A while ago I saw where USA Sports Marketing was having a signing with Oneil Cruz. Having a hard to find debut ticket I decided to send it in to the signing along with a baseball. I sent it right away and a couple weeks after the signing was to take place, I reached out to Matt L (chickenlittle on SCN) who I set up a request with on SCN and found out the signing had occurred and everyone got their items back. I panicked! With the help of a buddy at the Post Office, I obtained a signature showing proof of delivery (thankfully I sent it with signature confirmation) and sent an email to Matt. Matt was out of the country but gave me a person to work with at USASM, Connor. Conner found my package and said the ticket will be signed the next time they see Oneil (sometime in mid August) and sent me a beautifully signed baseball that I received today. I look forward to getting the ticket signed in a few weeks!
Category: Baseballs
Oh Balls!
Wow! If you have read my postings over the last few years, you have seen Chris L (ChrisL999 on SCN) pop up often. Chris gets autographs for me (and himself and others) as a fun hobby. Chris is great at picking out the next crop of superstars and he gets them to sign baseballs for me. Today I received a package of those baseballs that included:
Bligh Madris
Carson Williams
Cesar Prieto
Kyle Harrison
Elijah Greene w/”2022 1st Rounder”
Blaze Jordan
and current MLB’er Jack Suwinski
I love getting baseballs from rookies with big futures and following them in their journey to the Majors.
Breaking Barriers
Today’s addition to the collection is a pretty special one. On 04.08.2022, Rachael Balkovec made history by becoming the first female manager in professional baseball when she led the Tampa Bay Tarpons in their season opener. Creative Sports Entertainment had a signing scheduled with her earlier this month and I had sent in a pair of items via Matthew Eric on Facebook. The items I received today were signed PERFECTLY and the organization of CSE was impressive. I received a baseball signed on the sweetspot with “1st Female Manager” as well as a ticket from the Tarpons @ Flying Tigers game signed in beautiful silver paint pen with “1st Female Manager”. I got JSA witness on both items. They look perfect! I am very pleased with these items.
Blass-toff!
About a month ago, I received a Steve Blass Story Ball on Roberto Clemente’s 3000th hit but he forgot to sign it. I mailed it back with a nice thank you note and another donation and received it back signed today. It is a cool baseball about a memorable moment of one of baseball’s greats!