I received an RTS today from my request sent to Lewis Thorpe. I do not know his apartment number so it was shot back to me. I sent it hoping the letter carrier would look for it but I knew I had a slim to none shot at getting it back signed.
I did, however, received a reply from Devin Smeltzer filled with hope! Devin signed my card and included an inscription on it that said “Baseball Will Be Back!” It was just what I needed as I have been missing baseball a lot lately and pretty much have come to the realization that I will not see a Twins game live this year. Thanks for giving me hope Devin! GO TWINS!!!
Game 6
Today I received a story ball from former umpire Ed Montague. With everyone in “lock down”, Fox Sports North and the MLB channel has been playing old baseball games. One of the games they played recently was Game 6 of the 1991 World Series. While watching the rebroadcast, I discovered Eddie Montague was the home plate umpire so I sent him a baseball asking him about his memories of the game. The resulting baseball, as well as the game, was all about Kirby Puckett. It is a pretty cool baseball. He included a photo from behind home plate of Puck hitting his home run which showed Eddie’s back as well. He signed it with Best Wishes. Thanks for the neat addition to the Story Ball Collection Eddie!
Great Scott!
Today I received a cool Story Ball from umpire Dale Scott. Dale was the first base umpire for the Twins 2009 Game 163 game and he, like Randy Marsh, commented on how loud the fans were! In fact, Dale commented that it was “one of the loudest crowds ever in my 32 year career!” Pretty neat remembrance!
A Winning HR!
Today I received a nice surprise! A while ago I had mailed a full ticket from Game 3 of the 1987 ALCS to Pat Sheridan as I saw he was signing via his office. I never heard back. I had one ticket left and saw that The Athlete Connection was having Pat as a signer at an upcoming show. I quickly put together the package to mail my remaining ticket in with a Sharpie and the fee and asked for Pat to inscribe it with “Game Winning HR”. Then the Coronavirus hit. The show was cancelled but they still got together with Pat for a private signing event and got my ticket signed. I did not realize they were going to have a signing with him. I figured I would just wait to have him at the rescheduled show and get it signed then.
Game 3 was the only game the Tigers won in the 1987 ALCS. I remember I was working as a land surveyor (my summer job in high school and college) and we had the truck stationed near us with the windows down and the radio playing the game. I remember sneaking back to the truck as often as I could to get a full game update. Sheridan hit the game winner off Jeff Reardon. I remember that day like it was yesterday.