very nice... one former Expos coach helping you get another former Expos coach!
Mr. Winkles was very nice when I wrote to him.
I still need Frank tho... I got excited when I got a TTM return from him last year, but of course I opened it to see that the card was returned unsigned... I need him...
The Maysey and Knorr are nice additions to my "Canadians who played for the 'spos" collection..... A bit disappointed in the pen/marker Maysey used (looks like he used a highlighter), but what can you do... Maysey also wrote back a really nice note.
I had a couple mishaps.
Once I sent out two requests on the same day but mixed up the cards. It was a couple hockey guys, Wayne Van Dorp and Len Esau. They were both nice about it.. Esau sent me back a note saying "you sent me Van Dorp cards by mistake, if you send me the right ones I'll gladly...
That's just over 4 years.... this was one of the first ones I sent out when I started this project back in January 2008. It showed up today.
I don't even log my dates anymore but this goes back far enough, back to when I used to do so... so I know exactly how long the wait was.
I've sent to...
Charlie O'Brien signed a custom for me... he's the man behind the "hockey style" catcher's mask. He also wrote back on my "notepaper"... it simply reads "Catch ya later - Charlie O'Brien"
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he really is... I got to chat with him last summer at the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame... what a great guy!
He was great when he did the color for the Jays last year... it was just 1 weekend that he was back in the booth, but it was so great to hear his analysis and stories!
Well of course, my main focus is the all-time Expos roster collection.... but within that I set myself some goals with "sub-collections".... one is to obtain a signed card from every Canadian to have played or coached for the Expos!
Today I added to that collection without having to do...
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