March and April 2003

4/30/2003

Dan Patrick

I sent a email to him care of his radio show on ESPN Radio and was thrilled to get this back! He sent me a black and white picture signed authentically! I will have to add the scan later though.

4/28/2003

Ozzie Smith

The Wizard of Oz almost had me give up on this one, but he came through in about 5 months! He signed my Big Show World Headquarters edition card, this was my first ever insert pull, I got it in a dollar pack of Collectors Choice a long time ago.

Marcus Allen

Marcus signed for me in a month and a half. Unlike the last time he used a black sharpie, but I still ended up with a card of him on the Raiders.

4/26/2003

Meadowlark Lemon

This was today's main event. I was fortunate to get Mr. Lemons autograph!

Otis Key

Otis is a current Globetrotter and a friend of mine got this for me when Mr. Key was signing at the Mall in Kansas City.

LaVern Adrian

LaVern played for WSU in 1942 before being drafted by the Military.

4/08/2003

Jim Morris

Head coach of the Miami Hurricanes Baseball team, Jim sent me quite a nice packet including a signed picture, a few pocket schedules, a mini card set, and a 2003 Yearbook.

4/07/2003

Dan Wilson

The Catcher for the Mariners signed for me in just a few days over two years! I sent this card which he signed nicely in black c/o the Team address.

4/06/2003

Showtime!

I got alot of stuff and since I'm short on time I won't tell you much about each athlete till later. And I'll probably wait to add the Jersey Cards for now as well.

Peter Warrick - Pack Pull (Books at $30! My 1st ever Pack Pull Autograph!)
Corey Dillon - Pack Pull (Books at $20! My 2nd Pack Pull Autograph!)
Jim Edmonds - Buy
Anthony Thomas Jersey card - #'d to 250
Chris Webber Jersey card - #'d to 700
Alex Rodriguez Bat card
Willie Mays Jersey card (Books at $40)

4/05/2003

Dante Hall

Dante, who played in the 2002 Pro Bowl was signing at a show and I'm glad I went! I got a total of 21 New Autographs from Dante and for only $5 admission!

4/04/2003

Avery Johnson

I was hoping for my Dante Hall cards I bought for the card show in the mail today but instead I got four great signed cards of one of my favorite athletes of all time! "AJ" signed for me c/o the Mavericks team address in a little over a month!

3/28/2003

Brett Favre!

Brett Signed care of an address that I will not give out, Sorry. He signed my card in one month and from some experts opinion this is Authentic! Wow!

3/26/2003

Spring Trading!

I got a great trade in the mail with much thanks to Nick! Here's what I got,

Mike Miller
Wally Szczerbiak
Bernie Williams (May be ghost signer)
and
C.J. Nitkowski!

3/24/2003

Derek Anderson

Derek took two months care of the Portland team address, he was great and signed all three of my cards nicely!

3/21/2003

Joe Mays

Joe signed three of my four cards care of the Twins Spring Training address... This may end up being my only Spring Training success this year. 

3/15/2003

Marcus Allen!!!

Marcus signed care of an address I will no longer give in only one month! Marcus is one of the hardest autographs to get in Football and so I was thrilled to get it... Unfortunately he did not sign my cards but instead sent a Action Packed card of him on the Oakland Raiders signed in pen.

3/13/2003

Mike Eruzione

Mike scored the Winning Goal for the US hockey team in the 1980 "Miracle on Ice". He signed this Olympic Heroes card for me c/o email... Consequently I don't remember when I emailed him.

3/12/2003

Michael Bradley

Signed two rookie cards c/o Raptors... I was very surprised to see this one come back with a Canadian stamp along with my two U.S. stamps... I was even more suprised to find that the book value of these two cards I traded $2 worth of cards for is $14!

Wang ZhiZhi

Wang signed both of my cards in 2 months c/o Clippers... 

3/10/2003

Kliff Kingsbury

Kliff is projected to be drafted in the first round in the upcoming NFL draft... He signed all three of my custom cards in only 2 Months c/o Texas Tech!

3/08/2003

Tony Kornheiser

Tony signed for me c/o email in only two weeks. He is probably one of my favorite radio personalities and so I'm really happy to get this!