Category: Bought

Spring Has Sprung Again!

With today being the season opener for the Twins, MY calendar just flipped to summer so Happy Summer everyone!  Even though is it “summer”, I received a couple spring packages today.  Three to be exact!  What a great mail day!  I have a couple more spring packages on their way to me but today was a nice start.

The first box I opened was from Matt M (mightyswede on SCN).  Matt hits the Florida spring training scene for me and came up with the following:
Wil Myers ML Debut ticket (gorgeous!)
Nick Markakis SI (already signed by Adam Jones)
Jason Grilli SI
Great job Matt and thanks!

The next box I opened was from Christian B (hheroes10 on SCN).  As I mentioned in the past, Christian has been getting me autographs in Arizona for a long, long time.  At least five years between the Arizona Fall League and spring training.  This spring he got me the following:
Addison Reed OMLB
Adam Eaton OMLB
Wade Miley ML Debut ticket with inscription
Mark Trumbo ML Debut ticket
Tommy Lasorda SI
Christian does a great job and I cannot wait to send him my list of guys for the AZ Fall League!  Thanks Christian!

The last box I opened was from my guy Paul C who works the Ft Myers area for me during spring as well as during the Florida State League minor league season.  This was the final box of spring training items and he did not disappoint!  The box from him contained the following baseballs:
Mookie Betts
Byron Buxton
Anthony Ranaudo
Bryce Brentz
Barry Larkin with HOF (beautiful!)
Koji Uehara
Another great box from Paul!  Thanks for all the great baseballs!

I look forward to receiving the next boxes of goodies from my friends who work spring training for me!

A Killer of a Mail Day!!!!

About three months ago, someone on SCN posted that they had a complete run of autographed Harmon Killebrew Topps cards for sale for $1200.  I needed nine of them, mostly the league leader cards, but was not going to spend that amount only needing nine. The person who ended up buying them took the few he needed and sold the rest but not after getting most slabbed by PSA.  He contacted me on SCN and offered the ones I needed for $50 per card.  I jumped on that deal and today I received the ten cards (one was an upgrade).  They are gorgeous and all signed in beautiful blue Sharpie.  The cards I got are (*=PSA slabbed):
1962 Home Run Leaders*
1963 Home Run Leaders*
1964 RBI Leaders (signed by Kaline too)
1965 RBI Leaders*
1965 Home Run Leaders*
1967 #460*
1968 RBI Leaders
1968 Super Stars*
1970 RBI Leaders
1970 #150* (upgrade)
This group of cards completed MY run of all Topps base Harmon Killebrew cards when he was a Twin (starting with the 1961 set).  This group also put me over the 90% benchmark of all time Topps base Twins cards signed which also includes the o for 9 for 2014 series one set!
Thanks Brian K (bkritz on SCN) for contacting me with your available cards!!!!

Spring Has Sprung!

Today I received the first of a couple packages from a pair of guys from SCN who are working spring training teams in Arizona.  Ethan (ethanoah) and Kent (doggle3) did a great job so far.  It is obvious they treated my items as if they were their own.  All the autographs are perfect and beautiful.  They did a great job and are still working on more the last few weeks of spring training.

Today I got in:
Jason Kipnis OMLB
Brian Wilson OMLB
Hyun-Jin Ryu OMLB
Patrick Corbin OMLB
Mike Olt OMLB
Jose Dariel Abreu OMLB
Archie Bradley OMLB
Clayton Kershaw ML Debut Ticket
Chris Sale ML Debut Ticket
Conor Gillaspie 1st HR Ticket
Jarrod Parker ML Debut Ticket
Jim Thome 2011 Allen & Ginter #204
Jim Thome 2011 Topps #304

Like I said above, these guys took care of my stuff as if they were their own.  I cannot wait to see what else they are able to get signed for me as spring training winds down!

Thanks guys!

Future Stars Abound!

Today I received another great batch of baseballs from my buddy Paul C in Florida. He gets me all the Red Sox and Twins guys I need for a very fair price. I gave him a list of prospects I wanted for those two teams and today received the following:
Josmil Pinto
Jackie Bradley Jr (Full Name!)
Xander Bogaerts
Matt Barnes
Henry Owens
Allen Webster
Garin Cecchini

I will really see the benefits of getting these guys now within a few years when they are in the Majors!

Paul is going to work on opponents of the Red Sox and Twins this spring too. Once the Florida State League kicks off, he will get me the guys I want. He does a great job and this box of baseballs was no exception! Thanks again Paul!