It has been quite awhile since my last post. The last week has been an absolute whirland. After last Saturday's stellar appearance at the Steiner Sports store with Knicks legends John Starks and Anthony Mason I have done ten or so signings and have been buried in these stadium seatbacks. Things really went into overdrive last Sunday when I expidited a private signing with Andy Pettitte up at our office. We banged through a ton of items including the fabeled seatbacks. I have started several different editions and projects and this was a great opportunity to get Andy rolling in this process (he still has his fair share to sign even after last Sunday).
Then Sunday night I headed over to Citi Field for the Mets/Yankees game. I had mixed feelings going into the night as my boy Mariano was stuck at 499 saves. While I was really looking forward to him reaching that milestone I definitely did not want it to happen against the Mets. Unfortunately/fortunately? it did obviously happen at Citi in one of the strangest games I have ever witnessed. Immediately after the game I texted Mo congratulations and we were pretty much locked in together the entire week. We are boasting some incredible product commemorating this achievement including everything from hats with inscription to jerseys with inscription to Citi Field balls with inscription (my idea) and even some ridiculously awesome multi-inscription pieces highlighting Mo's 1st, 100th, 200th, 300th, 400th and , of course, 500th save (very cool stuff- be sure to check it out on this site). Personally I was able to get my program and ticket signed from the game...which will be amazing collectibles years from now.
Anyway aside from all the excitement surrounding Rivera I had a ton of other things going on last week. Here is the abbreviated rundown:
Last Tuesday I signed with both Yankee fan favorite Nick Swisher and Notre Dame great (and current Dolphins star) Anthony Fasano. Then on Wednesday 1996 World Series MVP (and current Mariners pitching coach) John Wetteland came up here to sign seatbacks and some other choice product. Probably my highlight of the week was when Mariano called me during the signing with Wetteland. It was great to connect the two and hear John congratulate the man who was his setup guy back in '96.
Then came Thursday when Joba Chamberlain stopped in for a private signing. Aside from the usual variety of jerseys, baseballs and photos Joba also autographed the seatbacks...both the projects we are working on and some fantastic individual ones where his Yankee Stadium years and "Joba Time" were inscribed. Chamberlain has definitely become one of my favorite athletes to work with.
That brings us to this week. Yesterday Eli Manning came through for a private signing. We were able to reload on some of our staple pieces including the classic "scramble" (both with and without SB XLII MVP inscription in both 8x10 and 16x20) and on all the equipment. Being that Eli was up here we made sure to get as many helmets, footballs and mini-helmets done as we could. Photos are very easy to bring somewhere but equipment (especially football stuff) is a pain.
So there you have it... we are now up to date. As busy as the past week has been it is actually about to get a lot busier. With Yankee Old Timers Day less than two weeks away we will be jamming with Yankee signings (and trying to keep moving on these seatback projects).
Hopefully I will be able to keep up each day with the posts. I have been posting photos a little more regularly on twitter so be sure to check those out.
Enjoy the rest of the day! Let's Go Mets (they need help..big time)!


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