1989-90 Pacific Senior League, Stan Cliburn

#150 Stan Cliburn

Here is a card of Stan Cliburn that I got signed at a Wichita Wingnut game in 2012. Stan was the manager of the Sioux City Explorers at the time.

Stan played professionally for fourteen seasons in the Angels, Pirates, and Braves organizations. He spent a majority of those years in AAA and he hit .233 with 34 home runs and 170 RBI at that level. He did get a cup of coffee with the Angels, though, in 1980. That summer, he got into 54 games and he had 56 at-bats. He hit .179 with 2 doubles, 2 home runs, and 6 RBI. Unfortunately, neither Topps, Donruss, nor Fleer thought that Stan warranted a card in their 1981 sets.

After his playing days were over, Stan got into coaching. He got his first managerial job with the Watertown Pirates in 1988. He then went on to manage in the Rangers and Twins organizations, spending four seasons in AAA. He managed Sioux City the last three seasons, posting one winning season. The Explorers finished last season 38-62 and Stan was replaced during the offseason.

In the SPBA, Stan hit .281 with 4 home runs and 31 RBI. His Bradenton Explorers finished in second place in the Northern Division and lost to the Pelicans in their one playoff game.

Stan's brother Stew pitched for the Angels.

This has got to be one of the nicest signatures I have posted in a while.

1989-90 Pacific Senior League, Willie Aikens

#147 Willie Aikens

Here is the second card that I got back from Willie Mays Aikens. It obviously turned out much better looking than the last one and he added a cool inscription. I think that this is the first card that I have gotten back that says "best of luck". Why he added an inscription to this one and not the other, I do not know. But, I am happy with the results nonetheless.

I'm going to keep this one short for now and try to get a 2002 Bowman up later tonight. The card does all the talking in this post.

1989-90 Pacific Senior league, Tippy Martinez

#144 Tippy Martinez

This is another Tippy Martinez card that Paul, of Paul's Random Stuff, got signed for me at an Atlantic League game last month. The last Tippy card was his '81 Donruss card.

I probably sent Paul at least 20 cards to try and get signed for me. I only sent one card per player, with the exception of Tippy. Obviously, I wanted the Donruss card signed. I also sent this one along since I had not had any cards from this set signed yet. So, I figured that this one would be my first. That wasn't the case. It may have been my second card signed from the set, but by the time I got back from my trip to Maryland, I had three cards signed from the set (and this one was still wrapped up in it's shipping box). So I consider this one as number four. Oh well, at least Paul was able to get it signed for me.