Anyone who collects Twins autographs know that one of the hardest guys to get an autograph from was Jack Kralik. \u00a0Jack lived in Mexico and would not accept mail. \u00a0He recently passed away. \u00a0Jack’s passing made Rich Reese on his 1965 Topps card the new toughest autograph to get. \u00a0Rich is great to us collectors but for many many years would not sign that card. \u00a0I had tried twice in the past and both times received a polite note that he does not sign that card and even his daughter has tried to get him to sign it and he won’t. \u00a0Recently on SportsCollectors.net a post was made about that card and how a friend of mine has a friend who got him to sign one back in 1987. \u00a0That brought out another collector who had one that was signed Dick Reese (the card had his name as Dick) so I assume that was signed around the time the card came out. \u00a0I sent a truthful, honest, heartfelt letter along with an image of these two cards telling him I would never bother him again if he signed it and told him I have been looking for that card signed for a long time. \u00a0Today I received the card, signed, along with a note that read “These are not my signings. \u00a0Rich Reese ps \u00a0This is for you. \u00a0You now have 1 of a kind!” \u00a0I do not know if that is true that he did not sign those two cards but the one I have signed is exactly as all my other ones from him. \u00a0Mr Reese has no idea how excited I am to add that card to my collection. \u00a0I now need only one more card signed to have the entire 1965 Topps Twins set take care of. \u00a0That is of Cesar Tovar who has long been deceased. \u00a0THANK YOU MR REESE!!!<\/p>\n
Then, if that was not enough to make my day, I also received a baseball signed by Joe Brinkman that I sent to him two years ago. \u00a0He even added the additional 30 cents as postage went up since I sent it! \u00a0I asked him to do a story ball about George Brett’s Pine Tar Incident. \u00a0He signed it with his name and on one panel all the umpires involved in the game and then quoted the three rules that were broken in that instance. \u00a0AWESOME baseball!<\/p>\n
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