I love this time of year. The snow is (usually) gone, spring training is over and the regular season about to begin and I start receiving the signed items from spring training!
Today I received two of the three packages of autographed cards I am expecting. It was so fun to mark these cards off my need list!
The first package came from Brian P (ka0grp on SCN). Those signed items included:
Carlos Correa- 2023 Allen & Ginter #47
Kyle Gibson- 2019 Topps #597
Griffen Jax- 2023 Topps #595
Joey Gallo- 2023 Topps #604
Max Kepler- 2023 Topps Heritage #217
Max Kepler- 2020 Allen & Ginter #243
The other package came from Robbie L (robbielee on SCN). Those signed items included:
Byron Buxton- 2022 Topps #576
Max Kepler- 2022 Topps #221
Max Kepler- 2020 Topps Heritage #479
Max Kepler- 2021 Topps Heritage In Action #120
Alex Kiriloff- 2022 Topps Heritage #151
Jose Miranda- 2023 Topps Heritage #548
Alex Kirilloff- 2021 Allen & Ginter #116
I also bought some cards that Robbie pulled from packs and got signed. Those are:
Ronny Henriquez- 2023 Topps #372
Royce Lewis- 2024 Topps #208
Bailey Ober- 2024 Topps #121
Jordan Balazovic- 2024 Topps #263
Jhoan Duran- 2024 Topps #227
Matt Wallner- 2024 Topps #91
Willi Castro- 2024 Topps #285
I could not be more happier with how these turned out and how excited I am to mark them off my need list!
Category: Consignment
Warmin’ Up!
Derrick B (dlbiri1s on SCN) has helped me out at Cardinals Winter Warmup quite a few times over the years. This year he came through big time! I had sent three tickets and four cards to Derrick to get signed for me. I was hoping to get inscriptions on the tickets and Derrick came through!
The items I received today are:
David Freese 2011 World Series Game 6 ticket w/”Walkoff HR”
Masyn Winn ticket w/”MLB Debut”
Ryan Helsey ticket w/”Immaculate Inning”
Sonny Gray:
2022 Topps #US16
2023 Topps #78
2022 Topps Heritage #683
2023 Topps Heritage #149
Thanks a ton to Derrick! Can’t wait until next year!
Pags
I received a pair of packages in the mail today! The first was from Vinnie M (vinniemiller on SCN). Vinnie gets me a lot of autographs of players who roll through Seattle. I only sent him items for the Twins series this year. He waits until the season is over to do his mail and return the items. So, today’s package was:
Jhoan Duran- 2023 Topps Heritage #294
Jorge Lopez- 2023 Topps Heritage #240
Joe Ryan- 2023 Topps Heritage #29
Emilio Pagan- 2023 Topps Heritage #415
Kenta Maeda- 2022 Topps Heritage #724
Jovani Moran- 2022 Topps Heritage #697
Jovani Moran- 2022 Topps #387
Joe Ryan- 2022 Topps #US222
Matt Wallner- 2023 Topps #448
The other package was from Guy P (gpuglia on SCN) who had a private signing with Mike Pagliarulo. I had a pair of full tickets from Game 3 of the 1991 ALCS and had him inscribe them with “Game Winning HR”. They turned out better than I expected with Mike’s long name on a skinny ticket. I was a bit nervous how it would look but they look awesome!
Ohhhh Boy! What a Box!
Wow! What can I saw about the box I received today? Holy smokes? That does not give it justice!
My buddy Chris L (ChrisL999 on SCN) has long been one of my go to guys for autographs. I usually send him a dozen balls and let him get who he thinks are prospects, etc. This year I sent him the balls but also some cards and tickets. He came through big time for me!
The baseballs he got signed for me are:
Cade Cavalli
Jacob Young
Alan Roden
Ezequiel Tovar
Jake Bennett
Dylan Crews
Owen Murphy
Jackson Holliday
Yohandy Morales
Jake Alu
Anthony Solometo
Michael Toglia
You read that right! The TOP TWO PROSPECTS IN ALL OF BASEBALL!!!! Wow!
If that was not enough, he got Mackenzie Gore to sign his debut ticket as well as Luis Arraez sign four cards I needed for my Topps Project!
Chris is the MAN! He, and I, are already excited for next season! Thanks pal!