Today I received one of my favorite Sports Illustrated issues signed by Jim Thome. During Target Field’s first year, Jim Thome was featured on the cover hitting a home run with the ballpark in the background. I have three of these issues signed by the first base coach Jerry White but until I purchased this one, I did not have one signed by Thome. This is a real nice issue I bought from Mike C (mikecamp99 on Neshek’s website). Thanks Mike!
A Cy Upgrade
Today I received my part of a trade I made that allowed me to upgrade my 1966 Topps Jim Perry card. This trade was made with Joseph S (j_a_s_z on SCN) and was signed in blue sharpie and included the 1970 Cy Young inscription. Thanks Joseph!
Something to Fall Over!
Since Fall of 2009, I have used the services of Christian B (hheroes10 on SCN) in obtaining autographed from both Spring Training and the Arizona Fall League. This Fall was no different. Today I received an awesome box of some of the top prospects in the AZ Fall League that Christian got for me. They are:
Jorge Alfaro
Albert Almora
Colin Moran
Corey Seager
Austin Hedges
Delino DeShields Jr
Kyle Crick
Tyler Austin
Each Fall every team sends their top prospects to AZ to play in the fall league. Christian has gotten me some great future players in the past like Mike Trout among others. Let’s hope one of these turns into the next Mike Trout! Thanks Christian!
The Last Batch of Rookies for 2013
Today’s mail brought the last batch of baseballs that my buddy Paul C got me from the Florida State League and the Florida Instructional League teams. I have mentioned all the baseballs Paul has gotten me over this past summer and with the end of the baseball season, he sent me the last, and largest, batch of baseballs yet:
Jose Berrios
Ty Buttrey
Ryne Stanek
Blake Snell
Nick Ciuffo
Max Kepler
Luke Bard
Jon Denney
Thanks for a great summer of autographs Paul!