[stera8]

Topps Twitter is pretty good and on facebook I messages Bowman baseball a few times and they've responded a few days later

[nolan5000]

Maybe you could mail it to Nolan Ryan and ask him to please sign it.

That's a great idea!!

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My experience a few weeks ago with the 20 packs for $20 box at Walmart got the best of me again tonight

After ripping a handful of packs and landing a Ryan Braun rookie, Aroldis Chapman rookie, a Josh Thole '11 Heritage Chrome refractor, I turned my attention to the pack of '04 Fleer Greats of the Game. As I opened it I saw what I thought was a pack filler and thought nothing of it. As I got closer I saw there was writing on the back. I flipped it over and immediately wanted to vomit, knowing this was something I want, but can never have.

I can't get a hit to save my life from new stuff, but this one, this one has me considering never touching anything more than 2 years old again.

I'm interested to see what happens, seeing as how I ONLY collect Nolan Ryan.

[jaredhuizenga]

That really is a pretty amazing idea. I do know, however, that at least when he was playing, Nolan didn't sign items that came in. You'd get the item back along with a hand-signed postcard-like thing. Maybe that's changed now that he's not playing.

[nolan5000]

That really is a pretty amazing idea. I do know, however, that at least when he was playing, Nolan didn't sign items that came in. You'd get the item back along with a hand-signed postcard-like thing. Maybe that's changed now that he's not playing.

If you send it to The Nolan Ryan Foundation, I'm relatively sure that he would sign it.

[homerjg007]

what a bummer; getting him to sign it would be cool

[jaredhuizenga]

I'm starting to lean toward sending it to Mr. Ryan himself to try and get it signed. Upper Deck responded to my Twitter picture and the response was: "this was from before we took over the Fleer name. All prizes were awarded trough the court during their bancruptcy."

I wasn't expecting anything given I knew it was before they took over, but something would've been nice.

[nolan5000]

Maybe you could mail it to Nolan Ryan and ask him to please sign it.

I'm shocked "as all get out" that I didn't think of this myself!! I must be slipping or something.

[jaredhuizenga]

Now Upper Deck is on my list: they decided to reply to a tweet that one of my friends sent out with a link to abcfleer.com, which explains UD's responsibilities under the bankruptcy.

Their tweet: again, this was not something we ever had anything to do with. Try visiting http://Fleerabc.com .

They do, however, refuse to acknowledge that I never said they were responsible for anything, just that it would be a nice gesture. I'm glad they've tanked now. lol