While away on vacation recently, I was briefly reunited with my childhood signed baseball collection. Some legends, some not so much:

• Tommy John - the faded black signature, obtained in person when he was the manager of the Staten Island Yankees in 2004. The other signatures are all guys on that team. I thought I was slick having him sign in a different color to stand out, but I guess 11 year old me didn’t know much about sharpie’s fading

• Moises Alou - a gift from my dad

• David Newhan - obtained in person at Mets spring training in 2007

• Juan Marichal - obtained in person at All Star FanFest in 2013

• Pedro Martinez - a gift from my dad

• Vance Wilson - obtained at a signing sometime in early 2000s

• Bottom left ball - don’t know who this is

• Whitey Ford - a gift from my dad

• Bottom, 2nd from right - don’t know who this is

• Ty Wigginton - obtained at a signing in early 2000s

Juan Marichal outduels Warren Spahn 1-0 when 16th inning walkoff HR by Willie Mays ends the contest.
That was what baseball was like then... (& it would have been oh so much more exciting had ghost runners been placed on 2nd for each extra inning!)

Juan Marichal auto 22/65 for my San Francisco Giants PC!

Man, Fleer really nailed these vintage relics in the early 2000s.