When Justin N (JNeel15 on SCN) reached out to me asking about a couple cards I had on my trade list, he was very nice about it. I knew I wanted to help him out. Too many times I get a message where the person has a rude undertone or whatever so those I do not bother helping. Justin was working on a San Francisco Giants project. I reviewed his trade list and picked out four Twins cards I did not have (except for one that I will get Cuddyer on it some time to finish it). The cards arrived today and look great!
Jeff Reardon- 1989 All Star Set
Joe Nathan- 2005 Topps Total
Michael Restovich- 2002 Topps Total
Michael Restovich- 2003 Topps (with Cuddyer on the card)
Posting Up
A couple weeks ago I saw a person on Facebook selling some Hall of Fame postcards. I was going to send to Mike Mussina and recently sent to Ryne Sandberg but what caught by eye on this post was that these postcards were cancelled at the Cooperstown Post Office induction weekend. Jeremy Dresdner was selling some nice postcards and I bought the following:
Ryne Sandberg (cancelled)
Mike Mussina (cancelled)
Whitey Herzog (cancelled)
Ozzie Smith
These are nice additions to the collection!
Blass-toff!
About a month ago, I received a Steve Blass Story Ball on Roberto Clemente’s 3000th hit but he forgot to sign it. I mailed it back with a nice thank you note and another donation and received it back signed today. It is a cool baseball about a memorable moment of one of baseball’s greats!
King Felix
A while ago a friend of mine sent me a bunch of his Mariners tickets from over the years. One of them in the group was a Felix Hernandez first career win ticket. Dan Heyer (Desert Autographs) had a signing with Felix and I sent in the ticket. Felix provided a real large signature on the ticket along with “1st MLB Win”. It looks awesome!