If you are a regular (one of the very few) reader of this blog, you probably remember Vinnie Miller as a person who I have worked with pretty consistently with to procure autographs for me. Vinnie does a lot of in person autographs but with COVID, he started doing private signings. I never would have thought that my Sports Illustrated magazines with Matt Lawton on the cover would ever get signed but, thanks to Vinnie, they did! I sent in three 04.30.2001 issues for the signing and received them back today!
Yeah, but does he speak Deutsch?
Today I received a JSA witnessed baseball signed by Yankees pitcher Domingo German. Ryan Batkay listed one for sale on Facebook and I jumped on it. I had wanted his autograph for a while. I think he is going to blossom into a superstar if he decides to stay in baseball.
A Couple Young Phenoms
I recently saw a post in the Private Signing group on Facebook for a baseball signed by Ronald Acuna Jr and and another signed by Fernando Tatis Jr. Bleacher Sports was selling the pair slightly discounted. I had a real nice Acuna already but have wanted a Tatis for a while. These baseballs were JSA witnessed/authenticated and I was more than excited to add them to my collection. I received them today and they are awesome! This might go down in a few years as one of my best purchases outside of Mike Trout when he was a rookie!
Casey At The Bat
Today I received four baseballs I sent to a private signing with Casey Mize. Casey is a former first overall draft pick and when I asked Caden if I should send any baseballs in for it, she said send in four. He is high on Casey. The signing was held with All Sport King’s Don Gorbutt and he took care of me! I have three with just Casey’s name and one with the inscription “2018 1st Overall Pick”. Nice additions to the collection by a future ace!