Today I received a pair of packages I recently sent out. The first was a really cool magazine with Whitey Ford on the cover as one of the images. Mark C (psugator1 on SCN) had a private signing with Whitey and got it signed really nice for me. I hope to add some of the other guys on it real soon! Also in the mail today was a baseball signed by Dan Shaughnessy. Dan was one of the three finalists for the Ford Frick Award at the Hall of Fame this year and I thought it would be cool to add his autograph to the collection before he is inducted in a couple years. I contacted him via the Boston Globe and he was kind enough to reply and sent me his address. It is a neat addition to the collection!
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The New Commish
Today I received a couple envelopes with autographed items in them. The first envelope I opened was a SASE I sent to the MLB office to get a pair of signed business cards from the new MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred. They look really cool! The other envelope was a pair of cards I bought from Joseph M (momo44 on SCN) which was a 2014 Topps Josmil Pinto card signed by Josmil and Chris Collabello and the other was a 2011 Bowman Chrome Oswaldo Arcia rookie card.
Commissioner Pete
Today I received back a Sports Illustrated magazine from 03.25.1985 that I sent to Peter Ueberroth that had him on the cover. He signed it nicely using the blue Sharpie I provided.
Doc’s No No
Today I received a baseball from Brian Anderson. Brian is a broadcaster for the Milwaukee Brewers but he also works for TBS in the post season. I sent it at the end of the season after hearing the audio of his call on the MLB channel on XM Radio and thought it would make a neat call ball. Turns out Brian ended up doing the post season again this year and I thought I would not see the baseball until after Spring Training next year.
Today the baseball showed up and was signed perfectly! He also included a Brewers broadcaster photo card signed and wrote a nice note thanking me for the donation but returned it to me so I could donate it to a charity of my choice this holiday season. I think the Salvation Army will get it in the next red bucket I see. I love these call balls and the memories they really bring back!