A bunch of new Padrographs takes me up 1025

 This week I received some customs back and some cards I purchased from ebay.  This batch brings me to 1025 unique Padrographs.

Cory Burns pitched in 17 games for the Padres in 2012.  This is a custom that I made and got signed through an autograph dealer.



Jarred Cosart pitched in nine games for the Padres in 2016.  He is on the roster at this point in Spring Training.  He has been in the majors since 2013 and has played for the Astro's and Marlins.  I picked this up on Ebay.







Reggie Lawson was drafted by the Padres in the second round of the 2016 draft.  He is only nineteen years old so it will probably be a few years before we see him at Petco Park. This is a 2016 Bowman I found on Ebay.








Justin Leone played in one game for the Padres in 2006, he had one plate appearance and one at bat.  He played in 2004 for the Mariners.  This is a custom that I made and got signed through an autograph dealer.






Scott Patterson pitched in three games for the Padres in 2008 and one game for the Yankees that year.  He has no wins and no losses in his major league career, and has 1.93 ERA. Another custom that I got signed.

Pete Coscarart played for the Padres from 1946 to 1949.  He played for the Dodgers and Pirates from 1938 to 1946.  I picked this up through an autograph dealer.








Ryan Schimpf was a 28 year old rookie last year who played in 89 games for the Padres last year.  He was named to the Topps All Rookie Team and is due to be playing for the Padres again this year.  2017 Topps Heritage that I got from Ebay.




Mason Thompson was drafted by the Padres in the third round of the 2016 draft.  He just turned nineteen in February so it will be a few years before we see him on a major league mound.  This is a 2016 Bowman that I found on Ebay.






Ron Tingley played in eight games for the Padres in 1982, he didn't return to the majors until 1988.  He played eight more years in the majors with Cleveland, California, Florida, the White Sox and Detroit.  This is a custom that I got signed through an autograph dealer.




Xavier Rescigno, played for the Padres in 1948 after he previously played for the Pirates from 1943-1945.

Padrograph #1016

Padrograph #1016 is Jon Matthews, who is new to the Padres this year.  He will specialize in training the outfielders.  He comes from the Diamondbacks where was a minor league hitting coach.  He also was a coach at Indian Hills Community College in Centerville, Iowa where he also taught economics.  I sent this to him at Spring Training and it took about a week and a half.  The post office takes the mail to San Diego and then I guess the team takes it to Peoria.   I also sent cards to Coaches Johnny Washington and Alan Zinter and players Jered Weaver, Trevor Cahill and Michael Kelly.  So far I have a 16% return rate on this batch.  I will send some of the actual Heritage cards once all the rosters are set.

Padrograph #1015

Christian Friedrich,  Padrograph #1015, Christian pitched in 24 games for the Padres in 2016 and is at Spring Training with the Padres this year.

Padrograph #1014 and reppin the 2017 Padres

 I have two parts of my collection of Padrographs.  One part is a signed card of as many players, coaches and people associated with the Padres as possible.  The other part is a signed card for every year that the Padres have been a major league team.  Each of these cards fills in spots in both of those collections.

Cesar Vargas is Padrograph #1014, Cesar pitched in 7 games for the Padres in 2016.  On March 6, 2017 he was optioned to AAA El Paso.










Colin Rea is Padrograph #960, but this card will fill the spot in the one card of each year.  Colin is the 2017 representative in a collection that spans from Ollie Brown to Colin Rea.

The Reading List February 2017

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead.  Set during the civil war it follows the adventure of a couple of slaves attempting to escape slavery.  Told through chapters from different characters point of views.  Okay I like my stories told more linearly.

The House of Secrets by Brad Meltzer & Tod Goldberg.   Two children of a famed television host are involved in an accident with their father.  It puts them in an unexpected position and brings some things from the past into the present.  A bit of mystery, espionage, American covert history and an unusual avocation.

The Wonderous Science, Book 1 Mysteries of the Laurel Society by Brian & Josie Parker.  This is a book I backed on Kickstarter and I know the authors.  It is a young adult book in which the characters are a diverse bunch of youths.  It is a story of science and magic and the effects they have on each other.  It was a fun read and I look forward to the sequel.

What Grieving People Wish You Knew about what really helps (and what really hurts)by Nancy Guthrie.  It is sometimes difficult to know what to say to someone is grieving, Nancy Guthrie know first hand what it means to grieve from personal experience.  Through her own experience and others she shares anecdotes that show both the good and the bad.

The Sons of Slabtown & Tales of Westside Sports by Donald R. Nelson.  This is the story several young men who played baseball together from elementary school through high school.  A few of them played in the minor leagues, a couple of them made it to the majors and one of them became a Red Sox icon.  Johnny Pesky is the central figure of this story.  It is about a neighborhood in Northwest Portland.  I have met Johnnys' brother and a few others mentioned in the book.