Monday, December 30, 2013

My first signed baseball !!

During Black Friday I noticed some interesting deals on Dave & Adams cards, my regular online shop as they have the best shipping options to Europe. I noticed they had a box from Just Minors called Mystery Balls and with a checklist of nice players on it I decided to go for it. As a bonus the box also included a complete set of the 2008 Just Minors set including a few well-known names.

So let's see what I got !! I pulled a black ball with a silver auto, really cool-looking and apparently, the black balls are much rarer, numbered to /50. Anyways, anyone recognises from which player the auto belongs to ??


I know......the suspense is killing you :-) First let's look at the ball from a different angle, a nice logo and the numbering to 50 as you can see.


So already figured out who the auto belongs to !???!? It's Evan Longoria, not a bad one to have as my first autographed baseball...of course, still on my list are Glavine, Blyleven, Kershaw and Rizzo...all in due course !

Anyone else chasing autographed baseballs or just sticking to cards ?

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11 comments:

  1. The Lost CollectorDecember 30, 2013 at 10:05 AM

    Wow, very cool collectible and an All-Star to boot. Congrats!

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  2. Brad's BlogDecember 30, 2013 at 6:12 PM

    I don't collect balls specifically, but that's a pretty cool one. All I have are a Jennie Finch signed softball (never giving that one up), a Nomar Garciaparra (got that in person), Rollie Fingers (got to shake his hand and take a picture with him nice guy), and a Ken griffey Jr/Sr ball(ebay)

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  3. DawgbonesJanuary 8, 2014 at 9:32 AM

    I can still remember my first signed ball. Got it in person, and still have it to this day. Jim "Catfish" Hunter back when I was knee-high to a grasshopper as they say! I have a few others in my collection now and my favorite has got to be the Jamie Moyer I did through the mail last summer!

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  4. Daniel WilsonJanuary 8, 2014 at 3:18 PM

    The black baseballs look great signed in either silver or gold!

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  5. DrewJanuary 8, 2014 at 4:00 PM

    I'm a bit of a neat freak with my collection, so having a black ball with a bunch of white balls would probably drive me crazy, however they look absolutely gorgeous and you scored yourself a nice one! Sometime I'd like to get one... I'll just have to give it its own display!

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  6. Alex MarkleJanuary 8, 2014 at 4:02 PM

    Fantastic looking ball!

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  7. DodgerPenguinJanuary 9, 2014 at 4:30 PM

    great player to start that collection
    170 and counting for signed balls for me

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  8. Play at the PlateJanuary 10, 2014 at 1:10 AM

    That's really sharp.

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  9. Daniel WilsonJanuary 10, 2014 at 4:10 AM

    I think Longo has got one of the best signatures out there right now. Congrats on adding this to your collection!

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