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Showing posts with label New York Yankees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York Yankees. Show all posts
Thursday, May 09, 2024

TTM autograph received: Ruben Sierra

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In early March, I sent out some TTM requests in anticipation they would be returned when I finally came home from some overseas travel - th...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

TTM autographs received: Bobby Richardson

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The former New York Yankees second baseman signed my cards in 10 days - I found a 1961 Nu-Card Scoops card off a card show rummage and thou...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Featured autographs - Jesse Barfield

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On a forum I belong to, I saw a post where someone was going to helping out with a signing with the former outfielder from the 1980s through...
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Tuesday, August 09, 2022

TTM autograph received: Ron Guidry

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The former big league lefty signed my card in about three weeks or so this past summer - I mailed out a request to him in March 2021 but pr...
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Saturday, June 11, 2022

Better than a blaster - does this count?

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I found this card in the $20 pile off a card show table and figure it's a vintage Mickey Mantle card, right [?] - even if it's an ...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2022

TTM autograph received: Goose Gossage

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The longtime MLB relief ace from the 1970s through the 1990s signed my card in about a week - whether it's on baseball or anything else...
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Monday, July 05, 2021

TTM autographs received: Drew Henson

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There was probably about a two week period through the end of June where I didn't get any TTM successes - while it wasn't the end o...
Friday, May 21, 2021

TTM autograph received: Ralph Terry

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Off this card show trip, I found a 1963 Topps World Series subset card and sent it off to Terry - I got a response within a week with my c...
Saturday, March 06, 2021

TTM autographs received: Linda Ruth-Tosetti

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I mailed out some cards to the granddaughter of Babe Ruth and was one of those TTM requests I had to put together to see what would come bac...
Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Featured autograph - Masahiro Tanaka

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This is a card I probably didn't need in the 'here and now,' but even though Tanaka's stardom has devolved ever since he ca...
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Monday, January 20, 2020

TTM autographs received: Andrew Miller

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The St. Louis Cardinals reliever signed my cards in about two or three years c/o Cleveland Indians spring training - being a lefty, he mig...
Saturday, November 16, 2019

1993 Bowman Andy Pettitte RC #103

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I'm trying to pick and choose to add certain scratch the itch rookie cards - many of the rookies I'd like to add to my PC come from...
Sunday, September 29, 2019

2018 Choice Trenton Thunder Chace Numata #18

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I didn't know anything about this minor league catcher, but grabbed a card of his when I saw a Tweet where his organs were donated to sa...
Sunday, September 08, 2019

A monster box rummage - yields a pair of 1990s inserts

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1995 Select Gold Team Will Clark #9 of 12 - to juice up my notable player binders by decade, it should be a no brainer to pick up loose in...
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Saturday, August 31, 2019

A six pack Alex Rodriguez card lot buy

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I don't know if anyone is actively looking for any A-Rod cards these days, but maybe for a moment, I can look back with fondness at his...
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Wednesday, April 03, 2019

2018 Topps Living Set Ichiro #25 PSA 9

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I bought a copy of this card last year, but there was a stray mark on the top left hand corner and on principle, I returned the card to the...
Thursday, March 28, 2019

Featured autograph - Jimmie Reese

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Reese didn’t play for the MLB Angels, but was a beloved figure as a longtime coach for the team - he was also a one-time roommate of Babe ...
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Saturday, March 23, 2019

Farewell Ichiro

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Ichiro is still pretty damn athletic at 45, but with his bat speed severely diminished and his ability to contribute on a day-to-day basis ...
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Saturday, September 08, 2018

2018 Topps Fire blaster recap

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This was probably my best pull out of a random blaster box of 2018 Topps Fire - this is from the 4-card Gold Minted bonus pack included in ...
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Sunday, July 29, 2018

Featured autograph - Francisco Arcia

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Arcia, who spent 12 professional seasons before reaching the big leagues, has had quite the week - hitting a pair of home runs and collecti...
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