Today I received a really neat ball from former Twins broadcaster John Gordon. He wrote his call of Paul Molitor’s 3,000th hit when he became the first player to get a triple for his milestone hit. He also included a cool note that said he was giving my donation to the local food bank. Pretty cool all the way around. Thanks Gordo!
Category: Call Ball Collection
Cory’s A Pro(vus)!
Today I received a baseball signed by Cory Provus. Cory is the play by play broadcaster for the Twins on the Twins Radio Network. I sent a request to him about three months ago for him to write his call of Kennys Vargas’ walk off. It was a pretty neat moment for Kennys and the Twins. I got it back signed real nice along with a note apologizing for the delay. Thanks Cory!
Rookies and History
Today I received a pair of packages. The first one was a package with seven prospects my friend Paul C got me from the minor league teams in Florida. It contained:
Stephen Gonsalves w/”Go Twins”
Nick Burdi w/”Go Twins!”
Matt Imhof w/”Go Phillies”
Ricardo Pinto
Chih-Wei Hu with his name in Taiwanese also
Jarlin Garcia
Amir Garrett w/”Go Reds!”
As always, Paul does a great job and I cannot wait for his next package!
My other package was a do-over with Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennaman. I had sent to him a couple years ago for his call on Pete Rose’s 4192nd hit and he returned it but it was signed in a black felt tip marker. I know that baseballs signed with felt tip markers usually always end up bleeding. I was told that spraying the baseballs preserves them so I tried it. What ended up happening was the ink really bled and make the ball look less than ideal. I sent him another request, with another donation of course, along with pictures of the baseball and kindly asked if he would do another. I got it back today and it looks real nice!
Doc’s No No
Today I received a baseball from Brian Anderson. Brian is a broadcaster for the Milwaukee Brewers but he also works for TBS in the post season. I sent it at the end of the season after hearing the audio of his call on the MLB channel on XM Radio and thought it would make a neat call ball. Turns out Brian ended up doing the post season again this year and I thought I would not see the baseball until after Spring Training next year.
Today the baseball showed up and was signed perfectly! He also included a Brewers broadcaster photo card signed and wrote a nice note thanking me for the donation but returned it to me so I could donate it to a charity of my choice this holiday season. I think the Salvation Army will get it in the next red bucket I see. I love these call balls and the memories they really bring back!