the December, 1977 Baseball Digest issue and it arrived back signed today!
A Looong Time Comin’
Back on November 5, 2018 I sent a full ticket from Game 3 of the 1987 ALCS to Pat Sheridan along with a nice letter and donation. After I did not hear back after a couple months I gave up on it. Imagine my surprise when I grabbed the mail out of the mailbox today, 2,426 days later, and saw a long envelope SASE in the pile! I quickly opened it and out fell the ticket, signed, along with another signed card he threw in with it. This has to be the longest return I ever received!