Show your most sentimental item

[niembre]

It's pretty obvious what my most sentimental autograph is. I always hoped to get this card signed. My wife also use to make fun of me asking why I carried it in my wallet all the time. All I could say is that I never know when I might run into Sandberg and this would be a great way to show how much of a die hard fan I am of his. The fact that I was able to share it with her and my 8 year old daughter made it even more special.

[packs]

This is another one for me. It too has its origins at spring training. Way back in 2002 me and my dad were at Yankees camp in Tampa and it just happened to be media day. We were on a railing outside the stadium that no longer exists when in succession Joe Torre, Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera all walk past us. I was able to get all four of them on this baseball.

Nearly 15 years later at the National in Atlantic City I was finally able to add Pettitte to complete the Core Four.

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by niembre

It's pretty obvious what my most sentimental autograph is. I always hoped to get this card signed. My wife also use to make fun of me asking why I carried it in my wallet all the time. All I could say is that I never know when I might run into Sandberg and this would be a great way to show how much of a die hard fan I am of his. The fact that I was able to share it with her and my 8 year old daughter made it even more special.

all are awesome, but this one is especially awesome! Congrats!

[daves_resale_shop]

Excellent thread Mark!

[bbcard1]

I always get a handful of autos when I go to Spring Training with my son. I don't really hustle to get them and I'm not aggressive, probably the best I ever got was Trevor Story. I am shocked at the number of Double A-bound guys with a future in real estate sales who will not sign autos for fans, but I appreciate the ones who do.

[thenavarro]

Circa 93/94. I met Ali several times over the years but this was my favorite.

[mcgwirecom]

I like this thread.

This is one of my sentimental items. I bought a lot of tickets and stubs a long time ago on Ebay, maybe in the 90's. This one was in the lot. A full ticket from October 1st, 1950. The White Sox played a final day of the season double header against the St. Louis Browns. After researching it I found that Gus Zernial hit a homer in the first game and 3 in the second game. This is the AL record for homers in a double header. (NL record is 5 by Musial and Colbert). Anyway I held onto it for a long time not for any particular reason. I told my father about the ticket and he mentioned how he like "Ozark Ike" when he played in Philly.

Then around 2010 The Philadelphia A's Society, which was located in my hometown, held an autograph show with a lot of the old A's. I saw that Gus Zernial would be there so I took the stub over to be signed. There were not too many people there at the time and he talked to me for a good while, remembering the particualr game and other stories from his playing days. I knew he was pretty old at the time so I was listening intently, feeling like maybe I may be the last guy who got to talk baseball with him. Well thats basically true. My father died shortly after as did Gus. So this just reminds me of both of them.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by thenavarro

Circa 93/94. I met Ali several times over the years but this was my favorite.

Very nice, Mike.