Today I received a baseball I had sent out at the end of July. I should have known it was a bad time to send it with the trade deadline and then the playoffs coming up but Jayson Stark signed my baseball and included “2019 J G Taylor Spink Award” on it. It looks great and is a real nice addition to my collection. Jayson also included a note apologizing for it taking so long. Thanks Jayson!
Danny Boy
Today I received a 1973 Topps #443 Danny Thompson signed card that I purchased from Mickey’s Sportscards. It is the last 1973 Topps Twins card I need for the signed set. I do need a couple coaches on the manager card but those won’t happen on the card I have because the coaches are deceased. At this point though, I have all the Twins cards with at least one signature on it. I am excited about that!
My Favorite Martin
Today I received an MLB certified Martin Perez signed baseball from my buddy Rob. He asked me for a little assistance on an Excel project he was working on and to my great surprise and happiness, a beautiful Martin Perez baseball showed in the mail a couple days later. I told Rob he did not have to send me anything but he insisted. It is a cool addition to my collection. Thanks pal!
My Cousin Vinnie
Wow! Today I received my annual package from Vinnie M (vinniemiller on SCN). I send items to Vinnie at the beginning of Spring Training and again the beginning of the regular season. Vinnie gets autographs for me in AZ and the visiting teams to Seattle. This season he got a bunch of items that I an excited to add to the collection. The items he got for me:
Fernando Rodney 2018 TH BBC
Lance Lynn 2018 TH BBC
Eduardo Escobar 2018 TH BBC
Randy Rosario 2017 Topps US208 BBC
Willians Astudillo 2019 GQ
Jake Odorizzi 2019 GQ
Max Kepler 2018 TN PW
Jose Berrios 2018 TN OD
Jose Berrios 2018 Topps US38
Jonathan Schoop 2019 TN OD
Marwin Gonzalez 2019 TN OD
Eddie Rosario 2018 Topps 334
Eddie Rosario 2018 AG 12
Nelson Cruz 2019 TN OD
Byron Buxton 2018 Topps 127
Jason Kipnis 1st ML HR ticket w/”1st HR”
Kevin Plawecki Debut ticket w/”MLB Debut”
Joey Gallo Debut ticket w/”MLB Debut”
Justus Sheffield ML Debut ticket
JP Crawford Debut ticket
David Bote ML Debut ticket
Albert Almora ML Debut ticket
Vinnie takes care of my stuff as if it were his own. I cannot wait for next spring to send him more things to get signed! Thanks Vinnie!