I've been a lucky collector lately **LARGE PICS**
Tedw9
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If I carry on here, I apologize. I've had some good fortune and I wanted to share the story with you all.
This summer I was able to take in 2 Red Sox games with my best friend. Well, actually one, because we left after a 4 hour rain delay at the first one,
only to have it start 1 hour after we left. These were my first Sox games since 78-79 when my Dad took me with my Little League team.
The first time there I bought a MLB authenticated Red Sox/Baltimore gu ball. I get on the MLB web site and find out it's from 8/12/06. It was a game
Jonathan Papelbon won and I am a huge fan of his, so I was thrilled. I noticed they had MLB authenticated gu line up cards for sale there also.
On my next trip I was able to buy the lineup card from the same game. Wow, was I pumped! So now I have 2 gu items from a game Papelbon won,
a nice score for a fan of his.
A few weeks ago, I read in a local paper that Jonathan will be doing some charity work for a local Native American tribe. I contact the gentleman listed
for information (a really nice guy) and asked him if I could send the ball to get signed. He tells me he is friends with Jonathan and that he can get
Jonathan to sign a few items for me. So I pack up my ball, a picture insert from the Boston Globe, a Topps card, replica jersey and a disposable camera
along with a donation to the charity. I also included a thank you note to the guy doing this for me and a letter to Jonathan. I gotta admit, I was a bit
nervous about letting that ball go in the mail.
A week goes by then on Thursday I arrive home to a package.
I rip into it and find these!
I see that the camera has been used so I rushed to Wal Mart and got these pics back. I was thrilled with these pictures!
It was great of Jonathan and his friend to do this for me. They have no idea how thrilled I am to have these autographs! I can't believe my luck!
I just had to share this with some people who could appreciate it.
This summer I was able to take in 2 Red Sox games with my best friend. Well, actually one, because we left after a 4 hour rain delay at the first one,
only to have it start 1 hour after we left. These were my first Sox games since 78-79 when my Dad took me with my Little League team.
The first time there I bought a MLB authenticated Red Sox/Baltimore gu ball. I get on the MLB web site and find out it's from 8/12/06. It was a game
Jonathan Papelbon won and I am a huge fan of his, so I was thrilled. I noticed they had MLB authenticated gu line up cards for sale there also.
On my next trip I was able to buy the lineup card from the same game. Wow, was I pumped! So now I have 2 gu items from a game Papelbon won,
a nice score for a fan of his.
A few weeks ago, I read in a local paper that Jonathan will be doing some charity work for a local Native American tribe. I contact the gentleman listed
for information (a really nice guy) and asked him if I could send the ball to get signed. He tells me he is friends with Jonathan and that he can get
Jonathan to sign a few items for me. So I pack up my ball, a picture insert from the Boston Globe, a Topps card, replica jersey and a disposable camera
along with a donation to the charity. I also included a thank you note to the guy doing this for me and a letter to Jonathan. I gotta admit, I was a bit
nervous about letting that ball go in the mail.
A week goes by then on Thursday I arrive home to a package.
I rip into it and find these!
I see that the camera has been used so I rushed to Wal Mart and got these pics back. I was thrilled with these pictures!
It was great of Jonathan and his friend to do this for me. They have no idea how thrilled I am to have these autographs! I can't believe my luck!
I just had to share this with some people who could appreciate it.
Looking for Carl Willey items.
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That card would look sweet signed in blue. Papi seems to have the personality to light up a room. He is one player I would love to meet! Good luck getting your card signed and post a pic if you do.
That's a great story! Have you seen the ad on NESN with the old Yankee fan? He talks about how he met Papelbon and considers him one of the finest human beings ever. He goes on to say that he's been a Yankee fan for so- and-so amount of decades except when Papelbon is pitching, then he's rooting for the Red Sox. It's a pretty cool ad.
Congrats!
Arthur
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Wow! Thanx for sharing - I resized the pics so they don't eat the screen - a bit easier to see entirely.
thanx for sharing!
Super stuff!
mike
And thank you Stone for resizing the pics. I will get my wife to fix the ones I posted once my server is back online.
Really nice stuff!