Today I got a couple baseball cards signed by Twins players for my Topps Twins project. The cards were signed while the Twins were in Kansas City a couple weeks ago. Dustin N (Royals_Chiefs on SCN) got Trevor Plouffe and Brian Duensing to sign their 2015 Topps cards. I was afraid if I waited, they might not be on the team next year and thus would not be at Twinsfest. They turned out great and are real nice cards.
Getting Miggy Wit It
Today I received a baseball that I bought that was signed by Miguel Cabrera. I already had one but at $100 for a beautiful one, I could not pass it up. Matt C (campy on SCN) has a connection with Miggy and offered ten baseballs for sale so I jumped on one. He sold out right away. Matt packaged it up perfectly and I could not be happier!
Odds & Ends
Today I received a package of a few items I bought from Jonathan M (dabulls on SCN) of things I did not have but thought they were cool. The first was a Jim Bunning HOF postcard. What I liked about this one was that it had HOF 96 on it and it was signed boldly in blue Sharpie across the top. Another item I bought was a Bob Feller 8×10 photo. Yes, I have about a zillion Bob Feller photos but this one is a pose I did not have. It is a picture of him flipping a baseball in the air. He signed it and then inside the baseball he wrote “HOF ’62”. I always liked that pose and am surprised I never got one signed before. Heck, I don’t even collect photos but I bought it on a whim. The last thing in the envelope was a signed umpire card of Rick Reed from the 2004 Bowman Heritage set. Rick is from the same fraternity I was/am a member of and I know my friend Shane would love this card so when I saw it, I had to get it for him. He doesn’t read this so it won’t ruin anything but I plan on sending the card to him. He will get a kick out of it.
Foulke It
Today I received a pair of items. The first was a Time Magazine signed by Keith Foulke that I sent into a signing with Doug Keating of CardboardPromotions.com. He had Keith sign it perfectly.
My other item was a 2015 Topps Chris Parmelee card signed perfectly in blue. I got this card from Kevin H (justcrazy on SCN).
All in all a real nice day of mail!