Wednesday, April 20, 2011

On the signing front

Time for the signing front for the first few weeks of the season,the mailbag and some terrific help from my friends.

I did the Hagerstown Suns workout day and got a few of the new Suns,most notably Taylor Jordan and Jason Martinson,who signed their NY/Penn top prospect cards and Martinson added his Bowman and Topps debut as well.
Former player and Davey Johnson signed two as well,Johnson is always such a class act.
I haven't really done the Suns other than that so far as the team is tough to get close to with Harpermania runnin' wild!

A pretty good day on Wednesday with the Lakewood Blue Claws as I got all the team that was there.
Notables included Zach Collier (finally his SAL after two years of injuries),Domingo Santana,Jesse Biddle and Bryan Morgado.
A very nice team and I was impressed that they were all kind in taking the time to take pictures with a family of Phillies fans after the game.....

Two trips to Frederick hit the Myrtle Beach Pelicans and their new parent club in Texas along with the Salem Red Sox.
The Pelicans were pretty good with notables being third baseman Michael Olt,pitcher Robbie Ross and first round pick Barrett Loux,who has yet to have a card,but signed a blank for me.
The main miss was outfielder Jared Bolden,who said he had to stretch,but an otherwise successful evening...

Salem was what it usually is for Red Sox appearances-busy.
I didnt get everyone,but I did get some.Kendall Volz was super nice in signing three cards and chatting a bit.
Derrick Gibson and Zach Gentile were as good as last year and signed whatever you had as was Shannon Wilkerson,who was injured last season in Greenville's visit to Hagerstown.
Kolbrin Vitek signed two for everyone and has a distinctive capital V for his signature.

Time for some thanks....

To Tom O'Brien for his getting Drew Storen to sign four missing cards for me.

And to Mark Bailey for his HUGE help with the Devils this season!
Mark did an amazing job landing Zach Parise,Ilya Kovalchuk,Patrik Elias,Larry Robinson,Travis Zajac,David Clarkson and so many more from the team.
Mark also was able to get former Devils captain and rumored candidate for the Devils head coaching job Kirk Muller for me.
Thanks again very much for your help,Mark.......

The mailbag has been rolling them up with some cool stuff listed below.
Back with more tomorrow on the Pirate loss to the Marlins...

Baseball
Former Indian and Padre pitcher Brent Strom
Former Cubs and Padre second baseman Glenn Beckert
Former Rangers and Blue Jays third baseman Roy Howell
Former Indians and Red Sox pitcher Lee Stange
Former Giants,Red Sox and White Sox pitcher Jim Willoughby
Former Indians pitcher Kevin Bearse
Former Padres,Indians and Red Sox catcher Fred Kendall
Former Expos and Cardinal pitcher Tom Walker
Former Giants,White Sox and Ranger outfielder Ken Henderson
Former Cardinal,Royals and Padres outfielder Dane Iorg
Former Mariner and Blue Jay outfielder Leon Roberts
Former Indians and A's catcher Jerry Willard
Former Tigers pitcher Dave Rozema

Football
Former Redskin linebacker Brad Dusek
Former Jets linebacker Lance Mehl
Former Vikings linebacker Lonnie Warwick
Former Packers head coach Lindy Infante
Former Giants quarterback Scott Brunner
Former Giants and Broncos corner Mark Haynes
Former Charger quarterback Jesse Freitas
Former Browns wide receiver Steve Holden

Basketball
Former Suns and Hornets forward Armon "the Hammer" Gilliam
Former Hornets guard and current Virginia head coach Tony Bennett

Misc
60's pop star Lesley Gore
Actress Barbara Eden-Very happy with the three that she signed with a beautiful signature and even used a silver sharpie for a dark background card....
Former Nebraska Senator and Presidental Candidate Bob Kerrey
Former Kansas Senator and Presidental Candidate Bob Dole
"Band of Brothers' hero "Buck" Compton......

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