Every year the Yankees have a luncheon during spring training to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Tampa and all the players, except that day’s starter, must attend and sign autographs. \u00a0Over the past couple years, the two most difficult autograph signers to obtain has arguably been Anthony Gose and Masahiro Tanaka. \u00a0It is widely known that Tanaka only signs at the Luncheon and avoids signing otherwise. \u00a0Unfortunately for Sports Illustrated collectors, Tanaka was on a regional issue as part of the 2014 Baseball Preview. \u00a0I had an issue and figured I would never get it signed. \u00a0A couple weeks before the luncheon, I received a message via SCN from Joshua S (jslaw) that he was going and was seeing if I was interested in anyone. \u00a0He offered a fair price for Tanaka and others so I jumped at the chance. \u00a0He has taken REALLY GOOD care of me over the years during spring training and the Marlins season and is one of just a handful of guys I totally trust with getting me autographs. \u00a0I sent him a few things and hoped Tanaka would not be that day’s starter.
\nI received a message after the event to send my email address to Joshua so he could send me a pic of what he got. \u00a0He came through big time. \u00a0I was pumped. \u00a0Today I picked up the package as it was insured and I had to sign for it. \u00a0In it was the following items all beautifully signed exactly where and how I would have liked it.
\nMasahiro Tanaka 04.24.2014 Sports Illustrated
\nAlex Rodriguez 02.16.2009\u00a0Sports Illustrated
\nJacoby Ellsbury 03.31.2008\u00a0Sports Illustrated (now signed by four of the six cover guys)
\nMark Teixeira ML Debut ticket with “MLB Debut”
\nNathan Eovaldi SS baseball
\nI cannot express in this post how excited I am to have a Tanaka autograph in the collection. \u00a0Maybe next year I can add a baseball! \u00a0THANK YOU JOSHUA for all you do for me and my collection!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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