Wow! What can I saw about the box I received today? Holy smokes? That does not give it justice!
My buddy Chris L (ChrisL999 on SCN) has long been one of my go to guys for autographs. I usually send him a dozen balls and let him get who he thinks are prospects, etc. This year I sent him the balls but also some cards and tickets. He came through big time for me!
The baseballs he got signed for me are:
Cade Cavalli
Jacob Young
Alan Roden
Ezequiel Tovar
Jake Bennett
Dylan Crews
Owen Murphy
Jackson Holliday
Yohandy Morales
Jake Alu
Anthony Solometo
Michael Toglia
You read that right! The TOP TWO PROSPECTS IN ALL OF BASEBALL!!!! Wow!
If that was not enough, he got Mackenzie Gore to sign his debut ticket as well as Luis Arraez sign four cards I needed for my Topps Project!
Chris is the MAN! He, and I, are already excited for next season! Thanks pal!
Nice Organ!
I finally did something today I meant to do for a while. I got Sue Nelson’s autograph on a baseball. Sue is the Twins organist. I visited her many times over the years but never got her autograph on a ball. Before the Twins game today I went up to the area her organ is located at and saw my buddy Ron getting her autograph as well. I brought her some Target Field cards so she could hand them out to kids since the Twins do not have a card of her own or anything like that. She seemed very pleased. She then signed my baseball with Twins Organist. It looks great. She is great. It was a fun time.
Oisk!
Carl Erskine’s nickname is Oisk. He is also today’s autograph I received in the mail. Carl signed the October, 1952 Baseball Digest for me in beautiful blue Sharpie and sent it back to me. It is another signed Baseball Digest that fits perfectly in the collection!
I Shantz Not Be Sad!
I recently received a Baseball Digest back signed by Bobby Shantz. Bobby was on the cover twice and I had to track down the first one he was on. It proved difficult to find a nice one but I did and today I received it back signed. Bobby signed my August, 1952 issue beautifully and included “1952 AL MVP” which is cool since it is the year he won it!
I also received a pair of signed tickets today! A buddy of mine sent me a pair of tickets from the June 14, 2023 Giants at Cardinals game from when Luis Matos made his Major League debut. I noticed Luis was doing a signing with Mike C (Mac6185 on SCN) and sent them in. Mike got Luis to sign them beautifully with “MLB Debut”. They are fantastic!