George Foster was once one of the most feared batters in baseball. He was on the cover of a number of magazines over the years. I had mailed him the December, 1977 Baseball Digest issue and it arrived back signed today!
Well Played Mauer
Yesterday I got a notice that I had a package at the Post Office to sign for. I sent my SASE with signature confirmation for Fan HQ’s signing with Joe Mauer due to the value of the items inside of it. I wanted to make sure I got it. During lunch today I went to the Post Office and picked it up. As always, Fan HQ does an amazing job on items. I got the following today:
2024 Topps Heritage #205
2024 Allen & Ginter #190
MLB 11 The Show with Joe on the cover and “Well Played Mauer”
06.06.2004 ticket with “1st MLB HR”
06.10.2010 ticket with “Behind Net Catch”
08.05.2023 ticket with “2023 Twins HOF”
I am over the top excited to add these to my collection!
“Back It Up Ter’!”
Curtis Terry was a member of the Twins for a very short time but long enough to have a Gypsy Queen card made. He never played at the Major League level but did in St Paul (AAA). He was long gone by the time the card came out if I recall correctly. I found that he was currently playing for the Lexington Legends and found Cameron F (camgraphs7 on SCN) who said he would work on getting him to sign my cards so I sent him a pair of 2022 Gypsy Queen cards #181. Today they arrived perfectly signed, although his signature is basically CT2. I am excited to knock this one off the need list!
Jax of All Trades
The Twins had a season ticket holder event today where we could get Griffin Jax and Matt Wallner’s autographs. So, my brother and I headed down to the ballpark with our items and pens!
I ended up getting a Jax OMLB and two Matt Wallner cards, both 2025 Topps, #547 and #688. All turned out great and both guys were cool. It was a fun event and I cannot wait to see who is there for the August session!