vin scully through the mail success! or, the greatest mail day joy ever.

when i was in jr high, maybe high school, the greatest mail day occurred in february. that's when the sports illustrated swimsuit issue would arrive. yesterday, that was topped. in all, i received 5 different fulfilled ttm requests which is, in and of itself, amazing. but this card is the only one i really noticed. it's a custom 1978 topps vin scully i made a while back, signed in beautiful blue sharpie.topps has made cards of ernie harwell and bob shepard, but not of vin scully. fleer included him on a greats of the game insert (along with steve garvey) a few years back, but that's been about it. i am not even aware of any regional or sga issues that include him. the only thing close i can think of are the union oil portrait gas station giveaways, and those were 8x10 or so. at any rate, mr. scully took just shy of 3 months to sign and return the card (the dodgers website estimates at least 3 months, so i was not surprised). i did include his $10 fee - happily, i might add.

since it's a 1978 topps, i went ahead and created a back, too.

if you're wondering, card 727 is al downing, and 728 is boog powell.

as a dodger fan, you can imagine how i feel about mr. scully. you can read about it here, actually. and while bobby cox is getting all the press about his retirement that may or may not occur a year from now, mr. scully has quietly announced that he, too, may retire then. we'll have to wait and see.

thank you mr. scully, and a very pleasant good evening to you, wherever you may be!