Five new Padrographs and one card for the Frankenset.
Padrograph #1205, Joe Pepitone. Joe retired from the Braves in 1973, tried playing in Japan for a few months and then retired again in 1974. In 1976 at age thirty five he tried coming back with the Padres but didn't make the team. Someone had a photographer and got this photo. I made the card and Joe signed it at a private signing at the end of June.
Padrograph #1206, Alan Zinter. Alan was the hitting coach for two and a half seasons from 2016-2018. This custom card took three and a half years to come back.
Padrograph #1207, Duke Snider. After retiring from baseball Duke was a play by play announcer and analyst for the Padres. During that time he also did a little coaching. I found a cancelled check that he endorsed on Ebay and made the card around that. Some one paid him $8 dollars to autograph a HOF plaque postcard in 1989.
Padrograph #1208, Dave Smith. After pitching for the Astros and Cubs Dave was the pitching coach for the Padres from 1999-2001. I found an autographed photo of Dave signing at a San Diego State event and designed the card around that.
Padrograph #1209, Trent Grisham. Trent will be playing in this season, however long it ends up being. The card is from this years Big League release.
Frankenset #481, Les Lancaster. This was one of the cards I got out of my pack of retrographs. Only need fifty five more cards to finish.
Like the Lancaster signature. Always think of Allen and Ginter when I see Alan Zinter.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I was going to say, it would have been fun to make his custom in the Allen & Ginter format but call it Alan & Zinter. Or Alan M. Zinter.
ReplyDeleteThree and a half years for Zinter? Is that the longest you've ever had to wait for a TTM?
ReplyDeleteFuji, I once waited for five years for a ball to come back from Kurt Bevacqua.
ReplyDeleteThat is an AWESOME Pepitone autograph. Remember the episode of Seinfeld where Kramer beans Pepitone at a baseball fantasy camp for crowding the plate?
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