Where have you been, bro?

On December 29th, I purchased an autographed card on eBay. It was a 2018 Bowman's Best Refractor autograph of Yankees second round pick Josh Breaux (pronounced "bro").

It was promptly mailed out, but I noticed after a couple days the tracking info was stuck at "in transit to next facility." I think we've all seen it before, and after a few days it magically updates again.

Only this time, it didn't. It went 20 days without an update. Just "in transit to next facility" purgatory.

I even checked with the seller to see if it was returned to him. I didn't blame him at all. I knew he shipped it, unless he gave me a bogus shipping number or something.

Then, magically, on the 20th day, it arrived at the family near my house, and the very next day arrived in my mailbox.

Who knows what happens in these instances? Maybe it gets left unsorted in a bin. Maybe it falls between the cracks in a truck. Whatever it is, I'm glad it finally made it. Just took a little longer than expected!

Sweet, Bro

One of the most memorable moments of the very boring televised 2018 MLB Draft occurred during 2nd round with the 61st pick overall. The Yankees were on the clock, and former Yankee Nick Swisher was selected to announce the pick.

As many know, and some are irritated by, Nick Swisher likes to have a good time. He's always smiling and goofing off, but he's genuinely just an enthusiastic, energetic person. Many of his post-game interviews included the saying, "bro." It doesn't matter who asked the question. "Bro" was part of his response.

It was all too ironic then that with the 61st pick, announced by Swisher, the Yankees selected Josh Breaux, a junior college catcher. All of those letters at the end of his name form an "O" sound. So yes, his name is Josh "Bro."

Nick Swisher got to announce the newest Yankees, Josh "Bro."

Breaux is currently in Staten Island, and was kind enough to sign my card in just 10 days. I also included a Nick Swisher card for him to keep (which he did), since they'll always be linked together because of Draft night.