Today I received a baseball signed by Marty Kutyna. I had requested him to write a story about catching the 1962 Opening Day first pitch from JFK but it looked like he may have had a little trouble writing on the baseball and signed it with a couple unrelated inscriptions. It appears he wrote it in pencil first so he would not mess it up. I appreciate him taking his time to have a nice baseball for me. I received that today as well as an envelope that he paid for with his own money that had a bunch of items from his career including a real nice large photo of JFK signing his baseball. He included three signed items personalized to me. I also got a dvd on Mickey Vernon that he included in my baseball package. All in all a real nice return! Thanks Marty!
Category: Baseballs
Handsome Ransom!
Today I received a Story Ball from Handsome Ransom Jackson. Ransom hit the last home run as a Brooklyn Dodger and wrote about it. The baseball is really cool. He included a nice note and mentioned his book coming out. He wrote that he did not realize until thirty years later when his son called him that it was a question on “Good Morning America!” This was a real neat response and an awesome addition to the Story Ball Collection! Thank you Ransom!
Zim
Today I received a baseball I purchased from the MLBAA a while ago. They had to be reminded to ship it and I even returned a different baseball I ordered at the same time that had the ink bleeding and was a mess. This baseball looks great and is signed by Jordan Zimmermann and has a MLB Hologram. It is a nice addition to the collection.
Clark Hits the Mark
Today I received a really cool story ball from Al Clark. I happened to be reading about Al Clark and saw he umpired the game Cal Ripken broke Lou Gehrig’s record for consecutive games played and thought I would try sending him a baseball. He replied in a total of five days (priority mail shipping each way)! He wrote about what it was like in Baltimore that week and that it was the only time in twenty three years as an umpire that he applauded a player’s accomplishment. It is really neat! Thanks Al!