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I have collected baseball cards and autographs over the years. I still have boxes full of cards (as well as newer cards) that are just sitting there. So, I have decided to see how many of them I can get autographed. I use through the mail as my preferred route for this adventure. I also have an account on Zistle and The Trading Card Database for trading purposes (stevienicks77).



Showing posts with label Royals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Royals. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

December TTMs

Scott McGregor
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Home address
10 days


 















Mark Thurmond
Signed 1/2 (sent other card back unsigned)
Sent c/o Home address
12 days





Brad Keller
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Kansas City Royals
173 days


Scott Bailes
Signed 3/3
Sent c/o Home address
12 days



















Mitch Garver
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Texas Rangers
208 days














Gary Wayne
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Home address
16 days


Sunday, September 13, 2020

Brian McRae

 I saw on Sports Card Forum that Brian McRae had been signing, and he's a former Royal and he's local, so I decided to take a shot.  Nice looking cards!  I really loved those Triple Play cards back in the day!

Brian McRae
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Home address
23 days



Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Paulo Orlando

A few old TTM requests that I had previously written off have trickled back in during the last month or so.  This one was a great one to get back; Paulo Orlando was a Royals fan favorite (or at least I thought so) during his time in KC.

Paulo Orlando
Signed 1/2 (didn't return the second card)
Sent c/o Omaha Storm Chasers
695 days

Monday, April 22, 2019

This week's TTM's

I got two envelopes back this week, and one was from a current Royal!

Jake Junis
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Kansas City Royals
11 days

















Beau Allred
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Home address
12 days

Saturday, March 30, 2019

A surprise TTM envelope!

I got a couple of PWE full of TTM requests back this week.  One was a huge surprise!  I can't even find on my log sheet when I sent it, but it has to be a long time ago because the forever stamp was a plant, it had my maiden name on it and it was in a large envelope instead of a small one.  If I had to guess, I'd say I sent it in 2012ish.

Jeff Francoeur
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o (maybe) Kansas City Royals
??? days





























Steven Wright 
Signed 1/2 (sent the other card back unsigned)
Sent c/o Boston Red Sox
240 days

Saturday, November 3, 2018

Pat Sheridan

Pat Sheridan won a World Series with the Royals in 1985.  He's probably best known for his time with the Tigers, however.

Pat Sheridan
Signed 3/3
Sent c/o Home address
55 days


Sunday, June 24, 2018

This week's mail

This week's mail is exciting because these all happen to be people who I have sent requests to and wrote off my first attempt, and tried again and succeeded!

Juan Gonzalez
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Home address
16 days

















Mitch Maier
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Kansas City Royals
15 days

















Will Clark
Signed 1/2 (didn't return other card)
Sent c/o San Francisco Giants
66 days

Monday, March 26, 2018

Dusty Coleman

Dusty Coleman is a former Royal, but is currently with the Padres in Spring Training.  He received a non-roster invite.  He spring training stats are nothing to write home about, with an a batting average of .118, HR 2, and 3 SB.  I wonder if Rey Navarro signs TTM?

Dusty Coleman
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Padres ST
26 days

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

John Wathan

My first TTM back in 2018...from local guy and former Royals player and manager, John Wathan.  I got the 1982 Donruss card during the All Star Festival in 2012 when the All Star Game was here in Kansas City.

John Wathan
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Home address
141 days

Monday, January 1, 2018

Mike Montgomery

The holiday season has treated me well in regards to TTM.  My mailbox has been slow, partially due to the large batch I sent out in August and September with a trickle of responses from that batch.  One of the batch is Mike Montgomery, pitcher for the Cubs, former Royal.  Best of both worlds, right?

Mike Montgomery
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Chicago Cubs
133 days

Sunday, December 3, 2017

Little White Envelopes

Ah, nothing like a huge USPS blip (this may be a conversation for another post) to fill my mailbox with a ton of little white envelopes that have probably been sitting at my post office for a week.  Three of four came on the same day.

Ricky Horton is probably best known for pitching for the Cardinals.  He played in a total of 3 World Series (2 with the Cardinals, 1 with the Dodgers), and won a ring with the Dodgers in 1988.  I think these are all nice looking cards.

Ricky Horton
Signed 3/3
Sent c/o Home address
99 days


I sent these next cards out in May of 2013, so needless to say, I had written them off long ago.  However, I did get my cards back from Mike Henneman, but he now uses The Athlete Connection, LLC to handle his autograph requests.  I did get this black and white paper photo in my little white envelope.

Mike Henneman
Signed 0/2
Sent c/o West Michigan Whitecaps


Nicky Lopez is a return from the Arizona Fall League.  He's an up and comer in the Royals organization.  He also is a Creighton Blue Jay Alumni.

Nicky Lopez
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Surprise Saguaros
35 days


Finally, Aramis Garcia.  He's a catcher in the Giants organization.  He spent most of the year between A and Aa ball this year.  He did get an invite to play in the AFL.

Aramis Garcia
Signed 1/2 (didn't return other card)
Sent c/o Richmond Flying Squirrels
83 days
 

Friday, October 13, 2017

Little white envelopes

I sent out a bunch of TTM requests to MLB and MiLB players in the weeks before the end of their respective regular seasons.  I've been a little anxious because I haven't been getting many requests back, until this week.

Stephen Vogt was with the A's this year, then suddenly released.  He was picked up by the Brewers, but was hurt shortly after arriving in Milwaukee.  He did finish the year active for the Brewers, while they were making a run for the playoffs.

Stephen Vogt
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Milwaukee Brewers
52 days

Next up, former Royal Greg Holland.  The Rockies played the Royals here in KC late in the year, and in true Kansas City fashion, the fans gave him a warm welcome back to KC.  Unfortunately, the Rockies just got bounced from the playoffs by the Diamondbacks.

Greg Holland
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Colorado Rockies
63 days

















Finally, Matt Andriese.  I wanted and got all of Tampa Bay's rookie pitchers (Andriese, Honeywell, and Snell).

Matt Andriese
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Tampa Bay Rays

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Christian Colon

Christian Colon is a former Royal, who was a big part of their 2015 World Series championship team.  He was released by the Royals earlier this year, and claimed by the Marlins.  He has spent most of his time with the Marlins with their AAA team, New Orleans.  He did not get a September 1 call up to the big club.

Christian Colon
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o New Orleans Baby Cakes
33 days

Monday, August 28, 2017

More TTM's

I have been rewarded for all the envelopes I have sent out recently.

Bob Scanlan is a former Cub and Royal.  He is currently with the Padres, working with their TV crew.

Bob Scanlan
Signed 1/2
Sent c/o San Diego Padres
20 days


Nick Solak is currently in the Yankees system at Trenton, their AA team.

Nick Solak
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Trenton Thunder
18 days

Tim Collins is a former Royal.  He's currently in the Nationals system at Harrisburg, the Nationals AA club.  

Tim Collins
Signed 1/2
Sent c/o Harrisburg Senators
17 days

Friday, August 11, 2017

Steve Farr

Awesome return today from Steve Farr.  This is a nice addition to my Royals TTM page collection.

Steve Farr
Signed 3/3
Sent c/o Home address
8 days



Saturday, March 18, 2017

Chase Vallott

Chase Vallott is a former 2014 first round draft pick of the Royals.  He was invited to the Royals Spring Training as a non-roster invitee.  He is not expected to make the team, as there is a log jam with Salvador Perez and Drew Butera.

Chase Vallott
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Royals ST
24 days


Thursday, November 17, 2016

A few TTM's to catch up

I have accumulated a pile of PWE's that I know are TTM requests that are back, but I haven't had time to look at what I got until now.

The first one is from former Royal Buddy Biancalana.  It is one of my favorite years of Topps designs, however his autograph is smudged.  Bummer.

Buddy Biancalana
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Home address
92 days


I wanted to start sending out a few NFL TTM requests, and I have gotten a couple back so far, but none as big as this one.  Former Ole Miss Rebel, Eli Manning.  The scan is not that great, but it's a great looking card with the autograph!

Eli Manning
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o New York Giants
29 days
























I sent out a bunch of TTM requests to MLB players prior to the end of the season.  I had read that Aaron Nola signs, but I guess he's now got one of these pre-printed cards.

Aaron Nola
Signed 0/1
Sent c/o Philadelphia Phillies
47 days






Finally, I got a couple of RTS envelopes back.  


Ben Lively
Signed 0/1
Sent c/o Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs

J.J. Watt
Signed 0/1
Sent c/o Home address

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Logan Moon

A nice return from Royals minor leaguer Logan Moon.  There are several top prospects at NW Arkansas for the Royals (Bubba Starling, etc.)  I wish I could get local boy Bubba Starling for my collection!

Logan Moon
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o NW Arkansas Naturals
19 days


Saturday, April 30, 2016

Bruce Chen

I had written this one off a long time ago; I sent this out to the Indians Spring Training in 2015!  I have seen recently he must be answering his fan mail because several others have gotten mail back from Bruce.  This is another great one to add to my Royals TTM collection!

Bruce Chen
Signed 1/2 (did not return other card)
Sent c/o Indians ST
420 days

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Kurt Stillwell

The third TTM I got back in December was from Kurt Stillwell.  This is a great addition to my Royals autograph collection!  At 322 days, I was about ready to write this one off!

Kurt Stillwell
Signed 3/3
Sent c/o Home address
322 days