After Game 3 of the 2013 World Series ended with an obstruction call, I knew I needed a ball about it. I wrote a heartfelt letter about how I used Jim Joyce’s actions a few years ago on how he admitted a mistake and handled it with class to teach Caden the right way to react to a mistake and sent it to him with a request to write his memory of the call on the ball. Today I received the ball and my donation back to give to his current favorite charity (my son’s piggy bank) and a real nice note. The note actually means more to me than the baseball. On the baseball he signed it and wrote the following quote:
“May the hand of a friend always be near.”
He was my favorite umpire before this and his actions solidified his standing in my eyes. Thanks Mr Joyce!
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Adventures in Autograph Collecting