Today I received a package with five baseballs that I had my friend Paul C get from the minor league teams in Florida who visit Ft Myers. Paul has gotten me a ton of baseballs and do a great job. The baseballs in today’s package are:
Javier Betancourt w/”Go Tigers”
Grayson Griener w/”Go Tigers!”
Garrett Whitley w/”2015 1st Round”
Willy Adames
Brent Honeywell w/”Go Rays”
Thanks Paul!
Three’s A Charm!
Today was a fun mail day! I received three packages today of a couple items I bought and a nice surprise from a Twin!
The first package was the ticket from Luis Severino that I bought from Dustin K (bigvig56 on SCN) from the same event he got my baseball signed. This is a ticket from Luis’ ML Debut and has the inscription. It has a Steiner hologram on the back and a plastic card.
The next package I opened was from Kevin M (mrmain18 on SCN) and had two cards he got signed by John Smiley at an event in Pittsburgh. Kevin got my only two cards I needed signed by John after multiple attempts to get them signed or buy them from others. John has a ghost signer at the address he is widely known to have. I even purchased a couple from reputable sellers in the past which ended up being ghost signed as well. I am happy to FINALLY be able to mark Smiley’s cards off my need list!
My final envelope I hoped was an SASE I sent to Terry Ryan at Target Field. He graciously signed the 2015 Topps Twins team card I sent and included a pair of his signed business cards that I also requested. These items reminded me about the time I chatted with Mr Ryan at a Twinsfest event. It was a highlight of that Twinsfest for me and these items made me think of that time.
Thanks Dustin, Kevin, and Mr Ryan for making my mail day extra fun today!
Luis The Future Yankee Star
Today I received my baseball that Dustin K (bigvig56 on SCN) got signed for me at his local Steiner Sports appearance of Luis Severino. Luis is going to be a stud in the Yankees pitching staff in a couple years. I was excited to get him before his prices skyrocket. I also got a debut ticket signed that I will receive in the mail shortly. Dustin took care of my baseball and got it signed perfectly. Thanks Dustin!
A Pyus of Tyus
This past weekend, Tyus Jones appeared at a card shop in Savage, MN. My coworker lives in that area and worked out a deal to get 10 of the Tyus Jones regional Sports Illustrated magazines signed at the event. He brought them to work today to give to me. I am very pleased with how they turned out. Tyus is a pretty tough autograph to get so I am glad it all worked out. I have them to trade for baseball items I am looking for!