Mike Trout's The Catch Signed Ticket: Coming To A Blog Post Near You Today!

Late 2020 or early 2021 saw me send a few items off to a Mike Trout private signing. It was the first time I had ever participated in such an event for any player and I was super excited. The price was.....not at all cheap....but that mid-pandemic cash flow in the hobby was truly a crazy sight to behold.

This beautiful "The Catch" ticket returned to me as part of the grouping. I decided to pay for an inscription and went with the simple phrase you see in quotation marks above. The inscription actually came out stronger from an ink perspective than Mike's signature as it appears he had some pen issues to deal with. Nevertheless, I love this ticket and am beyond pumped to add it to my Millville Meteor and Tickets/Stubs PCs!

The ticket was then shipped to PSA for added protection despite already having an MLB Cert on the reverse. It came back as a straight Authentic by choice, but not a choice I originally envisioned having to make. The company I went through for the signing shipped this back poorly and the tape on the cardsaver ended up getting stuck to the top of the ticket in transit. Once removed from the cardsaver, it ripped off some of the ticket stock, so I had to cut it off and thus submit a short ticket.

The company was not great about handling it and I still need to take advantage of the small credit we worked out, although I'm sure the owner will deny any responsibility again as he did upfront. I love people.