Category: Bought

Singer-ing In The Rain

Today I received a few cool things for the collection. LGC Sports Marketing had a private signing with Jorge Soler and Brady Signer. I received a pair of JSA Witness Brady Singer signed baseballs and got Jorge Soler on my 10.10.2016 Cubs Roster Sports Illustrated magazine. They did an awesome job and shipped the items back to me quickly after the signing.

The other package I received was a Bryan Mata signed baseball my guy Paul C got for me. Paul lives in Ft Myers and got this signed during spring training.

Lanny’s A Dandy!

Today I received a pair of items that really made my day! The first item was a 10.25.1999 Sports Illustrated that was already signed by Jason Varitek that I sent to Todd S (toddschafer on SCN) for his signing with Scott Brosius. Scott signed it and completed the magazine. It looks great!

The other package I received was a bunch of scorecards I bought from Lanny Frattare’s son. Lanny was the Pirates broadcaster for a number of years and after he retired, his son built a website that sells the scorecards. I was sitting at Sam’s Club a couple weeks ago waiting to get the tires replaced on Caden’s car and decided to look and see if I could find a scorecard or two to add to the collection. Over a couple days of research I found fifteen that were pretty cool. All of them are signed by Lanny and I hope to get a lot of them signed by the player I chose the scorecard for. I have a few I got previously already signed and they are neat. The ones I picked up this time around, and the reason, are:
-04.08.1986 – Jim Leland’s Managerial Debut (I just bought a ticket to the game)
-09.13.1976 – Tom Seaver Complete Game Shut Out
-06.25.1978 – Bert Blyleven Complete Game Shut Out
-08.06.1978 – Steve Carlton Complete Game Shut Out
-06.30.1977 – Steve Carlton Complete Game Win 1R 8K
-08.19.1980 – Nolan Ryan Win 7.2 IP 7K
-06.22.1977 – Rich Gossage Save 4 batters faced and 4 K’s/Rollie Fingers appearance
-05.01.1978 – Dave Winfield HR/got thrown out at 1st base/Willie Stargell RBI/Gaylord Perry start/Rare Ozzie Smith error
-07.25.1978 – Dave Winfield HR and GW RBI Walk off single
-06.01.1979 – Dave Winfield 2 HRs/Lots of runs scored/Ozzie Smith hits
-06.12.1979 – Dave Winfield HR/Gaylord Perry CG Win
-05.22.1980 – Dave Winfield HR/Rollie Fingers Save/Bert Blyleven 5.2 IP 8K
-07.24.1980 – Bert Blyleven CG Win 1 Run/Dave Winfield HR 2 outs Bottom of 9th (off Bert)
-08.21.2006 – John Smoltz Win 8 IP 0R 10K
-08.01.2006 – John Smoltz Win 7 IP 1R 6K
I am really looking forward to getting these signed by the above players.

Walk(er) This Way!

Today I received a Larry Walker signed baseball from TriStar. Not exactly what I wanted but it works. Larry was doing a private signing with TriStar so I sent in my 1993 Sports Illustrated along with the payment back in, I think, about March. With COVID happening and Larry in Canada, the signing was delayed. Earlier this week I received a call that Larry refused to sign the SI. I asked if the money I paid could be put towards a baseball with HOF 2020 and it worked out that I could so I received the SI (unsigned) and the ball today. Since he is a TriStar exclusive, I think the prices will stay high for him so I doubted I would get him any cheaper down the road so I got the ball. I do not know the reason why he would not sign that specific SI but this was the second, and final, time I try.