Today we went to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. While checking out the day’s events I noticed a former astronaut would be signing autographs in the gift shop in the afternoon. I did not tell Cami in case it did not work out time-wise. We did our bus tour and checked out a lot of things and I asked if she wanted to get an autograph of an astronaut and she was really excited and said yes. So, the two of us headed to the gift shop and went right up to John Blaha and got four photos signed. On Cami’s he wrote “Cami, Shoot for the stars!”. We went to the check out line and paid for the photos and we back with Amy and Caden before they knew it! It was awesome to finally add an astronaut to the collection!
A Bill I was Happy To Get
Today’s mail brought a couple signed items I recently purchased. The first was a Billy Terry signed baseball. I was watching this baseball for about six months on eBay and did not see a nicer one listed in all that time. I bought it from Richard Altman and it comes with a full JSA letter.
The other item that showed up was a John Roseboro 1969 Topps card I bought from littball99 on eBay. This is a replacement for one that I had bought a while ago and did not feel it was legit. That one ended up in the garbage and this beautiful one makes me feel better.
This Guy Will Hit Yasmany Many Many Homers!
Today I received a Yasmany Tomas signed baseball I bought from Austin L (cyallstar24 on SCN). Austin got the ball signed at the Diamondbacks Fanfest a couple weeks ago. I may have mentioned before that I missed out on getting Yasiel Puig when he was a rookie and am not going to miss out on another Cuban ballplayer again!
Lanny’s The Man(ny) Part II
Today I received the second package from Lanny Frattare. These are the scorecards I bought from him via LannyCards.com. These are the actual scorecards Lanny Frattare wrote on to track the games he was announcing for the Pirates. They are really, really cool. Caden and I looked at each one for a while going through the plays and the players. The games I bought are:
April 26, 1978 – @ Mets – Bert Blyleven 11 inning complete game 1-0 shutout
August 16, 1980 – vs Expos – Bert Blyleven 9 inning complete game shutout
August 7, 2001 – vs Dodgers – A game I was at
May 27, 2008 – @ Reds – Jay Bruce ML Debut
August 10, 2008 – @ Phillies – Lanny’s 5000th game announced
These scorecards are really neat and very unique as there is only one for each game that was used by the Pirates radio announcer. I am real excited to have added these to my collection!