TTM autographs received: Rich Harden

I got a straggler SASE in the mail box a couple of weeks ago and wondered who could it be since sending out TTMs has not been a thing for me - inside were the cards I sent out to the former big league pitcher on October 2020.

These were counted off as goners, but even if the eventual response took a while - it's a cheap thrill to get something back from a request I remember making a mission to send out.

It has been just such a long time from the early 2000s - but I remember trying to get Harden to sign in-person around the first time he got called up as a top flight pitching prospect with a rocket arm.

While Harden didn't have a metronomic run of success where he became a star pitcher in the big leagues - he was pretty good when relatively healthy and was named to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 2023.

2025 Topps value box recap

Pack one

#484 Andrew Walters - High numbered short prints Chrome variation Pink Sparkle 

#187 Cole Ragans

#173 Luis Castillo

#284 Raisel Iglesias

#277 Hunter Feduccia

#264 Patrick Bailey

#NS-59 J. Robert Oppenheimer - Notable Americans insert

#212 Giancarlo Stanton

#38 José Berríos

Pack two

#105 Michael King

#255 Colt Keith

#250 Edmundo Sosa

#200 Seth Lugo / José Berríos / Tarik Skubal - 2024 AL Victory Leaders

#380 Aaron Judge

#425 Nick Gonzalez - SP

#129 Cody Bellinger

#172 Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Pack three

#53 Grant McRae - Dark Green border 

#194 Juan Soto / Anthony Santander / Aaron Judge - 2024 AL Home Run Leaders

#128 Dansby Swanson

#311 Mitchell Parker

#245 Colton Cowser

#181 Rhett Lowder RC

#TTY-20 Mike Trout - Through the Years insert

#100 Jordan Hicks

#341 Willie Mays - The Topps News All-Time All-Stars

Pack four 

#359 Max Muncy

#32 Heliot Ramos

#335 Framber Valdez

#207 Joey Ortiz

#278 Mark Vientos - This was a 'backwards' card out of the pack and ends up being an image variation

#484 Andrew Walter - High numbered short prints Chrome variation 

#213 Rob Refsnyder

#319 Justin Wrobleski RC

Pack five

#497 Matt Waldron - High numbered short prints Chrome variation Pink Sparkle

#203 Zack Wheeler / Dylan Cease / Chris Sale - 2024 NL Strikeout Leaders

#184 Porter Hodge

#146 Mitch Keller

#4 Jose Miranda - Record Breakers

#103 Masyn Winn

#273 Nolan Schanuel

#358 Yuki Matsui

#197 Brice Turang / Shohei Ohtani / Elly De La Cruz - 2024 NL Stolen Base Leaders

Pack six 

#254 Lake Bachar RC

#331 Vaughn Grissom

#99 Michael Massey

#46 Tyler Stephenson

#309 Zebby Matthews RC

#413 Andrew Vaughn - SP

#27 Ryan Mountcastle

#227 Kyle Tucker

Pack seven

#198 Jazz Chisholm Jr. / José Caballero / José Ramírez - 2024 AL Stolen Base Leaders - Dark Green border

#97 Jorge Polanco

#346 Hank Aaron - The Topps News All-Time All-Stars

#39 Luis Arraez

#191 Luis Arraez / Marcell Ozuna / Shohei Ohtani - 2024 NL Batting Leaders

#318 Lance Lynn

#219 Cade Povich RC

#149 Jared Jones

#3 Aaron Judge - Record Breakers

Pack eight

#365 Ozzie Albies

#71 Jace Jung

#52 Nico Hoerner

#362 Shay Whitcomb RC

#328 Mike Burrows RC

#160 Sean Reynolds - Chrome variation

#257 Chris Sale

#94 Andy Ibáñez