Today I received a signed Pat Meares card from jamesfun2collect on eBay. I needed a 1995 Topps #432 card and found it on eBay. It is signed in black Sharpie instead of blue but I am not picky for Meares’ card because they are not found frequently. I am excited to knock it off my Twins set need list!
The Finger in the Cake
Ok. To be honest I had a much, much different title for this post but decided against it. A few weeks ago I noticed Brandon G was selling a couple stat balls for Rollie Fingers with the money going to a foundation that sponsors research for the illness his child is afflicted with. I have a bunch of Rollie Fingers autographs (who doesn’t?) but not a stat ball. I bought it and it arrived today. It has his name and HOF 92 on the sweetspot with three stats on the top panel and three stats on the bottom panel. It looks great displayed!
What a Gas!
Today’s autograph in the mail was a while in the making! Back in February, 2022 Michael D reached out to me via a Facebook group asking what he could do to acquire my pair of David Gassner MLB Debut tickets. He said he collect Gassner items and would love these tickets. He told me he had a connection to David via David’s sister. I told him since I have two and if he got them signed and sent me one back he could keep the other. So, a week or so ago Michael met up with David and got him to sign a bunch of items and my ticket was one. It arrived today and is awesome!
Louie, Louie!
I saw a posting on Facebook that stated Louie Varland was signing at the Maplewood Mall here in the Twin Cities. It was a free event. I got up to go and Amy asked what I was doing and told her and she wanted to come along so we headed out. I got a baseball signed and Amy got a 2023 Topps and a 2023 Topps Heritage card signed for me. Louie was awesome. He was so friendly and personable. He said he is already excited for next season! It was a very pleasurable experience for us!