A rare baseball success today -- just my seventh in this project to date -- but a pretty cool one I must say.About six weeks ago I wrote to Kelly Gruber asking him to sign a 1989 Donruss card. In that letter of request I also discussed some memorable moments of his career, including when he became the first Toronto Blue Jay to hit for the cycle in April 1989.
Much to my pleasant surprise, Kelly not only signed the card I sent but he also returned the 3x5 blank index card signed -- with his uniform number -- and inscribed with "The Cycle" and dated April 16, 1989. That is the date Gruber hit for the first Blue Jay cycle in team history.
Gruber MLB career
saw him play for the Blue Jays from 1984-92 and he batted .259 with 117 home runs and 443 RBI. He was a two-time All-Star (1989 and 1990) and he won both the Gold Glove Award and Silver Slugger Award in 1990.Gruber's game-tying HR in the third game of the 1992 World Series was key in helping the team win the championship.
The second success today came from Dee Brown. Brown played college basketball near my hometown at Jac
ksonville University, the city in which he was born.The Dolphins' guard was drafted with the 19th pick in the first round of the 1990 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics.
Brown played for Boston from 1990-98, then spent 1998-2000 with the Toronto Raptors before winding up his NBA career with the Orlando Magic 2000-2002.
He scored 6,758 points in his NBA career, and added 2,277 assists and 1,569 rebounds.
In addition to signing the 1990 Fleer update card I sent, Brown was also gracious enough to sign a 3x5 index card and i
nscribe it with JU and his college number, 4.A great feeling to know both of these athletes actually read the letter I wrote and then signed specific things that were discussed in the letter.
Awesome autograph experiences today!
Day of the Year: 119
Number of Autographs This Year: 169
No comments:
Post a Comment