November TTMs

Derek Dietrich
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Home address
372 days 

P.J. Morlando
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Mesa Solar Sox
64 days

October TTMs

Van Snider

Signed 1/1

Sent c/o Home address

15 days

Mickey Weston

Signed 2/1

Sent c/o Home address

15 days

Tim Redding
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Home address
8 days

Cody Morissette

Signed 0/1

Sent c/o Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

30 days

Nacho Alverez

Signed 0/2

Sent c/o Glendale Desert Dogs

9 days

Joe Jacques

Signed 1/2 (did not return second card)

Sent c/o Dodgers Spring Training

246 days

Mitch Keller

Signed 1/2 (1 card returned unsigned)

Sent c/o Pirates

547 days

March TTMs

Jared Oliva

Signed 1/1

Sent c/o Brewers ST

17 days

Jack Armstrong

Signed 2/2

Sent c/o Home address

11 days

He did include a note requesting $10 ($5/signature)

January TTMs

Drew Romo

Signed 1/1

Sent c/o Salt River Rafters

86 days

Carl Willis

Signed 1/2 (did not return 2nd card)

Sent c/o Home address

254 days

Terry McGriff

Signed 2/2

Sent c/o Home address

38 days

Mike Hartley

Signed 2/2

Sent c/o Home address

71 days

John Doherty

Signed 3/3

Sent c/o Home address

75 days

Eric Fox

Signed 1/1

Sent c/o Home address

11 days

Mike Trombley

Signed 2/2

Sent c/o Home address

11 days

Dylan Smith

Signed 1/1

Sent c/o Salt River Rafters 

117 days

September TTMs

 Dave Schmidt

Signed 4/4

Sent c/o Home address

11 days

Dan Pasqua

Signed 1/3 (returned 2 unsigned)

Sent c/o Home address 

33 days

Gabriel Rincones

Signed 1/1 

Sent c/o Jersey Shore Blue Claws

19 days

Tim Birtsas

24 days

Sent c/o Home address 

24 days

JJ Bleday

Signed 1/2 (sent 2nd card back unsigned)

Sent c/o A's

56 days

Sal Butera

I had initially written this one off, but it came back in a little over a year.  Nice return from former Royal (and KC fan favorite) Drew Butera's dad, Sal Butera.

Sal Butera
Signed 3/3
Sent c/o Home address
385 days

The PWE envelopes this week!

It's an exciting time of year, when my TTM envelopes are coming back in waves, probably secondary to players signing their mail before the end of the season.  

Bill Landrum is a former pitcher, mostly known for pitching for the Pirates.  He spent 1988 with the Cubs, but did not have a card made.  

Bill Landrum

Signed 2/2

Sent c/o Home address

15 days

Dan Straily was with the Marlins this year.  He has a 5-6 record, with a 4.12 ERA in 23 games.

Dan Straily
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Marlines
52 days

This return from Michael Cuddyer is sweet!  The scanned picture doesn't do it justice, but it looks nice on this 2013 Topps Chrome card.

Michael Cuddyer
Signed 1/2 (didn't return second card)
Sent c/o Home address
158 days

Finally, two cards back from Twins prospect Tyler Jay.  He's #22 on the Twins top 30 prospect list.  He spent the year at Chattanooga, the Twins AA team.

Tyler Jay
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Chattanooga Lookouts
139 days

Taylor Trammell

Finally!  I got a TTM back this week!  I have been ramping up my efforts this season, and my little PWEs come back in waves, and, quite frankly, it's been thin lately.  Taylor Trammell is in the Reds system.  He was chosen for the Futures Game this year during the All Star break, and was named the MVP.

Taylor Trammell
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Daytona Tortugas
32 days

Raisel Iglesias

This is my first return from the majors this season, from Reds closer Raisel Iglesias.  He currently has 2 saves with a 1.23 ERA.

Raisel Iglesias
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Cincinnati Reds
15 days

AFL mail

I received several small white envelopes this week.  Two are from the Arizona Fall League, and one is from the MLB.

Taylor Sparks spent the year between the Reds' A and AA clubs, Dayton and Pensacola.  He is currently playing more ball with the Scottsdale Scorpions.

Taylor Sparks
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Scottsdale Scorpions
10 days




Logan Shore is in the A's minor league system.  He spent the year at Stockton.

Logan Shore
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Mesa Solar Sox
11 days
 

Finally, one back from a late season request for Mallex Smith.  He bounced back and forth from Tampa Bay to Durham this year.  He has quite an interesting signature!

Mallex Smith
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Tampa Bay Rays
33 days
 

A couple of MiLB TTM's back

 I've been way behind on scanning and sending out TTM requests.  I have had several back from the minor leagues in the last couple of weeks.

Ben Lively
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
35 days

























Chris Ellis
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Memphis Redbirds
36 days

Brent Honeywell
Signed 1/2 (didn't return second card)
Sent c/o Montgomery Biscuits
62 days

Kyle Waldrop

Kyle Waldrop is currently a non-roster invitee to the Mariners spring training camp.  They signed him as a free agent at the end of last year.  He had quite a few cards the in the 2016 sets, all with the Reds.

Kyle Waldrop
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Mariners ST
12 days

Sam LeCure

Sam LeCure signed my card while his team, the Oklahoma City Dodgers, were in the playoffs.  They lost to El Paso in the playoffs.  He pitched in 3 games in the playoffs.

Sam LeCure
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Oklahoma City Dodgers
13 days

Tanner Rahier

Tanner Rahier is a player in the Reds minor league system.  He plays third base and spend the year in Dayton with the Reds Class A team.  I sent this in April, so he must just be getting to his mail.  The Bowman autograph actually looks better on the scan than it does in person.

Tanner Rahier
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Dayton Dragons
214 days

Joe Oliver

A second attempt at Joe Oliver was successful for me!  I had tried back in 2012, but had a RTS.  I was really excited to get this back; the Fleer card will look great in my catcher collection!

Joe Oliver
Signed 3/3
Sent c/o Home address
39 days

Sean Casey

Sean Casey is someone who I had read is really good about returning TTMs.  I also enjoy watching him on the MLB network. 

Sean Casey
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o MLB Network
95 days

More from Spring Training!

I've received a few more back from Spring Training this week.  This has by far been my most successful Spring Training to date.

Jon Niese from the Mets has started off the year 1-0 in two games.  He has a great signature!

Jon Niese
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Mets ST
47 days

Nick Masset is currently on the 15 day DL.  He missed all of last year due to shoulder surgery.

Nick Masset
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Reds ST
44 days

Behind on my TTMs, part 1

Again, I have been out of town quite a bit, without a computer, so I am forced to cut back on my cards and TTMs.  The only plus to this is a big blog post!

Now, to the good stuff...Chris Hammond was someone i was targeting because he's a former Marlin.  I was lucky enough that he signed all three, including the 2 Upper Deck cards.

Chris Hammond
Signed 3/3
Sent c/o Home address
18 days

Dean Palmer was a former Ranger, and former Royal.  I didn't have any cards of him in a KC uniform, but I still enjoyed getting my cards back signed.

Dean Palmer
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Home address
14 days

This next letter was odd.  Gary Roenicke signed all 4 of my cards, however, he included the letter I sent to him in the SASE when I got my cards back.  ??

Gary Roenicke
Signed 4/4
Sent c/o Home address
19 days

Another return from a player on one of my favorite teams, from Pete Schourek.

Pete Schourek
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Home address
14 days