Today brought another autograph to what started as a little “what the heck” project when Pat Neshek was playing for the Phillies. At that time, Pat coordinated autographs for fans for certain players so I sent in a couple Sports Illustrated magazines for Jake Arrieta. He was the first of now nine autographs on the cover with the latest being Joe Maddon. Jackson T (zagurski2016 on SCN) had a signing with Joe and I sent in the magazine. My 10.10.2016 issue is looking good! I doubt I will ever finish it because it has Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, and John Lackey and neither of them are very accommodating with the Sharpie but it is fun to chase the others.
A First & A Milestone
Wow! What a story! Today’s mail brought me a return for a Story Ball from Chuck Goggin. I sent Chuck a baseball asking him to write about his memory of leading off in the game when Roberto Clemente hit his 3,000th hit and Chuck’s reply did not disappoint! It turns out that Chuck got his first two hits of his career in the same game Roberto got hit 3000! What a cool memory and story on the baseball from a personal point of view of that game!
Here Kitty Kitty Kitty
With Jim Kaat being inducted into the Hall of Fame recently, there is very few items I needed for my collection. One of which is a baseball with HOF 22 which I picked up recently. The other is a Hall of Fame postcard after induction weekend. Topps Now sold a card commemorating Jim’s induction into the Hall of Fame the day after the announcement. I picked up a pair of these cards with the intention to get them signed. Jim works with Mike Macguire as his agent (and a lot of other former Twins players) and Mike set it up so that you could mail him any card to have signed and he will gather them and send them to Jim for his autograph and Mike would then return them to you. It is cool that Jim is making himself available like this for the same (or very close to) price point as prior to his induction. Today I received the pair of Topps Now cards signed beautifully by Jim!
Park(er) It
Today I received a 2019 Topps Update US90 card signed by Blake Parker. Todd B (moselder71 on SCN) had a signing with Parker and got my card signed real nice.