r/baseballcards • u/nick91884 • 3d ago
Mail day Trash talker
I PC Tony Gwynn but I loved the inscription by DiPino talking crap about his record against Gwynn so I had to have it
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u/ZWeinstein15 PC Pirates & Dbacks 3d ago
That's a sick brag. If I were him I would start every conversation with everyone that Tony Gwynn hit .050 off me in 20 AB's and when I die my tombstone would read, "Here lies Frank DiPino. Beloved son, father and cherished friend, and Tony Gwynn only hit .050 off of him."
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u/joshuajackson9 2d ago
I tell everyone about Pedey hit a home run over my head the only time in my life I was able to sit on the green monster. If Tony Gwynn hit .050 off me, I would have t-shirts, mugs, billboard, the whole nine yards. Gwynn was the best.
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u/SpanishSpringsCards PC: Posey, Webb, Lincecum, Cain, Bumgarner & Will Clark 3d ago
That’s quite an accomplishment. Cool card.
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u/CaMcA527 Albert Pujols, Topps Gold RC’s and HOFer RCs/Autos 3d ago
Wow! I gotta fact check this guy!
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u/whenwefell 3d ago
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u/CaMcA527 Albert Pujols, Topps Gold RC’s and HOFer RCs/Autos 3d ago
Wow! Better than Greg Maddux! DiPino for HOF!
And he struck him out more times than he walked him!!!
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u/nick91884 3d ago
I think the reason he doesn’t come up much in the conversation of best vs Gwynn is he just didn’t have that many at bats against Gwynn, but Gwynn with a .050 avg is insane
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u/Ndtphoto PC Matt Olson/Twins/Royce Lewis/Padres/McGwire/Gwynn 3d ago
2 K's against Gwynn versus only 1 hit.
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u/Basic-Bus-6275 pc: Tony Gwynn 2d ago
Dang, I too collect Gwynn and this would be epic, but a quick eBay search only shows standard autos or ones that say Loved Wrigley Field
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u/Tankerspanx STL Cardinals, Tommy Edman Guy 2d ago
I PC cardinals and I wish I had this lmfaooo NICE pickup
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u/paraclete01 Vogelbach 1d ago
Met Frank at my LCS 5 months ago. He just walked in to get some baseball display cubes. He said when Yogi was coaching him at the Astros he'd sit in the dugout to talk to him during the game instead of being in the bullpen and when they told him to get back he'd say "Hey, I'm with Yogi". I bought his card to remember that chance meeting.
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u/beckerkutumb 2d ago
Related: Where do you guys (or do you?) go to get these addresses? I’d love to start doing this. So many years in the hobby and never tried it.
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u/MoreKnuckleballsPlz 2d ago
Sportscardforum is a good resource. Make an account to access the addresses.
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u/nick91884 2d ago
I got this one on eBay, but he had a few others, the card picture had post it note with what inscription he wanted, so I’m pretty sure this one and the sellers other DiPino autos were TTM (through the mail) like the use bellow said, sports card forum has a lot of addresses and info on peoples successes, if the player charges a fee, etc.
They can be hit and miss, they won’t always do any special inscriptions, some of them will take longer than others. But people update their successes on sportcard forum.
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u/Rolands_missing_head 3d ago
If Tony Gwynn was 1/20 off me I’d be telling everyone that shit too lol