Getting P(-T)WNed (Part VI)

So I got a mailer from P-Town Tom the other day. That can only mean one thing. Goodies!

PTT and I get along quite well due to how we tend to focus on similar players and aspects of our favorite baseball organizations (prospects and young major leaguers). Of course PTT's Cubbies are homegrown AND on the rise so he has a reason to watch major league baseball again. Meanwhile I have to stow away in the minors hoping they push the veterans out of the clubhouse (sans A-Rod).

Anyway PTT's packages are always a delight. He's sent me Wampas, T205's, tons of LUIIIISSSSSSSSSSSes and now he's sent me something really special.

Like this Jorge Mateo card from 2015 Leaf Ultimate Draft.

It's my first certified Mateo autograph and this means I've finally completed the trifecta of IP, TTM and certified. And yes I said that the IP auto was a signature a friend of mine got for me and that it wouldn't count, but it counts now.

Woof, what a sight! The fact that all of these signatures are written in different colors makes it even better IMO.

Of course PTT's goodies didn't stop there.

But unfortunately the scans were lost to the sands of time. Though rest assured Tom, they were excellent.

And that was my package from PTT. He got me good. Luckily I've gathered a big enough pile of Cubbies to send his way. Expect a Zapping soon PTT :)! Thanks for the cards too.

And as always thank you (the readers) for stopping by :).

Take care.

Three In A Row

So after my first and second purchases to kick start this year, I picked up one more baseball card on eBay.

It's nothing too fancy (it came in a PWE) but it is something I wasn't going to turn down.

The card itself is a 2007 Choice NY-Penn League Top Prospects card of Zach (Zachary) McAllister. McAllister was originally a third round draft pick by the Yankees back in 2006 but he was traded to the Clevelands in the Austin Kearns trade (*blech*). He's carved out a nice career for himself as a reliever although it looks like he and the Clevelands may part ways (Yankees reunion maybe?, the NYY always want bullpen arms).

Z-Mac was one of the two Staten Island Yankee representatives in the 2007 Choice NYPL Top Prospects set.

The other was Dellin Betances.

So after all these years (all two of them) these two are back together and reunited in my collection.

As always thanks for stopping by and take care :).