Luis Vizcaino 2005 World Series Baseball… Finally!!!

I have been trying to get a 2005 World Series baseball signed by Luis Vizcaino for years. Years ago, somebody got one signed for me in the Dominican Republic. Unfortunately, they got it signed in blue sharpie. Then, he was scheduled to do signing at a show in Chicago earlier this year. Then COVID happened, and the show was canceled at the last minute.

All the while I was checking eBay regularly, to no avail. Until now. A couple of Vizcaino WS balls finally popped up, and I snagged one. Behold!

Vizcaino was the last player I needed. I have all 25 players that were on the World Series roster, as well as Frank Thomas. I’ve never felt the need to get people like Brandon McCarthy and Brian Anderson on WS baseballs, as they weren’t on the World Series roster.

New Baseballs

Over the last week or two I have picked up some nice new baseballs.  There is one new baseball missing in this post, as it will be posted in post detailing the results of a recent private signing.

The first baseball comes courtesy of SCN member rcphi466.  He was kind enough to get it signed by Alexei Ramirez and Dayan Viciedo at a recent card show.  He didn’t even ask for anything in return.  Hopefully I’ll be able to return the favor someday.

The second baseball is signed by Mark Buehrle.  I already have quite a few baseballs signed by Buehrle (05 WS x2, Gold Glove, 05 AS, OMLB), but this is the first in my collection with the much nicer signature he used his first couple of years in the bigs.  I also got a VERY good deal on it.

The last baseball is also an upgrade.  I already have Aaron Rowand on a World Series baseball.  But it came from Elite Sports Marketing, and had their ugly hologram right above the World Series logo, where it couldn’t be hidden.  I removed the hologram, but it left a very faint outline where the hologram had been.  Aaron’s autograph was also TINY.  So I was thrilled to pick up this baseball for a very good price from Schwartz Sports.  The inscription is the icing on the cake.