Category: Baseballs

“That ball never came down!”

Today I received an awesome baseball from current Baltimore Orioles broadcaster Joe Angel.  Mr Angel used to broadcast for the Twins and was behind the microphone when Dave Kingman hit the ball that got stuck in the Metrodome roof.

The kids and I went to the Twins game on May 4th which happened to be against the Orioles as well as the anniversary of Dave Kingman’s hit.  On ethe way home, the Twins post game report on the radio played Mr Angel’s audio of his radio call of that moment.  I emailed my favorite Twins employee asking him if there was a way I could get a copy of that call.  He came through for me in minutes.  THANK YOU PAL!  I wrote my letter to Mr Angel with the call and received it back today.  He did a great job on it.  It goes with a Story Ball I have on that moment perfectly.

Getting the ball in the mail was a great way to kick off the weekend!

A Couple 2014 First Round Picks

Today I received another package from Paul C in Florida.  He was able to nab me a Nick Gordon ball before he headed to Elizabethton to start Rookie Ball.  Nick was the Twins first round pick this year.  In addition to Nick, he also got me:
Nate Roberts (Twins)
Tyler Glasnow (Pirates) with “Go Pirates”
Michael Kopech (Red Sox) with “’14 1st Round Draft Pick”

Can’t wait for my next batch of baseball from Paul!

Another Batch of Prospects

Today I received a box from Paul C of six baseballs all signed by prospects.  I have mentioned Paul a ton of times on here in the past as he has gotten me a ton of prospects playing in Florida.  Today’s package contained:
Orlando Arcia (Brewers)
Victor Roche (Brewers) w/”1st Rd Pick 2012″
Nick Delmonico (Brewers)
Tyrone Taylor (Brewers) w/”Go Brewers!”
Jake Thompson (Tigers) w/”Go Tigers”
Eddie Rosario (Twins)
This was another great batch of baseballs!  Thanks Paul!

The Last Starter

A week or so ago I flipped by day by day baseball calendar at work and the fact for that day was about Bennie Daniels being the starter for two final stadium games.  On 9/24/1957 he started the finale at Ebbets Field and on 9/21/1961 he started the finale at Griffith Stadium. I sent him a baseball and got it back today with both those dates and stadiums noted on the baseball.