Tuesday, February 21, 2012

On the signing front

Time to finish up the signing front for the year,this may take me a while to do,so apologies up front...

First off to the mailbox

Baseball
Former Astros outfielder Terry Puhl
Former White Sox and Orioles pitcher Bruce Howard
Former Astros first baseman Jim Gentile
Former Indians and Rangers outfielder Jim Norris
Former Pirates pitcher Steve Blass
Former Tigers pitcher Ned Garver-added a cartoon of him autographed
Former Orioles outfielder Ken Gerhart
Former Pirates pitcher Bob Friend
Former Senators,A's and Cardinals pitcher Darold Knowles
Former Orioles catcher Dan Graham
Former Senators,Indians and A's pitcher Dick Bosman
Former Indians pitcher Scott Bailes
Former Indians and Brewers outfielder Rick Manning
Former Orioles,Phillies and Astros shortstop Kiko Garcia
Former Orioles and Indians pitcher Wayne Garland
Former Expos and Orioles outfielder Ken Singleton
Former Reds second baseman and Astros manager Grady Hatton
Former White Sox,Mariners and Rangers third baseman Bill Stein
Former Indians manager Ken Aspromonte
Former Mariners and Royals outfielder Danny Tartabull
Former Pirates and Cardinals shortstop Dick Groat
Former Dodgers and Indians outfielder Chuck Essegian
Former Reds and Astros catcher Johnny Edwards-Included a signed postcard as well
Former Pirates,Astros and Expos manager Bill Virdon
Former Phillies farmhand Tyler Mach
Former Mets and Rangers pitcher Jon Matlack
Former Astros and Mariners pitcher Floyd Bannister
Former Tigers,Yankees and Pirates outfielder Steve Kemp
Former Pirates second baseman Warren Morris
Former Red Sox,Angels,Orioles and Mets pitcher Don Aase
Former Indians outfielder George Vuckovich
Former Twins pitcher Ed Bane
Former White Sox,Mets and Cubs utilityman J.C.Martin
Former Royals.Angels and Orioles first baseman Bob Oliver
Former White Sox,A's.Pirates and Mets shortstop Bill Almon
Former Red Sox first baseman Dave Stapleton
Former Rangers outfielder Pete Incaviglia
Former Blue Jays pitcher Juan Guzman
Former Red Sox and Yankees pitcher Bill Monboquette
Former Orioles shortstop Bob Bonner-Included a nice pamphlet on his foundation....
Former Cubs outfielder George Altman

Football
Former Eagles and Dolphins fullback Norm Bulaich
Former Rams running back Marcus Dupree
Former Cowboys linebacker Lee Roy Jordan
Former Lions running back Steve Owens -Added a signed Oklahoma card as well!!!!
Former Cowboys guard John Niland
Former Colts corner (and OSU QB) Rex Kern
Browns corner Joe Haden-Certified @ card show

Basketball
Former Nuggets guard Mark Macon
Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson-Certified @ card show

Hockey
Former Devils center Kevin Todd

Now we move to more thank yous ranging from the 2011 season to current...

Thanks to our most faithful reader Big Don,who helped us immensely on his road trip last season and knocked out about all the players that you could think of for the Pirates AAA Indianapolis and AA Altoona clubs as well as most of the work on the Indians AA Akron team.
Don also filled in four players from a few years back in sets that I thought were done for in Will Inman,Aaron Poreda (Now in the Pirates org),John Bowker and the elusive Luis Perdomo.
Don also added numerous programs,an Akron baseball and an Aeros necktie,which will be a staple of my work meetings from now on....
Thanks for the help and friendship,Don!

Thanks to Mike Oravec for his signed cards of the late Bruce Del Canton,Sixto Lezcano,Boots Day,Max Alvis,Al Rosen (YES!) and Jackie Brown,who always makes me think of the Richard Pryor movie the Toy.
Mike has also been instrumental in helping me complete the 1976 Topps set and added a huge chunk of my holy grail-the 1971 Topps set...
Thanks for all your help,Mike.

Tom O'brien has been noted in the past as a huge help and on this list,Tom added former big leaguers Steve Foulcault and Butch Hobson from Indy ball.
Thanks again,Tom.

The "Superfan"Dave Sloan has already knocked out the sets for the 2011 versions of Aberdeen and Tri-City for me as well trading a large number of cards with me as well.
Too many good cards to mention,but Ryan Zimmerman of the Nationals stands out to me since I missed him in Hagerstown.
Thanks to the caped one....

This catches me up,so now to put these away and start more prep work for the upcoming season!!!

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