Category: Bought

Vacation Mail Day

One part of coming home that was actually fun was seeing all the mail piled up in the house.  My in-laws are awesome and not only watched the crazy dog for us but also got the mail each day and kept watch of things at home.  Going through the mail yielded the following items:

  • Joc Peterson signed baseball I sent in to a private signing with this top prospect via Lojo Sports
  • Bill Mazeroski to complete my 1961 Dell Sports Baseball Magazine.  It has Maz, Whitey Ford, Bobby Richardson and Hal Smith on it and looks awesome.
  • Roger Clemens, Frank Thomas, and Juan Lagares signed baseballs via a promotion Leaf Authentics ran at a nice price.

It was a nice run of mail to go through!

A Bill I was Happy To Get

Today’s mail brought a couple signed items I recently purchased.  The first was a Billy Terry signed baseball.  I was watching this baseball for about six months on eBay and did not see a nicer one listed in all that time.  I bought it from Richard Altman and it comes with a full JSA letter.
The other item that showed up was a John Roseboro 1969 Topps card I bought from littball99 on eBay.  This is a replacement for one that I had bought a while ago and did not feel it was legit.  That one ended up in the garbage and this beautiful one makes me feel better.

Lanny’s The Man(ny) Part II

Today I received the second package from Lanny Frattare. These are the scorecards I bought from him via LannyCards.com.  These are the actual scorecards Lanny Frattare wrote on to track the games he was announcing for the Pirates.  They are really, really cool.  Caden and I looked at each one for a while going through the plays and the players. The games I bought are:
April 26, 1978 – @ Mets – Bert Blyleven 11 inning complete game 1-0 shutout
August 16, 1980 – vs Expos – Bert Blyleven 9 inning complete game shutout
August 7, 2001 – vs Dodgers – A game I was at
May 27, 2008 – @ Reds – Jay Bruce ML Debut
August 10, 2008 – @ Phillies – Lanny’s 5000th game announced
These scorecards are really neat and very unique as there is only one for each game that was used by the Pirates radio announcer.  I am real excited to have added these to my collection!