Category: Bought

Posting Up

A couple weeks ago I saw a person on Facebook selling some Hall of Fame postcards. I was going to send to Mike Mussina and recently sent to Ryne Sandberg but what caught by eye on this post was that these postcards were cancelled at the Cooperstown Post Office induction weekend. Jeremy Dresdner was selling some nice postcards and I bought the following:
Ryne Sandberg (cancelled)
Mike Mussina (cancelled)
Whitey Herzog (cancelled)
Ozzie Smith
These are nice additions to the collection!

Giving a Rip(ken)

Today’s mail brought a pair of packages with really neat items for the collection. The first package I opened was a Sports Illustrated from 05.01.1995 and the other was a Sports Illustrated for Kids from August, 1995 both signed beautifully by Cal Ripken Jr. Both have Ironclad and MLB authentication. I acquired them from my buddy Joel B (brad0112 on SCN and formerly of the Twin Cities here). Joel is selling a number of items in his collection so he can buy a cool Babe Ruth or Ty Cobb or someone of that stature’s autograph. I am sure you will see Joel’s name popping up here again soon!
The other package had a Wayne Garrett Story Ball about Roberto Clemente’s 3000th hit game. Mr Garrett mentioned what Roberto meant to the team and baseball and how he played third base in the game Roberto got the hit. Pretty cool baseball and recollection!

Not Gore(y)

MacKenzie Gore was a highly rated prospect in baseball who just made his ML Debut for the Padres. What usually happens when a player makes his debut is that people who got autographs of the player looks to sell them for a little more than before they appeared in the MLB. Austin Lloyd (on Facebook Autograph Group) had multiple items he had signed by MacKenzie available. I picked out a nice baseball and Sports Illustrated magazine from 07.17.2017. Today the SI arrived and since they were different sizes, they had to be mailed separately so I expect to receive the baseball tomorrow. Both items look awesome!