Category: Baseballs

Bull-Dozier-ing Through The Mail!

Today was a fun mail day.  A couple months ago I found out Brian Dozier was to be signing at the monthly Twin Cities Sports Collectors Club show.  Caden had a baseball tournament that day so I asked Dave B (the president) if I could send in a few tickets and baseballs for it.  He gladly accepted it and I was excited.  Brian was unable to make it to the show on the day it was to happen but it got rescheduled for this month.  As luck would have it, I had a wedding for Amy’s cousin in Sparta, WI on the day of the show so I let Dave keep the stuff to get it signed.  Today the items arrived.

I got a pair of debut tickets and first home run tickets signed with inscriptions, a pair of baseballs and a couple cards signed and they all look fabulous!  Dave did a great job and I am pleased.

A set of the tickets and cards are for my man Jon S in Rochester, NY who has hooked me up with more than I can repay him for.  He and his son are HUGE Dozier fans so these will be real nice additions to their collections as well as to mine!

“Glad” to finally arrive!

Today I received one of my regular baseball boxes I send out with my writing on it and a note with 15 cents postage due.  I gladly paid the postage due and wondered who took so long to return a package.  Back on 2/20/2007 I sent two baseballs and $20 to Dan Gladden via the Metrodome.  I had not heard anything so I thought they were long gone.  I had asked him to write a story about Game 6 and his perspective of Puckett’s catch and home run and the other with Game 7 and what it was like scoring the winning run for the 1991 World Series.  While I did not get exactly what I requested, I did get one signed on the sweetspot with his name and number and the other was signed the same way and had a note on the bottom panel that said “To Kevin, Sorry it took so long!!  Best wishes”.  Unique that is for sure.  Oh, and if you are counting, that was exactly 2002 days from send to receipt.  By far my longest wait!

Old Times…

Today I went to the Twins game with an old friend of mine.  I met Dan K back in college when he was the president of the fraternity and I was the treasurer.  We had a lot of good times back then.  We both graduated on the same day and went our own directions.  A couple months ago I spotted him on LinkedIn and sent him a message.  Turns out he was back in MN after moving around the country.  Since Caden had baseball just about every weekend until recently, we were unable to get together until today.  Back in college, on a Wednesday night and on a whim, I skipped night class and Dan and I headed to the Twins game.  Afterwards we went out by where the players went to their cars and waited.  As luck would have it, Dave Winfield stopped and signed a baseball for each of us.  Fast forward a couple years ago and I donated mine for a fundraiser.  Well, today Dan decided I would appreciate his more than him so he gave it to me.  Man, we had fun on that Wednesday night as well as today.  Good times.

Pass The Buck!

I love getting the mail on Mondays.  It usually yields a package or two and today was no different.  While I did not receive exactly what I was after, at least both people were kind enough to sign the baseballs and return them.

The first package I opened was a baseball signed by Rich Rollins.  A friend of mine is working on getting me a ticket to the 1962 Twins game when the Twins hit two grand slams in the same inning.  I started looking into that event and found that everyone involved  has passed away except for Rich Rollins who scored in both slams.  I sent a Story Ball request to him asking what he remembered.  It was neat to read his memories about it.

The second package was a request I sent to Joe Buck a while ago asking for his 2004 call of the final out of the first Red Sox World Championship.  Unfortunately, he just signed his name.  Kinda missed the purpose of me sending it (for his call).