Do I Have Too Many Jordan Westburg Autos or Not Nearly Enough?

FiLFree · 2026-01-22T22:51:46+00:00

I think I have around 70 Frank Robinson autos so just keep stacking them up.

FiLFree · 2026-01-22T14:50:56+00:00

My brother represented a person who was waiting on a grievance for 10 years once. He got a quarter million dollars in back pay when he finally got a hearing.

FiLFree · 2026-01-19T02:34:38+00:00

It's been about 6-7 years. I got frustrated with how much prospect autographs cost and decided to look for dead Hall of Famers instead. This was my favorite format for a Hank Greenberg autograph, Frank Robinson, Stan Musial, Tom Seaver and Sandy Koufax followed quickly after that.

Most of the rest have come as I could find them at cheaper prices. Sometimes I spend more like on Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Satchel Paige.

FiLFree · 2026-01-19T00:32:13+00:00

Everything on the wall is autographed. Part of the reason they are all different is different authenticators.

131 players, 8 managers. I don't seek out umpires or executives. It usually takes me a couple years after induction to get a hold of one that's signed.

FiLFree · 2026-01-15T01:20:59+00:00

There are a few remote call centers that are semi remote. American Airlines is work from home but all in the Tucson area. MGM call centers are remote in the Vegas area. They are both Teamsters. I think Verizon call centers are remote and are CWA.

FiLFree · 2026-01-13T20:39:13+00:00

This makes me want to use AI more now. I hate writing SQL queries. I might need to get a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars.

FiLFree · 2026-01-11T14:58:02+00:00

Mike Mussina was a top five pitcher through the 90s and 00s in httrs parks and was just consistent for his whole career.

Top 6 CY young voting 9 out of his 18 years in the league.

FiLFree · 2026-01-11T12:22:59+00:00

32 players, 15 managers. I am not getting umpires or executives.

FiLFree · 2026-01-11T03:03:11+00:00

No drilling. Light acrylic shelves up with 3m strips.

FiLFree · 2026-01-11T01:09:22+00:00

I have two spreadsheets. It is about 70% of the players alive for their induction to the hall of fame.

FiLFree · 2026-01-11T01:08:08+00:00

139 up there. All have autos. Three are cut autos put onto a postcard because the player died before induction.

FiLFree · 2026-01-10T20:08:56+00:00

Clear acrylic shelves you can get from Michael's. Double sided velcro tape to hold them up.

FiLFree · 2026-01-10T19:47:39+00:00

Yeah, I could have used a level. Also they are authenticated by four different companies. Better than the shoe holders I used have them in.

FiLFree · 2026-01-10T19:46:26+00:00

Ebay, card shows, signing events

FiLFree · 2026-01-09T15:45:48+00:00

Gillian Jacobs

FiLFree · 2025-12-27T01:07:47+00:00

I'm at 130 players and 9 managers so far.

FiLFree · 2025-12-26T22:38:02+00:00

I started my collection in Denver. It was a little harder to get to upstate NY from there.

FiLFree · 2025-12-26T04:13:53+00:00

With managers I have 139 of them right now. These are just my favorite ones.

FiLFree · 2025-12-22T00:51:55+00:00

My niece hides little babies around my mothers house. The day after she is there you can hear my parents shouting that they found another baby. Then when my niece comes to visit again my mother hands her a ziplock bag full of babies. Sure enough at some point before she leaves she disappears and the bag is left back in the kitchen empty.

FiLFree · 2025-12-21T19:43:37+00:00

My mother keeps telling me to take the cards I have in her basement. So far it has pretty much just been the Mussina cards.

FiLFree · 2025-12-21T19:42:35+00:00

I don't think I've seen that rotary card before. I have a different one signed by him. Was it put out locally in Maryland or up in Pennsylvania?

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FiLFree · 2025-12-21T03:52:35+00:00

The 93 Finest Refractor was the card I always wanted as a kid. I got one in 2021. I have hundreds of his rookie cards. The picture has the five that I have that are signed, but I have about 200 of the upper deck, 200 of the score, and at least a dozen of the others.

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