Who Do You Want To Give A Shout Out To?

[spartakid]

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

[joelsabi]

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]

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]

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]

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

[mariner_gamers]

Nate Devlin!!! Nate has taken 4 tough game bats off my list the past few months. Bobby Brown, Al Chambers, Jim Maler and Jerry Narron. In addition he has also sold me a very nice Alvin Davis and a few other tough M's bats!! I am officially under 80 left until the 2010 season starts when Jack Z will undoubtedly run 12 new position players through our team.

I really appreciate someone taking the time to fill some holes in my collection!!

Thanks again Nate!!
Davis

[CampWest]

Bert/Shoremen44

For quickly and awesomely volunteering to help me with a fantastic photo match!

[NYCrulesU]

Would like to give a shout out to Pat Durkin. I purchased two pair of Palmeiro batting gloves from 2005. The gloves show amazing use. I also picked up my favorite unique item, a sealed bottle of champagne from the day Palmeiro collected his 3000th hit! It's signed and inscribed by Palmeiro "3000 hit 7/15/05". Pat was very generous in his pricing and allowed me to pick up the items in person to avoid any damage to the bottle of champagne. Couldn't have asked for a more smooth transaction.

[R.Mansfield]

I am unsure if there are many of you out there who have not dealt with Tim a www.hofbats.com, but I cannot say enough good things about him.

Tim has been very helpful to me in this hobby as I have been putting together my collection. He is the nicest guy in this business and each of you would be hard pressed to find someone with better service.

He always has several great bats available at fair prices, puts together a great LOA and has authentication services.

I just wanted to mention this because it seems that there are so many people in our hobby that are hard to deal with, but rarely do the good guys like Tim get mentioned.

Russell Mansfield
batdna@sbcglobal.net

[BernBabyBern]

Anyone here ever have a not so good experience with Juan Iglesias?
Be curious to know.

Pablo