Mill Creek Sports started their Black Friday deals a few days ago. One of the items they had on sale was the 04.20.2018 Sports Illustrated Giants issue signed by Buster Posey and Madison Bumgarner. It was at a price that was really too good to be true so I bought it. It is Becket certified and is beautiful! I am excited to add this issue to the collection!
Nice Pair!
Today I received a pretty cool pair of mail packages. The first was a Super Sports magazine from August 1970 which features Lou Brock and Pete Rose on the cover. I bought this magazine from Matt Keen because I had never seen it before and it was in perfect shape with both players signing it. It is a cool addition to the non-SI magazine collection!
The other package was a baseball I sent to former umpire Bob Davidson. I asked about the time he ejected Montreal Expos mascot Youppi and he replied on the baseball. You can read more about the ejection here. Pretty funny stuff.
A Stark Return
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!