Today I received a baseball signed by Terry Ryan. Terry was the Twins General Manager when they signed Joe Mauer. With Joe retiring, I thought it would be cool to have a story ball signed about signing him. Unfortunately what I received was not a story except that it said “Drafted Joe Mauer #1 2001 Free Agent Draft”. I guess there is a story in there!
Category: TTM
The Donald
No, not that Donald… I am referring to Don Denkinger. When the latest issue of Sports Illustrated came out, it had a picture of Bucky Dent’s famous home run on the cover. I bought a few issues and sent three to Mr Denkinger. He kindly signed them perfectly. I now have to get them signed by the other three in the photo… Carlton Fisk, Mike Torrez, and of course Bucky Dent. The quest is on!
Plouuuuuuuuuuuuuufe
Today I received three cards signed by Trevor Plouffe. These cards have been sent around the country multiple times trying to get them signed. They are the final three Plouffe cards I need for my sets. Plouffe was recently brought up to the Phillies and when he was, he joined Pat Neshek’s teammates of signing cards. I mailed them in and got them back today signed beautifully in blue. They are:
2016 Topps 591
2016 Allen & Ginter 348
2016 Topps Heritage 57
Thanks a ton Pat!
Grilled Cheese
Today’s mail brought a pair of Sports Illustrated magazines I had sent to Jason Grilli to sign. He started signing with a donation and I had a pair of the issues so I sent a pair off to him. They were signed perfectly!