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Congrats to Tom and Diane Papa--Joseph Gretzky

DavalilloDavalillo Posts: 1,846 ✭✭
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Congratulations to Tom(GoSoxBoSox) and Diane Papa on the birth of their second son--Joseph Gretzky Papa. What a great name!

Joseph is 6 pounds 9 oz. and 19 1/2 inches. Don't really consider myself in the baby announcing business but Marc Schoenen and Tom Papa are two of the greatest guys on the boards and will be great fathers. Tom loves 34 Goudeys and hates Kelloggs and now has two wonderful sons.

Jim

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  • qualitycardsqualitycards Posts: 2,811 ✭✭✭
    TOM - Congrats! Another great holiday gift. ...jay
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  • goodriddance189goodriddance189 Posts: 2,388 ✭✭
    congrats from a fellow HOF hockey collector!
  • VirtualizardVirtualizard Posts: 1,936 ✭✭
    Congratulations Tom. Great news.

    JEB.
  • GriffinsGriffins Posts: 6,076 ✭✭✭
    And another Red Sox fan is born! Congrats Tom- Lets hope the curse is gone before Joseph is old enough to learn about it.

    Davillilo- with you breaking all the baby news I'm starting to wonder if you have a deal with the storkimage

    Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's

  • RedRomad275RedRomad275 Posts: 728
    Congrats Bro.........

    Looking for 81-84 Topps Stickers in PSA 9 or better, 81 Topps Scratch offs, 83 Topps Fold outs in PSA 8 or better, 83 Fleer Stamps and 81/86 Fleer Star Stickers in PSA 9 or better.
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  • acowaacowa Posts: 945 ✭✭
    Congratulations on the new baby boy. That's a great name! When my son was born 6 years ago...everyone wanted me to call him Pavel (after Bure) . No kidding!


    Regards,



    Alan
  • rw2winrw2win Posts: 557 ✭
    Damn, two in one week. Something in the water 9 months ago?

    Oh yeah, congrats!
  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    Congratulations, Tom!! Perhaps we'll have to take our sons to Fenway Park real soon. I'd love to be able to take baby Drew to his First World Series this year! All my best to you!

    MS
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  • SUPERPUNK813SUPERPUNK813 Posts: 351 ✭
    Tom, Congratulations on the baby. He will be in collage soon so you should sell me all your Bruin PSA 8's and 9's now.image



    Paul.
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  • yawie99yawie99 Posts: 2,575 ✭✭✭
    Congrats, Tom! I didn't even know you had one on the way.
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  • thegemmintmanthegemmintman Posts: 3,101 ✭✭


    << <i> Tom loves 34 Goudeys and hates Kelloggs and now has two wonderful sons. >>



    Maybe, but he will have to watch his son eat Kellogg's cereals for many years.

    Congrats Bosox!
  • qualitycardsqualitycards Posts: 2,811 ✭✭✭


    << <i>but he will have to watch his son eat Kellogg's cereals for many years. >>


    Don't forget the Kool-Aidimage ...jay
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  • aro13aro13 Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭
    Congrats Tom - that is great news!
  • KING KELLOGGKING KELLOGG Posts: 1,158 ✭✭✭
    Congratulations Tom...

    WOW!!!...again!!!

    The very BEST to your new family!!!




    Larry







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    CHEERS!!
  • NonameNoname Posts: 45
    Hopefully he won't be rebelious and become a yankee fan.
  • BasiloneBasilone Posts: 2,492 ✭✭

    Congrats Tom.....Best Wishs to you and your wife! Great Name to boot!

    John
  • FBFB Posts: 1,684 ✭✭
    Congrats Tom!!!

    Wasn't the first choice "Joseph Yaz"? Great name!!!! Look forward to reading his posts here on the board!!!!
    Frank Bakka
    Sets - 1970, 1971 and 1972
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  • 34GoudeyCollector34GoudeyCollector Posts: 311
    Nice sporty name! CONGRATS!
    Ken's 1934 Goudey Registry Set
    - Slowly (Very Slowly) Working On A 1952 Topps Raw Set (Lower Grade)
  • GoSoxBoSoxGoSoxBoSox Posts: 1,103
    Thanks Guys!!! It's been a wonderful last three days. Little Gretzky and Mom are both doing great.
    It took a few years to break the wife in on that name but she went for it in the end.

    So here's the story behind..."why Gretzky?" Back in 1986 I was bartending at a local bar owned by ex-Phillie pitcher Larry Christenson. As it turned out Larry was a good friend of Gretzky. Anway...to make a long story short I spent 5 hours that night with Wayne Gretzky, Glenn Anderson and a body guard. My twin sister brought up all of the 8" x 10" photos I had in frames on my bedroom wall and Gretzky personalized all four of them to me along with a 4" x 4" beverage napkin and a few hockey cards. They are all now part of the scenery in my bar.

    At the time I met Gretzky he was my hero and scoring over 200 points per season. It was a dream come true and unlike most experiences people have meeting their hero's Gretzky could not have make the experience better for me. I kicked his ass at penny hockey!!! And I still have witnesses!!!

    How could my wife say no to the name knowing all this?


    FB,

    Good memory...you were close. My first son was supposed to be Thomas Yaz but I let my wife have Thomas Carl instead. Carl was her grandfathers name it I still got my baseball idol so it was a fair compromise image

    If we have a third son the middle name is either Bossy or Elway!!!
    There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"
  • murcerfanmurcerfan Posts: 2,329 ✭✭
    Good thing you didn't name him Nomar or A-rod, eh??

    just soshing you....... of course.

    glad all went well, especially now that I know you own a bar !

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