Mick “The Quick” Rivers recently had a signing in New York and my buddy Jon S asked if I wanted him on anything. The first World Series I watched as a kid was the 1977 one and I remember Mickey Rivers playing in it. I jumped on the chance to get Rivers on a baseball. Jon got it signed with “The Quick” and sent it to me today. I look forward to helping out Jon’s collection with some cards I hope to get signed at Twinsfest in a couple weeks.
Category: Baseballs
Where’s the John?
Today brought in a couple items from a recent private signing with Tommy John. Tommy is one of those guys who is always mentioned as a borderline hall of famer and is most known as the first person to have “Tommy John Surgery” (duh!).
The signing was conducted by Patrick M (crash on SCN) and he did a great job. I got a baseball signed with a few stats on it as well as two 2000 Greats of the Game cards. It is a fairly well known fact among SCN members that items sent to Tommy’s address are being ghost signed by his ex-wife. I had a 2000 Greats of the Game card already signed in my collection and was unsure if it was Mr’s or ex-Mrs’s autograph. With these that came in it looks exactly like the one I had so now I have three. I would rather be safe than sorry in any autograph I have in my collection. I got the extra to send to a friend of mine who is collecting this set so he will be surprised when he gets it.
Go West Young Man! Go West!
I have been anxiously awaiting today for a month and a half or so. David West, one of the pitchers from the 1991 Twins World Championship team, was in town for an autograph signing event. David was one of the last four members I needed on my team baseball. Cami went with me and got a photo signed for herself and I got an upgrade to a card as well as the ball signed. He asked me who was left and I told him “Bedrosian, Guthrie and …” and he said “Sorrento”. I told him he was right and he nodded his head. Pretty funny that he could guess and he knew who was missing. I am guessing a lot of people are missing Paul Sorrento.
Also, a person I purchased a Yoenis Cespedes baseball from stopped by to deliver it. Another baseball off the want list!
Great Friends, Great Autographs
Today’s mail brought a couple great packages. One was the one I mentioned yesterday and the other was from my buddy Ryan A who attended the Chicago Sun Times show last weekend.
As expected, Chris Potter came through with the two Lee Lacy autographed Sports Illustrated magazines from his recent road trip of private signings.
Try as hard as they might, the USPS did not destroy the items inside the box like they did the outside. Ryan took good care in packaging up everything and they all arrived in great shape. First, Jose Contreras signed a Sports Illustrated magazine that was already signed by Mike Mussina. Then, Ryan got Eric Davis to sign his Sports Illustrated issue from 1987. Also included was Orlando Cepeda signing the issue with himself and all the other St Louis Cardinals. Lastly, Ryan got a baseball signed by Anthony Rizzo of the Cubs. Rizzo is going to be a beast in the coming years. Thanks for taking care of me Ryan! You the MAN!