Today I met up with Vinnie M (vinniemiller on SCN). Vinnie swung by our hotel in AZ to drop off most of what he got signed for me so far in spring training. He still had to sort out the cards but got me most of the other items he completed. It was really cool to meet Vinnie as I he has been getting things signed for me for more than a few years now. He was everything you could imagine. He was so nice and personable. I really appreciate guys like Vinnie who I really trust and who really puts in the work to get things signed for me. The items I picked up are:
Joey Bart OMLB vinnie’s ball
Dylan Cease OMLB
Yisei Kikuchi OMLB
Matt Harvey 05.20.2013 SI
Hideo Nomo 07.10.1995 SI
Theo Epsten 11.21.2016 SI
Michael Kopech ML Debut ticket
Chih-Wei Hu ML Debut ticket
Matt Harvey ML Debut ticket
Amir Garret ML Debut ticket
Mason Williams ML Debut ticket
Chi Chi Gonzalez ML Debut ticket
These were great items but meeting The Man, The Myth, and The Legend was pretty cool too!
Category: Bought
Bres Got Low Low Low
Today I received an upgrade of the 2017 Topps Heritage #655 Craig Breslow card from Doug B (dugoutdoug on SCN). Doug got it signed in blue Sharpie to replace my black Sharpie one. Thanks Doug!
Joltin’ Joe
Today I received a baseball I have wanted for a long, long time. I have always wanted a Joe DiMaggio baseball but was afraid of getting one because there were so many fakes out there. I recently sold a baseball that yielded me a nice starting point to look for a DiMaggio baseball. I sold a few more things and ended up with enough money to purchase the ball I really wanted. Today I received a beautiful PSA full letter certified Joe DiMaggio baseball for my collection. It was the second most expensive baseball I have ever purchased for my collection but I have one that I feel very comfortable with having. It is graded PSA 9 which is awesome too!
Bob Allison
Today I received a couple cards for my Twins set. Every first of the month I check Brian F (abcunlimited.net)’s update to see if he added any new Twins cards I might need. The update for January included a 1962 Topps Bob Allison #180 that I needed. I contacted Brian to acquire it and he reminded me that I had a credit from a small website fix I did for him a while ago so I ended up with the Allison and a 1982 Twins Future Stars #766 card signed by Lenny Faedo for my collection! The cards are perfect and I hope to get Hrbek and Laudner to finish the 1982 card at Twinsfest in a couple weeks!