I found Mike E in a Facebook group around January this year when he offered a card for sale I needed. Since then we communicated a little via Messenger and he helped acquire Twins AAA autographs when the Saints visited Iowa. He has another batch now for next week when the Saints revisit Iowa. He does a great job on autographs for my collection. Today’s batch included:
Zebby Matthews ticket w/”MLB Debut!”, 2025 Topps #283
Randy Dobnak ticket w/”1st MLB Win!”
Jair Camargo ticket w/”MLB Debut”, 2024 Topps Heritage #633
Austin Martin 2024 Topps Heritage #649
I am really excited to add these to my collection and to see how successful Mike is with the next batch! Thanks a lot Mike!
Category: Consignment
Fred and Some Twins Spring Cards!
Today I received a pair of packages. The first was my November, 1975 Baseball Digest issue signed beautifully by Fred Lynn. Darrell H (thehalk on SCN) had a signing with Fred and I sent in the magazine. You can see it in this photo of Fred signing items. It is in a magazine bag with a sheet of folded paper on top but that’s it!
The other package was a fun one from Matt H (MattyIce on SCN). Matt lives in Fort Myers and hits up the Twins spring training facilities multiple times each spring. I have been getting cards signed via Matt for a few years now and he does not let me down! I received the following cards from Matt today:
Ehire Adrianza 2020 Topps #690
Ehire Adrianza 2020 Topps Heritage #595
Byron Buxton 2021 Topps #74
Byron Buxton 2024 Topps Heritage #126
Carlos Correa 2024 Topps Heritage #234
Jhoan Duran 2024 Topps Heritage #100
Jhoan Duran 2022 Topps Now #140
Ryan Jeffers 2023 Topps Heritage #659
Brooks Lee 2024 Topps Now #372
Brooks Lee 2024 Topps Now #390
Royce Lewis/Carlos Correa 2024 Topps #653 signed by Royce
Jose Miranda 2024 Topps #507
Chris Paddack 2024 Topps #US14
Joe Ryan 2024 Topps Heritage #246
Joe Ryan 2022 Topps Now #896
Cole Sands 2022 Topps #US208
Zebby Matthews 2024 Topps Now #551
Matt Wallner 2024 Allen & Ginter #345
Simeon Woods Richardson 2024 Topps #US295
I am so excited to knock these off the list that I cannot wait for next spring! I have another package of a few cards coming from one more guy in the next week. That will be fun again marking those off my need list when they arrive!
Not a (T)witt
I have received a large number of items over the years that Chris L (ChrisL999 on SCN) has gotten players to sign for me but this might be one of the biggest. Chris got field passes for the Royals at Nationals at the end of the season and was able to wrangle Bobby Witt Jr to sign my debut ticket. This turned out amazing and it a beautiful addition to my ticket collection. Bobby had one of the top months of offensive output this season and will continue to get even better. He will be one of the finalists for AL MVP probably losing out to Aaron Judge but he will get his chance soon enough. Chris also included a Dylan Crews debut ticket he got signed for me a few days prior to the Witt.
Pretty awesome package! Thanks for everything this season, Chris! Can’t wait until next year!
A Quadfecta
In what is probably the final package of the season (unless he hits a couple more this last week), Chris L (ChrisL999 on SCN) hooked me up with a pair of baseballs and a pair of cards for the collection.
The baseballs are signed by:
Ethan Anderson
Vance Honeycutt
The cards are:
Gio Urshela 2022 Topps#US130
Carlos Correa 2024 Topps #155
It has been a fantastic season of items Chris got me for my collection. There could be one more biggie. Stay tuned!