Today I received the first of probably three dozen baseballs that my buddy in the Washington, DC area will get signed for me over the season. It was a wide variety including team executives as well as rookies and current MLB stars. My buddy Chris L (CHRISL99 on SCN) has taken great care of me and my autograph wants for a handful of years now. Last summer I was able to meet up with him and his wife and we all attended a Nationals game together. That was fun! Chris also got me a few Twins cards signed when they were in DC. The total package included:
Pablo Lopez: 2025 Topps #662, 2025 Topps Heritage #131, 07.05.2023 Topps Now #530, 08.23.2024 Topps Now #337
Simeon Woods Richardson: 2026 Topps Heritage #200
Ty France: 05.23.2025 Topps Now #205
Baseballs:
Justin Campbell
Dauri Fernandez
Emerson Hancock
Josh Hartle
William Kempner
Bryce Miller
Sung-Mun Song
Craig Stammen
Paul Toboni
Joey Weimer
Brandon Woodruff
Cole Young
Another fantastic package from Chris! Thanks pal!
Category: Baseballs
Pine Tar Game Fiasco
We all can recall something of the Pine Tar Game in which George Brett hit a home run and Billy Martin protested the game. A number of years ago I received a really cool story ball from Tim McClelland who was the home plate umpire. Today’s mail brought in a story ball from Davey Phillips. The umpire who provided an affidavit to the game’s conclusion’s umpiring crew that all players touched each base. He wrote about it on the ball as well as on a sheet of paper. He also included a signed card and a business card.
Sir Rodney
Wow! What a cool item I received today! Josh Martin recently posted in a Facebook group about offering a Rod Carew stat ball for sale. It looked pretty nice so I bought it and it arrived today. Years ago Reggie Jackson had a company that sold stat balls of different players and Carew was one. There are nineteen stats on the ball! It even came with the ReggieJackson.com card with the matching hologram sticker number! I love it! It is Rod’s old signature (pre-heart attack).
Another Debut!
Mid-September last season Bryce Eldridge was called up and made his Major League debut. MLB Legends was offering a signing with him this spring so I sent in the ticket and received it back today signed beautifully with “MLB Debut”. I also purchased a Leo DeVries signed baseball and that was with the ticket.