Secret Santa Sign up and Dates

[Rich Klein]

And we'll use this as our go to page to ensure everyone who signs up (I missed one last year) will get something for the holidays

You can either post here or DM me if you want to be in. The amount you spend it totally up to you as the saying goes it's the thought that counts as much as the $$$. I will need you to DM me or email me at Sabrgeek@aol.com with your address and interest (s) so to make sure you will get something.

Dates:

Let's do signups through Wednesday November 27th. I'll do the randomizer on that day or a day or so later. That gives everyone a couple of weeks to chase down gifts for their person.

Let's set the deadline for purchasing on Wednesday December 11th. That gives you 2 weeks or so to find item (s)

And gifts should be in the intended hand by Tuesday December 24th and on or around 6 PM EST we can start opening and showing what we all got

Signup Deadline: Wednesday November 27

Gift Purchase Deadline: Wednesday December 11

Gift Receive Deadline: Tuesday December 24

I'm ready! Are you?

Rich

People Confirmed as being in

Ken McMillan

Ryan Cambi

Daryl L. Wingo

Chris Millican

Donny Muth

Brian Raney

John Hanssen

Brian Parker

Matt Galvin

Eddie Smith

Jeffrey Kuhr (responded on the 1st Santa post)

Scott (responded on the 1st Santa post)

Giovanni Nicosia

Luke Allen

Buzz Dowling

Dan Slade

T.J. De Marzio

Filip Reich

[kmac32]

I’m in for sure:

Ken McMillan
Kmac32

Interests are as follows:

Chicago Cubs
Ernie Banks
Hank Aaron
Anything Prewar

[RCFire82]

That all looks/sounds great Rich.
Email with address and collection interests sent 👍

[pawpawdiv9]

Count me in

[donmuth]

Please include me as well. I will email you my info tonight.

Thanks,
Donny Muth

[nebboy]

Please add me to list

Pm sent address and info

[Rich Klein]

And although he missed the original deadline, if someone else wants to join in the fun the two of you can be each others Secret Santa.

i have his information ready for whomever wishes to join in

Rich

[tjisonline]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

And although he missed the original deadline, if someone else wants to join in the fun the two of you can be each others Secret Santa.

i have his information ready for whomever wishes to join in

Rich

Thank you Rich.
I’ll be a good gift giver

[Rich Klein]

We got TJ a Secret Santa gift partner. We always have room for more. As long as I/we can get 2 people to join we can add you to this fun event!

Rich

[chalupacollects]

If you still need one person to make a pair count me in…


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[Rich Klein]

To pair up with Tim. And make the "unofficial" goal of 20 people participating.

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Rich

[Rich Klein]

Looking for another person or few to include as we approach deadlne time

[Rich Klein]

AND

If you have already shipped out your gift, I (we) thank you and please let me know so I can keep track of that part of the puzzle as well

Thanks on both accounts!

Rich

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

AND

If you have already shipped out your gift, I (we) thank you and please let me know so I can keep track of that part of the puzzle as well

Thanks on both accounts!

Rich

Hi Rich

Thanks for doing the coordination.
I shipped mine and the UPS trackers says it will be delivered tomorrow

[tjisonline]

hi rich,

let me know if you would like me to setup a Tuesday December 24th (around 6pm set) microsoft teams meetings for those available.

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

And we'll use this as our go to page to ensure everyone who signs up (I missed one last year) will get something for the holidays

You can either post here or DM me if you want to be in. The amount you spend it totally up to you as the saying goes it's the thought that counts as much as the $$$. I will need you to DM me or email me at Sabrgeek@aol.com with your address and interest (s) so to make sure you will get something.

Dates:

Let's do signups through Wednesday November 27th. I'll do the randomizer on that day or a day or so later. That gives everyone a couple of weeks to chase down gifts for their person.

Let's set the deadline for purchasing on Wednesday December 11th. That gives you 2 weeks or so to find item (s)

And gifts should be in the intended hand by Tuesday December 24th and on or around 6 PM EST we can start opening and showing what we all got

Signup Deadline: Wednesday November 27

Gift Purchase Deadline: Wednesday December 11

Gift Receive Deadline: Tuesday December 24

I'm ready! Are you?

Rich

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by tjisonline

hi rich,

let me know if you would like me to setup a Tuesday December 24th (around 6pm set) microsoft teams meetings for those available.

That would be great and we also should ensure that gets posted here. And for those who don't want to show their faces, just showing what you received is perfectly fine as well during that chat.

And obviously posting here is always good as well

[StraightRaceCards]

Originally Posted by tjisonline

hi rich,

let me know if you would like me to setup a Tuesday December 24th (around 6pm set) microsoft teams meetings for those available.

That sounds amazing! Great idea and fun way to gather the community

[pawpawdiv9]

Got my package today
Wasn’t sure about the box as I didn’t know the
Sender on it nor any mention of SSNet54
But figure that what it is

[nebboy]

All good this come in small packages - Santa/mailman just dropped off something from someone call (ss Net54)

Have the best Holidays everyone!!!

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by nebboy

All good this come in small packages - Santa/mailman just dropped off something from someone call (ss Net54)

Have the best Holidays everyone!!!

now we know your secret and who ever gets it will know it is you.
Love the idea we should have all done it that way

[4815162342]

I apologize for not being able to join the Teams meeting, but I wanted to post the amazing gift that my Net54 Secret Santa sent to me.

I have admired and collected Ryne Sandberg off and on since I was a kid. There wasn’t anything better than having my parents drop me off at the mall on Saturday morning to take a few bucks into the local card shop to search for any Sandbergs I did not already have. At one point, I had every major issue in Beckett except for the virtually unobtainable early 90s inserts. As an aside, speaking of Beckett, one of my fondest memories was seeing my name in an issue one Summer in the mid-90s when I won a 6-month subscription for sending a small list of prices I was seeing from that same LCS.

It wasn’t until my parents bought our first computer with dial-up internet access that I discovered additional Ryne Sandberg cards beyond what was printed in the monthly Beckett. The earliest card I ever owned from that extended checklist was the 1982 Red Lobster issue. I only could observe the early minor league issues online and drool, especially the 1980 TCMA Phillies pre-rookie, which is his earliest card.

I regrettably sold my original Sandberg collection when I left home for college, but as I gotten back into the hobby off and on in my adult life, collecting T206 first and later E105 Mello Mints, I have bought back some of those Sandberg cards and memorabilia for display in my office. I even placed a few bids on a 1980 TCMA in Collector Connection earlier this year, but bowed out early.

Well, I was absolutely and pleasantly surprised at the unbelievably generous gift my Net54 Secret Santa sent to me, along with a terrific personal note:



This is now, by far, the centerpiece of my Ryne Sandberg collection. It has also motivated me to take a bit more seriously the project to rebuild the collection of my childhood. Thank you very, very much, Secret Santa!

Merry Christmas,
Daryl

[tjisonline]

Great Sandberg card. Reminds me along the dumb trades Paul Owens made as our GM. Love this card.

Originally Posted by 4815162342

I apologize for not being able to join the Teams meeting, but I wanted to post the amazing gift that my Net54 Secret Santa sent to me.

I have admired and collected Ryne Sandberg off and on since I was a kid. There wasn’t anything better than having my parents drop me off at the mall on Saturday morning to take a few bucks into the local card shop to search for any Sandbergs I did not already have. At one point, I had every major issue in Beckett except for the virtually unobtainable early 90s inserts. As an aside, speaking of Beckett, one of my fondest memories was seeing my name in an issue one Summer in the mid-90s when I won a 6-month subscription for sending a small list of prices I was seeing from that same LCS.

It wasn’t until my parents bought our first computer with dial-up internet access that I discovered additional Ryne Sandberg cards beyond what was printed in the monthly Beckett. The earliest card I ever owned from that extended checklist was the 1982 Red Lobster issue. I only could observe the early minor league issues online and drool, especially the 1980 TCMA Phillies pre-rookie, which is his earliest card.

I regrettably sold my original Sandberg collection when I left home for college, but as I got back into the hobby off an me on in adult life, collecting T206 first and later E105 Mello Mints, I have bought back some of those Sandberg cards and memorabilia for display in my office. I even placed a few bids on a 1980 TCMA in Collector Connection earlier this year, but bowed out early.

Well, I was absolutely and pleasantly surprised at the unbelievably generous gift my Net54 Secret Santa sent to me, along with a terrific personal note:

This is now, by far, the centerpiece of my Ryne Sandberg collection. It has also motivated me to take a bit more seriously the project to rebuild the collection of my childhood. Thank you very, very much, Secret Santa!

Merry Christmas,
Daryl

[GrayGhost]

Knowing I'd love some tobacco, Santa was TOO GENEROUS.

[stat192]

Thank you Secret Santa for the great varirty of autographs

[GrayGhost]

some really cool stuff so far

[Svabinsky78]

I got this beautiful Hal Chase. Only my second T206. And I will be honest, I did not know how good of a player Chase really was. Also, something I did not know, sounds like personality wise he was quite a complicated person (putting it mildly). Really happy to add this card to my collection.

[tjisonline]

Originally Posted by Svabinsky78

I got this beautiful Hal Chase. Only my second T206. And I will be honest, I did not know how good of a player Chase really was. Also, something I did not know, sounds like personality wise he was quite a complicated person (putting it mildly). Really happy to add this card to my collection.

Glad you like it Phil. I still need that one (& the pink portrait) for my own t206 Hal Chase collection. Yeah, Chase would probably be in the HoF if he weren’t gambling degenerate & supposed game fixer
very happy it arrived on-time. Merry Christmas.

[Svabinsky78]

Originally Posted by tjisonline

Glad you like it Phil. I still need that one (& the pink portrait) for my own t206 Hal Chase collection. Yeah, Chase would probably be in the HoF if he weren’t gambling degenerate & supposed game fixer
very happy it arrived on-time. Merry Christmas.

Hal's story makes Pete Rose's gambling habits seems trivial

I found this interesting online article on him:

https://jacobpomrenke.com/black-sox/...-of-hal-chase/

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

I have admired and collected Ryne Sandberg off and on since I was a kid. There wasn’t anything better than having my parents drop me off at the mall on Saturday morning to take a few bucks into the local card shop to search for any Sandbergs I did not already have.

That is a great memory. Maybe Secret Santa was touched by that story when looking at your previous Net54 posts.

[StraightRaceCards]

Keep the posts pouring in!

Merry Christmas to all!

I unfortunately missed the arrival of my package by a day. I’ll have to post on the 27th.

Love seeing these awesome gifts so far!

[slade15342]

First, I would like to wish everyone in this amazing group a very Merry Christmas and I hope you’ve been able to spend it joyfully with family.

My wife can attest that I got pretty emotional when opening my secret Santa gifts. I’m not sure if I was suppose to, but I received two packages and both took my breath away. I love old photos and tickets because I learn something new every time I look into them, and I truly feel more attached to them because I can almost feel the stories of the photographer or game attendee. So my first Santa sent amazing Newark Bears photos, a Cedric Durst photo, and a few other amazing gems including the Muesel brothers being treated to a kings return after being in the World Series, and the Yankees listening to the Red Sox on the radio to determine their pennant
fate in 1947. Thank you so much for these visuals and a smile that is hurting my face!

My second Santa sent me a picture of the Glassboro College ‘Profs’, as well as a truly special 1938 Yankees Vs Tigers ticket that has the original matching streetcar ticket! I mean, come on!! As I am a professor myself and former college baseball player, the Profs photo hit close to my heart.

I am truly thankful for this whole group and for this special Christmas tradition with Net54, and will add another thank you for my Santa’s gifts.

With gratitude,
Dan

[brianp-beme]

My Secret Santa sent me a couple of nice Washington Senators related cards...a T206 Piedmont 350 of Jesse Tannehill, and a 1914 T213-2 Coupon card of Bob Groom. The T213-2 of Groom, although identified as being with the St. Louis Terriers of the Federal League (now my 5th Federal League T213-2), has a 'W' on his uniform, which probably was meant to indicate that his team is the St. Wouis Terriers (or then again perhaps just an ignored letter left over from his T206 Washington uniform artwork). It also has the appreciated addition of a 'Oct 30 1914' stamp on back.

A couple of great cards...thanks Secret Brian Santa!