2025 trade package #5: Scribbled Ink

(No image to identify the sender of tonight's package since his blog is now defunct and he wisely dumped his Twitter account!)

Back in late January I received an early contender for the best trade package item I'll get all year. And now here it is, almost mid-April, and it's still appropriate to think that way.

Check out this mystery box sent to me by buddy of the blog Paul, formerly of Scribbled Ink:

WHAT COULD IT BE? So, yeah, I knew what it was, but not what it was, if you know what I mean. This isn't the first time Paul's sent me something of this sort as I posted this package from him a couple Octobers ago that included a Dean Palmer gamer.

Well, Paul struck again, and once again he gifted me an amazing item:

This fine looking Rawlings bat appears to be signed! Let's enhance that image a bit:

This autographed bat is so fine you might even say it blows my mind because, hey, Mickey signed it! That's none other than former Tigers slugging catcher Mickey Tettleton, a favorite of mine from those terrible 90s Detroit squads. The man they called "Froot Loops" added that very inscription to his interesting signature, plus a couple other notes: "3x Silver Slugger" (1989 with Baltimore, 1991-92 with Detroit) and "2x All-Star" ('89 again and '94 in Motown).

I don't know how he does it but I'm impressed that this is the second time he's sent me a full sized whole-ass bat that I immediately love.

Thanks again for thinking of me, Paul! I'm looking forward to getting you back when I have a reasonable stack of cards (if not non-cardboard items, since you like to be so unorthodox!). For now I'll work on getting this displayed along with the Dean-o gamer, and who knows, maybe that'll inspire me to chase one or more myself so I don't have to rely on you for all of my signed memorabilia needs. As always I appreciate your generosity and hope you and your family are doing well, including the future Ohtani (or at least Skenes) you're raising.