March Pickups

[CooperstownExpert]

Here's Deacon Phillippe's signature on a government postcard from 1948. He sure had an interesting career. He grew up in the Dakota Territory before it split into to and became a state. It was so remote that big league talent evaluators didn't find him until he moved to Minnesota.

Phillippe threw his first pitch in the majors two months before his 27th birthday. He still put up six 20-win seasons. He still holds the record for lowest walk per nine rate and many World Series records. Here's a story about how his late big league start probably cost him a chance at Cooperstown.

This Phillippe signature is on CooperstownExpert.com on Phillippe's page. The autograph site has pages for every Hall of Famer and a few hundred other guys.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by CooperstownExpert

Here's Deacon Phillippe's signature on a government postcard from 1948. He sure had an interesting career. He grew up in the Dakota Territory before it split into to and became a state. It was so remote that big league talent evaluators didn't find him until he moved to Minnesota.

Phillippe threw his first pitch in the majors two months before his 27th birthday. He still put up six 20-win seasons. He still holds the record for lowest walk per nine rate and many World Series records. Here's a story about how his late big league start probably cost him a chance at Cooperstown.

This Phillippe signature is on CooperstownExpert.com on Phillippe's page. The autograph site has pages for every Hall of Famer and a few hundred other guys.

Nice one, Jim! I am a huge fan of Deacon Phillippe.
Here is an early snapshot of The Deacon and his catcher George Gibson

[mr2686]

Nice Deacon sig. Would love to have that one for sure!

[slidekellyslide]

Picked up a Mookie Betts rookie auto card. Does anyone know why Betts stopped signing for the card companies after 2015?

[sbfinley]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Picked up a Mookie Betts rookie auto card. Does anyone know why Betts stopped signing for the card companies after 2015?

He was one of the early athletes that Fanatics signed to an exclusive deal. I assume when the Topps/Fanatics merger is 100% complete we will see him back.

Edit: Had no idea this was three years old. Whoops.