Mailday – December 8

It always seems to work this way. A day after posting my last entry, in which I explained that I hadn’t received anything in the mail for nearly a month, I went to the mailbox to find a self-addressed, stamped letter waiting for me. A mailday!

I was pretty excited to have something new to open, and even more excited when I could see through the envelope that the card belonged to the 2008 Topps Allen & Ginter set I am collecting.

Here’s the card:

Former Blue Jays and current Padre David Eckstein signed this card for me in nearly nine months, care of the Padres Spring Training facility. It was postmarked from San Diego, meaning he must’ve taken his mail home at the end of the season to sign. This is the second time I’ve received an Eckstein autograph through the mail, but the first time I’ve gotten him on a Jays card.