A week or so ago, I got a nice bubble mailer – or a mini
zapping – as he referred to it, from Zippy Zappy himself. While I don’t think
it’s fair to classify it as a “mini” anything, I have been on the receiving end
of his major zaps before, so I understand what he’s saying.
Still, it was a fun, generous package.
The highlight for me was this IP Domingo German autograph. I
believe Zipster said he got this from an acquaintance who knows German, and he
had two cards signed. He immediately said one was for me, which was so cool.
German has a lot of talent. He came to the Yankees from the
Marlins in the Martin Prado/David Phelps for Nathan Eovaldi trade in 2014.
After undergoing TJ Surgery in 2015, he made his big league debut last year and
was called up to the Majors again last week. He had a nice outing in mop up duty of
Sonny Gray last night, firing three innings of one-hit ball while striking out
three.
Keeping it to autographs, we’ve got two: Mark Melancon and
Nathan Mikolas. The Melcancon tricked me. It looks like a sticker but it’s not…it
just has the outline there, I guess for the other stickers or so they all look
the same, I don’t know. But the outline definitely make me believe it was a sticker
autograph until I took the card out to scan it.
I just came across this great article that Mikolas is now acoach in the Marlins system. I hadn’t heard of him since the Yankees released
him after the 2016 season, so cool to see he’s now on the other side helping to
prepare young players.
Sweet relic of Chien-Ming Wang. I will never forget how
running the bases ruined his career.
TTM fodder! I am definitely going to send these three cards
out for a signature. I love the Bristro card from 2017 Choice. Also, Otto and
Bristro have some very pun-able names, so I hope we get to see them with the
Yankees one day.
And two cards of the Baby Bombers! While the Topps NOW inserts
were a bit of an odd inclusion in 2018 Topps, it’s still a new Judge card. And
Topps Fire was straight <fire emoji>, so that’s a great RC of the Yankees
new villain Tyler Austin.
So sure, maybe it was “mini” compared to some previous
zappings, but it still packed a big punch. Thanks, ZZ!
