One of the coolest baseballs that I got signed at the National was this 1983 All Star Game ball by Cecil Cooper. I got the ball for something like $15.00 off of Ebay right before I left for the show. Max and I had spent some time on Skype trying to find specialty baseballs that would cover some of the guys we were going to meet. I saw this one and jumped on it. I know it is aged quite a bit and has that big splotch on it, but I believe it adds character to the ball.
Cooper played in the majors from 1971 to 1987 for the Red Sox and Brewers. He had a much better career than I first thought. He had 2,192 hits, 241 home runs and a .298 batting average. He had over 200 hits in 3 seasons and batted .300 or batter in 8 seasons (7 in a row). He was an All Star 5 times and finished as high as 5th in the AL MVP voting (three times, 1980, 1982 and 1983).
Max got this 1987 Topps signed for me, since we had extra vouchers for Cooper. I provided some cards and Max got the signatures. Since I had 1987 Topps cards coming out of my ears, I figured that getting a few signed would be nice. They do, in fact, look good signed.
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