Last night at the Green Diamond, I got the chance to meet
Jim Palmer and he is definitely one of my favorite speakers of the year. He spoke for at least an hour and a half and even signed a ball for me.
The entire decade of the 1960's had so many great pitchers that I often forget how talented Palmer was. In his 19 season career with the Orioles, Palmer won the AL Cy Young Award three times (finishing second twice), was named an All-Star six times, and won the Gold Glove Award four times. And, most impressively,
Palmer was also the answer to the trivia question last night - who is the only pitcher to win a World Series game in 3 different decades?
We just got our first authenticated Mickey Mantle autographed ball back from PSA/DNA today and it is definitely one of the best looking autographed balls that we have in stock right now. It came in a collection several months ago and the seller told us that he had attended a Mickey Mantle signing in North Carolina in the 1980's, where he had a chance to meet Mickey and get him to sign several different cards, including a 1953 Bowman #59 Mickey Mantle, and one baseball. This is definitely one of our favorite pieces of memorabilia and we hope that the quality of the ball and signature are adequately reflected in the pictures.
