More 50-50 Returns From Joseph

Here are some more 50/50 returns; these being from my buddy Joseph, who graphs Portland.  I got to meet Joseph this summer and he's a nice kid.  He took some Hartford guys for me, and a Portland player.  The main card I wanted back was the above blue shimmer refractor from 2020 Bowman Chrome of Grant Lavigne.  I found the card at the National, and it looks great.

Joseph finished my TJ Brock cards for me.  I missed Brock completely when I was in Hartford.  So, it was nice to get these signed and not have to put them in the Box Of Shame. 

Joseph got a 2019 Bowman of Leo Jimenez done for me, along with a 2020 Bowman Lavigne and an Alex Binelas that I found at the National. 

Thanks so much for getting these done, Joseph!

TTM Success - Grant Lavigne

 Here are some cards that I got signed TTM by Rangers prospect, Grant Lavigne.  I had seen Lavigne when he played for Asheville, but these cards came out, and I saw that he was signing TTM.

These are all 2019 versions of Topps products (Heritage Minors - Top, Pro Debut - above left, and Bowman - above right).

Lavigne (b. 1999) was a first round draft pick (42nd overall) by the Rockies in the 2018 June Amateur Draft out of Bedford High School in New Hampshire.  He has reached A ball in the Rockies system (Asheville),  Over his two seasons in the minors, he has 176 hits, 13 home runs and a .272 batting average.

I mailed to Lavigne on January 6 and got the cards back on February 28, for a 53-day TAT.

August 2019 Graphing Recap of Tourists at Grasshoppers

I went to my parents' house recently to pick Chris up from his trip out there.  While we were there, I decided to go see the Tourists at Grasshoppers.  I had some cards sat aside, and left them at home, so he and I went to the local card shop out there and picked up some single Bowmans.

We ended up getting quite a bit signed, but a lot of the cards were duplicates from when we saw the Grasshoppers in Hickory, and the Tourists in West Virginia.

I was able to get some Pro Debut signed, which was nice.  I happened to have those cards with me, which helped.  It was more of me leaving in a hurry and leaving the cards I pulled on my dresser.  Oh well, I ended up getting some stuff done, and we were happy with how the game went.