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Had this wonderful piece come into my home yesterday...
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WS Ring / Scott Mathieson / Baseball Clinic / Vance Worley
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mudflap02
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Did they make those for their 60th Anniversary?
Did they make those for their 60th Anniversary?
Halonut
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it has "mathieson" on the side, so i assume it's the player's ring.
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it has "mathieson" on the side, so i assume it's the player's ring.
nosterbor
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" Had this wonderful piece come into my home yesterday... "
i take it that it does not belong to you but rather it was shown to you by someone. if it is now your's or it is not,WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!! i would have goosebumps! Please,do tell!
" Had this wonderful piece come into my home yesterday... "
i take it that it does not belong to you but rather it was shown to you by someone. if it is now your's or it is not,WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!! i would have goosebumps! Please,do tell!
TomMurry
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O I C wut u did there!
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O I C wut u did there!
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Bob Loblaw
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Oh, no, it's not mine. Over the past few weeks and months, I've been talking to Scott Mathieson (Phillies pitcher, closer in AAA last year and had 2 callups to Philly last year, slated to start this year in the Phils bullpen) about baseball cards and my little league. I'm the VP of a 700+ player Little League here. You wouldn't imagine the amount of work... anyway, I've been talking with Scott about getting him to do a clinic here, with a few other major/minor leaguers. During the course of our conversations, he asked about doing something this weekend. . . I advised that we had our 2nd weekend of Spring Training (tryouts/player evals) this Saturday morning from 9-1. So, he said that he'd love to come and help out... so after I got his DL and SS# to do his background check (remember what I do for a living... ethics are #1), he was good to go, so he was MORE than willing to come out. He hung out with me and another coach while the two of us evaluated two groups of 20 kids. He got there at 8:45 am, we hung out for a little while, then he did all of the grunt-work (throwing, pitching, catching) while we did the evals without a complaint and was thrilled to be out with us. We told the kids at the end and he gave out a ton of autos to kids and parents alike. We left the field at about 1 pm.
After the practice, he came back to my house for lunch (my wife put out a nice clubhouse-esque spread). He had asked me if the area where our LL was was "safe"... I said it was, he said he had something really valuable in the car. I had no idea it was that. When he got here, he handed me his Phillies team-issued pullover to keep and the ring (NOT to keep
).
I tried to give him a huge stack of cards I had of his (that was what originally got us talking months ago), but he wouldn't take them...I forced him to take his 05 Finest Printing Proof auto and 05 Bowman Chrome RC Red Refractor /5. We talked for about 2 hours about everything...other Phillies, Pee Wee Herman, former Phillies minor leaguers, Cole Hamels, other guys, Kyle Kendrick and his arbitration deal, and lots of other things and he eventually left to go back to the Phillies spring training stadium to keep working out. He promised my son some more stuff next time we see each other.
He's going to have a clinic for us at our fields in 2 weeks, with Vance Worley and a few other players - potentially Dom Brown as well. He could not have been a more down to earth guy and a genuinely nice guy. I had been following Scott's up and down career since his draft, but has certainly become the favorite player of my household.
Oh, no, it's not mine. Over the past few weeks and months, I've been talking to Scott Mathieson (Phillies pitcher, closer in AAA last year and had 2 callups to Philly last year, slated to start this year in the Phils bullpen) about baseball cards and my little league. I'm the VP of a 700+ player Little League here. You wouldn't imagine the amount of work... anyway, I've been talking with Scott about getting him to do a clinic here, with a few other major/minor leaguers. During the course of our conversations, he asked about doing something this weekend. . . I advised that we had our 2nd weekend of Spring Training (tryouts/player evals) this Saturday morning from 9-1. So, he said that he'd love to come and help out... so after I got his DL and SS# to do his background check (remember what I do for a living... ethics are #1), he was good to go, so he was MORE than willing to come out. He hung out with me and another coach while the two of us evaluated two groups of 20 kids. He got there at 8:45 am, we hung out for a little while, then he did all of the grunt-work (throwing, pitching, catching) while we did the evals without a complaint and was thrilled to be out with us. We told the kids at the end and he gave out a ton of autos to kids and parents alike. We left the field at about 1 pm.
After the practice, he came back to my house for lunch (my wife put out a nice clubhouse-esque spread). He had asked me if the area where our LL was was "safe"... I said it was, he said he had something really valuable in the car. I had no idea it was that. When he got here, he handed me his Phillies team-issued pullover to keep and the ring (NOT to keep
).I tried to give him a huge stack of cards I had of his (that was what originally got us talking months ago), but he wouldn't take them...I forced him to take his 05 Finest Printing Proof auto and 05 Bowman Chrome RC Red Refractor /5. We talked for about 2 hours about everything...other Phillies, Pee Wee Herman, former Phillies minor leaguers, Cole Hamels, other guys, Kyle Kendrick and his arbitration deal, and lots of other things and he eventually left to go back to the Phillies spring training stadium to keep working out. He promised my son some more stuff next time we see each other.
He's going to have a clinic for us at our fields in 2 weeks, with Vance Worley and a few other players - potentially Dom Brown as well. He could not have been a more down to earth guy and a genuinely nice guy. I had been following Scott's up and down career since his draft, but has certainly become the favorite player of my household.
schillingfan
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Great story Jeff. He sounds like a total class act. Hopefully he breaks through soon.
Great story Jeff. He sounds like a total class act. Hopefully he breaks through soon.
noaskiecards
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very cool story
very cool story
BowmanChromeAddict
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My Superfractor is jealous.
My Superfractor is jealous.
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Bob Loblaw
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And yeah, I did try it on.
And yeah, I did try it on.
JEA2880
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Too bad he's a Philly :twisted:
Too bad he's a Philly :twisted:
Pine Tar
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Hey you put it on the wrong finger.Jeff N. said:And yeah, I did try it on.
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Jeff, kudos to you for volunterring with the local Little League and getting Mathieson to do the clinic. Sounds like he is a personable guy. Class move to give him some of his rarest rookie cards.
Jeff, kudos to you for volunterring with the local Little League and getting Mathieson to do the clinic. Sounds like he is a personable guy. Class move to give him some of his rarest rookie cards.
IndyKMB
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ummm...W-O-W.
I've been a Phillies fan since birth (will be 39 in Feb) and I would be speechless I had an opportunity to have something like that in my presence...and to try it on?? That is just awesome!!
ummm...W-O-W.
I've been a Phillies fan since birth (will be 39 in Feb) and I would be speechless I had an opportunity to have something like that in my presence...and to try it on?? That is just awesome!!
baseballcardseller
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Hey. You are the guy on HBOs Eastbound and Down.
Hey. You are the guy on HBOs Eastbound and Down.
TBTwinsFan
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I have seen so many WS rings in the past few days
That one is really cool though, with a nice story to go along with it!
Oh yeah, I take pride in the fact that those were made in MN (or by an MN company anyways)
I have seen so many WS rings in the past few days
That one is really cool though, with a nice story to go along with it!
Oh yeah, I take pride in the fact that those were made in MN (or by an MN company anyways)
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Damn, Scott Mathieson sure "bulked up" this offseason....haha
That's really an awesome story. As a huge phillies fan, I would kill to be able to try on (much less, be in the presence of) one of the 08 WS rings. Mathieson seems like a class guy and I hope he makes the bullpen this year and stays there.
Jeff N. said:And yeah, I did try it on.
Damn, Scott Mathieson sure "bulked up" this offseason....haha
That's really an awesome story. As a huge phillies fan, I would kill to be able to try on (much less, be in the presence of) one of the 08 WS rings. Mathieson seems like a class guy and I hope he makes the bullpen this year and stays there.
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Bob Loblaw
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My 10 year old tried it on as well. We'd just come in from 4 1/2 - 5 hours in the Florida sun at practice, so forgive our sweaty appearances...
My 10 year old tried it on as well. We'd just come in from 4 1/2 - 5 hours in the Florida sun at practice, so forgive our sweaty appearances...
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Bob Loblaw
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I can accept that.
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I can accept that.
