Who Do You Want To Give A Shout Out To?

[3arod13]

Dewey2007's thread "Shout out to the Vintagedeputy" gave me this idea.

Who would you like to give a shout out to for helping you add something to your collection?

My shout out goes to joelsabi (Joel). Many of you know I sold him my 3 1994 Alex Rodriguez Signed Baseballs to Joel, in order to purchase my recent Arod bat.

So now I was in search of another early Arod ball to add back to my collection. I found the below ball up for sale on ebay. Joel and I both wanted to bid on the ball. Joel knew I wanted to add it to my collection, so he emailed me and said he wouldn't bid, so I could win it.

What an unselfish act! As Dewey2007 stated in his thread, "It's random acts of kindness like this that make the forum fun to be a part of.

The ball has a beautiful signature, with an inscription that reads, "Doc thanks 4 everything save my Lockers 95."


A classy thing to do. Thanks Joel!

If you want to give a shout out to someone who helped you, now is your chance.

[3arod13]

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Of course I also can't forget to give a shout out to GrndSlm (Juan Iglesias) for selling me the 1996 Alex Rodrigue "1st Career Grand Slam" Game Used Bat. The prize of my collection.

Thanks Juan!!!

[eisenreich8]

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sox83cubs84, Dave M. sold me a Cubs alt. blue Julian Tavarez jersey a while back. Always seeking GU from eccentric players........thanks Dave.

[frikativ54]

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He's not a forum member, but I acquired some nice stuff from eBay seller museumbats. He was very patient in working with me, and I got a number of awesome items from him. I am very satisfied with my purchases.

[sox83cubs84]

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sox83cubs84, Dave M. sold me a Cubs alt. blue Julian Tavarez jersey a while back. Always seeking GU from eccentric players........thanks Dave.

I appreciate the shout out! Enjoy Yo-Yo's Cubs gamer.

Dave M.
Chicago area

[GoTigers]

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-Tim at HOF bats, who is always responsive to any email or question I have, even if it's not about one of his products.

- Jeff at Birdbats for the awesome website that I always use as a quick reference, and the great posts. Even though I haven't dealt directly with him yet.

- All the guys at GUU, for this website that I really appreciate, and my wife hates. Without this site I would have never discovered this hobby. About 2 years ago I found a Hack Wilson game used bat at an antique store for $50. I stumbled on this webiste while trying to research how describe it on ebay. Without this site I would have sold it un-knowingly and never gotten into game used items.

- All the guys on ebay that I seem to buy from, and sell to all the time, but I havn't quite cross-referenced all the GUU names to Ebay names.

[jdr3]

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Andrew Lang...Good man and a good friend. Nats collecting begins and ends with him alone.

[Fnazxc0114]

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my shout out would have to go out to the people at beyond the dugout. My andrus and salty gloves have both come from these guys. Their coa's are signed by the player and also include a picture of the player holding the item. I also like the fact that i can request certain items from them and they do the leg work in finding it. Granted there is a fee but nothing in llfe is free.

[suicide_squeeze]

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Andrew Lang...Good man and a good friend. Nats collecting begins and ends with him alone.

DEFINATELY Andrew Lang.....He's the only one on this site I wholeheartedly trust, but I haven't had many dealings from other GUU forum members yet, so there's room for you other guys to "squeeze" in.

Bought Gary Sheffield's 499th career home run ball from him, authenticated with a MLB hologram, and am looking to add two more killer items from him soon. Thanks Andrew for adding to my collection, and happiness.

And a secondary shout out to the guys who run this GUU site. They are trying to do it right people, and you all should appreciate the sincerity and effort to clean up this sometimes ugly hobby.

[yanks12025]

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I would like to throw a shout out to the 2009 world series champ Yankees.

[spartakid]

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Definitely Tim at HOF Bats, and the guys that moderate and make GUU possible.

[joelsabi]

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Dewey2007's thread "Shout out to the Vintagedeputy" gave me this idea.

Who would you like to give a shout out to for helping you add something to your collection?

My shout out goes to joelsabi (Joel). Many of you know I sold him my 3 1994 Alex Rodriguez Signed Baseballs to Joel, in order to purchase my recent Arod bat.

So now I was in search of another early Arod ball to add back to my collection. I found the below ball up for sale on ebay. Joel and I both wanted to bid on the ball. Joel knew I wanted to add it to my collection, so he emailed me and said he wouldn't bid, so I could win it.

What an unselfish act! As Dewey2007 stated in his thread, "It's random acts of kindness like this that make the forum fun to be a part of.

The ball has a beautiful signature, with an inscription that reads, "Doc thanks 4 everything save my Lockers 95."


A classy thing to do. Thanks Joel!

If you want to give a shout out to someone who helped you, now is your chance.

Tony,

Not problem. That was an easy decision for me. Like I told you, it's a perfect fit for your collection. I was very grateful and priviledge to have something from a great ARod fan enter my collection with your three baseballs.

Regards,

Joel

[emann]

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Mike Specht gets a HUGE shout out in my book. He's always been friendly, super knowledgeable and helpful on questions.

Rudy, and Jim Caravello tie for close second. They have written or posted so extensively that I've learned alot just from that.

As for people I've bought from: John Taube, Andy Benish, Tim @ Hofbats, Anthony Bragg & Mike Specht (among numerous others in the hobby) have all been square with me in our dealings.

[CampWest]

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Mears Auctions.

I brought up to them a possible issue with a high dollar item a few days before the auction closed. They researched and remedied the situation within a few hours and responded to my inquiry. Its great when you come across people in this hobby that do the right thing and act with integrity. I know there are a lot of honest people, but it seems like I've had too many interactions recently with the other kind.

[woodbat]

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Jeff--------Birdbats
Tim--------HOF Bats
Kim--------BPH

These three folks are an outstanding asset to the collecting of game used bats.
Jeff is very knowledgeable in St Louis Cardinal game used items, especially bats, check out his website.
Tim maintains a website and forum for bat collectors. If you are into older bats, here is your contact.
Kim is a very reputable bat dealer, I have purchased Cardinal bats from him for many years. Always straight and a pleasure to deal with.

Thanks,
Don
woodbat@bellsouth.net