Today was a nice mail day with two packages showing up. The first one was a return from Mike Reilly. I had sent the October 26, 1992 issue of Sports Illustrated already signed by Roberto Alomar and John Smoltz to him a couple weeks ago and watched it go through the USPS system. I was a little nervous as I saw it being bounced from post office to post office and then to Florida. I should have known the post office would take care of business! In my note, I told him I had another issue signed by both players but in blue Sharpie (the one I sent was in black) and if he did not mind if I could send that one too. Not only did he say yes but he told me his winter address in Florida. Nice guy!
The other package was a complete surprise. A month ago I sent a request to Rob Manfred asking for a pair of his business cards signed. In my note, I mentioned as soon as I could get some baseballs with his signature on them (instead of Bud Selig), I would send him one to sign. To my surprise, he sent me one! Not only did MLB pick up the cost of the baseball but also the cost of shipping! That was pretty cool and a real nice surprise. I bet I have one of the first of his model baseballs he signed!
All in all it was a great day!