A couple years ago I was fortunate enough to purchase a pair of tickets for Game 1 of the 1988 World Series. This was the game when Kirk Gibson hit his famous walk off home run and circled the bases on two really bad knees. I have a cool Story Ball signed by the Dodgers clubhouse manager on his recollection of that moment and later picked up the tickets. I was able to get Gibby to sign them fairly quickly after I received them but I wanted Dennis Eckersley to also sign them. As the story goes, the Dodgers’ scouting report on Eck was if he got two strikes on the batter he would throw a backdoor slider as that was his put-away pitch. Gibby knew this and when he got two strikes he looked for that pitch and clobbered it for his greatest moment in baseball. I kept looking for Eckersley to show up at a signing event as I really wanted an inscription on it. But, as luck would have it, he was a Fanatics exclusive in 2022 and they do not let their signers sign tickets. So I waited. Eck did not show up to any signings at the Hall of Fame induction weekend so I was thinking they might never get signed. Then my luck changed. Eck was signing at the Chicago Sports Spectacular. Since I had a pair of tickets, I figured I would send one to a pair of guys going to the show in case one had an issue or got lost in the mail or whatever. Today I received the ticket I sent to Donnie D (macey225 on SCN) and, as requested, Eck signed it with “Back Door Slider”. I love it! I cannot wait to get the other one soon as well! Stay tuned!