Pieces of the Collection
Here is the latest in my new series of items from the past. I just randomly pulled out some of the hundreds of baseballs I have, and I will include a little blurb about each. As I have said in the past, when Petco Park first opened I had the mini 20 game season ticket package with my friend so there was a lot more added to the collection during those times. Then a family happened so of course I don't have the time or frankly, the desire, to spend as much time on my hobby. That's why organized paid events seem more appealing to me now. Let's get to it. This is one of those matted photos you can buy with the name plaque of the player already built in. At the time, these types of photos went for about $20 a pop, so needless to say I didn't buy a whole lot of them. I got this one signed either the night Trevor Hoffman got his 400th save or shortly thereafter. At one point, I was tempted to have a photo collection of 400, 500, and 600 with ...