Adventures in Autograph Collecting
Actually, this time was great!
I posted my baseball wants a few months ago and my guy Paul C (who was mentioned in previous posts on here) had an extra Jason Motte ball so he offered it to me. I bought it and today I received it. It was another quality baseball for my collection!
Today I received a baseball I purchased from MLAM. The final living Hall of Famer I needed (I include the broadcasters with them) on a baseball was Tim McCarver. I compared prices and for a few bucks more than it would have cost me to send in to a show, I was able to get one with an inscription and MLB certified. The one I received was perfect!
My man Christian B (hheroes10 on SCN) has gone to the Arizona Fall League for autographs since around 2009 (that I have worked with him anyways) and does a great job getting autographs for me on baseballs of future MLB players. This year was no different!
Today I received my box of eight baseballs he got signed for me. They are:
Javier Baez
Nick Castellanos
George Springer
Richie Shaffer
Mike Zunino
Billy Hamilton
Kolten Wong
James Paxton
We will see in a few years which turns out to be the best player!
Thanks Christian!
You might notice a theme from all these posts of mine. I get most of the great mail on Mondays. I am sure it is because there are really two days worth of “mail movement” that ends with delivery on Monday.
Today brought two packages from two different people who helped me out with autographs. The first was a package of four baseballs signed by players in the Florida Instructional Leagues. My guy Paul C got me the following:
Shane Watson
Jose Berrios
Alex Heredia
Stetson Allie
All are beautiful blue signatures on the sweetspot!
The other package was three Sports Illustrated magazines from a recent show in St Louis. Lezcano D (deano on SCN) lives near St Louis and offers to help people obtain autographs at the shows in the area. Lezcano got me the following:
Tim McCarver on 09.04.1967
Alex Johnson on 07.05.1971
and the following all on the 10.07.1968 Sports Illustrated I already had signed by Red Schoendienst:
Tim McCarver
Julian Javier
Mike Shannon
All autographs turned out awesome.
I am very pleased with both packages I received today! Thanks guys!