June 28, 2024, Graphing of the Dirty Birds at Rockers

The next stop before Chris and I went on our road trip was to High Point to see the Rockers take on the Charleston Dirty Birds.  Originally (back in February), Charleston had reportedly signed former Wood Duck, Anderson Tejeda.  Now, I can't find that transaction anywhere.  So, the next best thing for me was to get my above 2014 Bowman Sterling (that I finally found) signed by Colin Moran.

I had picked up a few lots of cards from Ebay, which included several Taylor Guerreri and Cam Bedrosian.  The 2018 Topps negative parallel of Bedrosian turned out great.

I got some more Frank Violas signed, along with some Clint Fraziers.  We were lucky to get Frazier, because he retired a few days after we saw him.

Frazier was nice but he made it pretty clear that he didn't enjoy playing in the Independent League. Still, it was great adding him to the autograph album. 

A couple of the ebay pickups that I got done included the above gold mini refractor of Taylor Guerreri and a 2017 Topps Mini.  Both of these turned out great.

In all, Chris and I got the following autographs: Phil Ervin x 4, Clint Frazier x 6, Cam Bedrosian x 4, Taylor Guerrieri x 12, Jameson McGrane x 1, Colin Moran x 4, Neil Ramirez x 1 and Frank Viola x 6 (38).

TTM Success - Archie Bradley

This was a surprise return.  No way around that.  I had seen a couple folks get returns from Archie Bradley, and took a shot, and I am happy with the cards that came back signed.  The above 2014 Bowman Sterling turned out really well, and it is a card that I had in my boxes that I really wanted to get signed and into my albums.

Bradley (b. 1992) has played in the majors since 2015 for the Diamondbacks and Reds.  He has a career record of 23-25 with 425 strike outs and a 3.91 ERA.  He finished 20th in the NL MVP voting in 2017.

I mailed to Bradley on May 30 and got the cards back on July 13, for a 44-day TAT.

Christmas Gift From Cameron

I got an amazing Christmas package in the mail recently from my good buddy, Cameron.  He really blew me away with what he sent.  He is such a good guy, and didn't have to get me what he got, but it was very appreciated.

The above Matt Wieters three color patch from Panini Donruss is such an amazing card.  Wieters doesn't have much as far as relics and stuff, so this one is a nice addition to my collection.  It really was a surprise.

Cameron included this blue 2014 Bowman Chrome auto of Oscar Taveras as a throwback to our first deal.  We met during a trade for a Topps Hi Tek Taveras auto.  Since then, we have been really good friends.  This is a nice Taveras and it is numbered 9/150.

He included a nice auto of Hunter Harvey from 2014 Bowman Sterling.  I really like this card and I'm glad Cameron included it.  It looks really awesome.

I got this 2015 Topps Chrome Christian Walker from Cameron as well.  I have a couple of these, but am happy to add another one.

Cameron also included a few refractors like this Machado blue.  This card is numbered 18/250.  I don't think I had one of these yet, so I was glad to get this one.

Also, here is a purple refractor of Chris Tillman.  This is numbered 89/150.  I didn't have this one either.

Thank you so much for the Christmas package, Cameron.  The cards were amazing and I love them!