I have been fortunate enough to add the San Diego Chicken’s autograph to my collection on multiple occasions. One of the first mascots/entertainers in baseball was Max Patkin who was known as The Clown Prince of Baseball. If you have watched Bull Durham or any number of baseball films from the 1950’s to 1980’s, you have probably seen a clip of Max performing. Today I added a baseball signed by Max along with “Clown Prince of Baseball”. I connected with Evan Miller via Facebook when he was selling some of his father’s inventory. His father ran Miller Boys memorabilia before he passed away and had Max in for multiple signing events. I am excited to add this baseball to my collection!
Category: Bought
Puck
Even though I already had one, I love the Kirby Puckett Weekend signed cards that were given away to kids that weekend… some directly from Kirby himself as he appeared at one of the gates at the Metrodome that weekend. Fernando Hoover listed a couple for sale on Facebook and I reached out to him for one. I received it today and am excited to add another to my collection!
A Future President?
I have always been intrigued by presidential autographs but never had the courage to jump into them outside of signed books. They seem to be the easiest and cheapest way to get presidential autographs. But, for every George Bush or Jimmy Carter autographed book I have I have a Hillary Clinton and Michelle Bachman. I would love to have an autographed baseball but they always run with black Sharpies and they do not hold up very well on baseballs (although I have a couple that have stood the test of time quite well). Today’s mail brought in Ron DeSantis’ “The Courage to Be Free” signed copy. Premiere Collectibles does a great job with books and the one I bought came in a special presentation box and is numbered 2015/2800. Who knows if he will be president down the road but if he is, I have his signed book!
Twins Spring
I received my first package of signed cards from Spring Training today. Charie D (CDietz on SCN) posted some extras he got signed in Ft Myers at Twins Spring Training. I found a pair I needed and a pair of cool ones and purchased. They are:
2022 Topps Heritage Max Kepler #122
2023 Topps Jhoan Duran #218
2023 Bowman Draft Paper Connor Prielipp #BD-8
2023 Bowman Chrome Blackjack Conner Prielipp/Brooks Lee #BJ-6
That Blackjack card shows two super prospects for the Twins.