Category: Bought

A Star and Three Rockets!

Today I received a pair of packages and am pleased with both.  The first was a baseball signed by Starling Marte that I purchased from Chad L (TheChad on SCN).  I tried to get Marte at a Spring Training ballgame in Florida a couple years ago and never even got close.  I am excited to have him finally.

The other package was filled with three Roger Clemens signed Sports Illustrated magazines.  I sent them to his Foundation with his requested fee and received them back signed in blue perfectly.  They look awesome.  The three issues I got back are:
05.12.1986 “Lord of The K’s”
05.13.1991 “Untouchable”
05.24.2004 “Bringing It Home”
I am really excited to have these in the collection and hope to send the four remaining covers I need of him real soon.

Three HOF baseballs!

Today I received a pair of packages in the mail.  Both contained signed baseballs with HOF inscriptions.
The first was a response from Pat Gillick.  He graciously signed a baseball with HOF 2011 for my collection.
The second package was a purchase from Amazon of a pair of Steiner certified Tom Lasorda baseballs with H.O.F. 97.  A coworker of mine, Wayne S, alerted me to the special pricing on them.  There was a limit of three per order.  I ordered two and was concerned after someone on SCN mentioned that when he ordered discounted Steiner baseballs via Amazon in the past that they were less than perfect items.  These two baseballs look awesome and I cannot think how they could be improved upon!  Thanks for the heads up Wayne!
A day where you get three HOF signed baseballs with inscriptions in the mail is a great day!

An Old HOFer and a New HOFer!

Today’s mail brought a pair of real nice autographs.  The first was a baseball I sent to Jim Bunning and requested a few career stats.  He signed it and included just HOF but it looks great.  The other package was a Sports Illustrated magazine I bought from Kathleen S (bagsfan52 on SCN) that is a GORGEOUS PSA certified Ken Griffey Jr magazine from 06.06.1994.  That is an awesome addition the the SI collection!