I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2024.Adam signed a 2009 Upper Deck card #639.
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Showing posts with label Upper Deck. Show all posts
Friday, July 4, 2025
Adam Everett
I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2024.Adam signed a 2009 Upper Deck card #639.
Labels:
2009 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
Detroit Tigers,
Upper Deck
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Adam Lind
I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2024.Adam signed a 2009 Upper Deck Series 2 card #917.
Labels:
2009 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
Toronto Blue Jays,
Upper Deck
Saturday, June 21, 2025
J.C. Romero
I met him at the Philadelphia Phillies fantasy camp at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex in Clearwater, Florida in 2024.J.C. signed a 2010 Upper Deck card #387.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romerj.01.shtml
Labels:
2010 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
Philadelphia Phillies,
Upper Deck
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Greg Brock
My dad's birthday is June 14th. He passed away on August 31, 2020. For his first birthday without him, I came up with another TTM challenge for myself. This one I called "Dad TTM Project." On June 8, 2021, six days before his birthday, I sent birthday cards to eleven baseball players who also shared his birthday.
Greg signed a 1991 Upper Deck card #289.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brockgr01.shtml
Labels:
1991 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
Milwaukee Brewers,
TTM,
Upper Deck
Monday, August 19, 2024
Jerome Williams
I met him at a Minor League game at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida in 2021, when the St. Lucie Mets, whom he was the pitching coach for, came to play the Clearwater Threshers.
Jerome signed a 2006 Upper Deck card #550.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willije01.shtml
Labels:
2006 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
Chicago Cubs,
Upper Deck
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Gerald Alexander
In March of 2021, I was looking for cards to mail out and I saw on the back of Gerald Alexander's card that his birthday was less than a week away (March 26th), so I decided to look him up and I found his address and sent him my card and the following letter.
Gerald signed a 1991 Upper Deck Final Edition card #72F.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/alexage01.shtml
Labels:
1991 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
Texas Rangers,
TTM,
Upper Deck
Sunday, July 7, 2024
Ryan Turner
In October of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Ryan Turner. I discovered that he was the managing director of an investment management firm in California, so I sent him my card and the following letter.
Ryan signed a 1992 Upper Deck card #710.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=turner001rya
Labels:
1992 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
Colorado Rockies,
TTM,
Upper Deck
Friday, July 5, 2024
Dennis Martinez
I met him at an Olympic baseball qualifying game at Clover Park in Port Saint Lucie, Florida in 2021, when Nicaragua played the USA. He was there to throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Dennis signed a 1991 Upper Deck card #385.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martide01.shtml
Labels:
1991 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
Montreal Expos,
Upper Deck
Friday, June 28, 2024
Brad Arnsberg
In May of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Brad Arnsberg. I sent him my card and the following letter.
Brad signed a 1991 Upper Deck card #608.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/arnsbbr01.shtml
Labels:
1991 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
Texas Rangers,
TTM,
Upper Deck
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Eric Anthony
Eric signed a 1991 Upper Deck card #533.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/anthoer01.shtml
Labels:
1991 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
Houston Astros,
TTM,
Upper Deck
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Beau Allred
In April of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Beau Allred. I discovered that he had his own insurance agency in Arizona, so I sent him my card and the following letter.
Beau signed a 1991 Upper Deck card #784.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/allrebe01.shtml
Labels:
1991 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
Cleveland Indians,
TTM,
Upper Deck
Monday, May 6, 2024
Jim Acker
In March of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Jim Acker. I found an address and sent him my card and a letter.
Jim signed a 1991 Upper Deck card #670.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/ackerji01.shtml
Labels:
1991 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
Toronto Blue Jays,
TTM,
Upper Deck
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Rick Parker
In March of 2021, I was looking for cards to mail out and I saw on the back of Rick Parker's card that his birthday was less than a week away (March 20th), so I decided to look him up and I found his address and sent him my card and the following letter.
Ten days later my card came back signed.
Rick signed a 1990 Upper Deck card #732.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/parkeri01.shtml
Labels:
1990 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
San Francisco Giants,
TTM,
Upper Deck
Monday, February 5, 2024
Ted Power
In January of 2021, I was looking for cards to mail out and I saw on the back of Ted Power's card that his birthday was the next day (January 31st), so I decided to look him up and I found his address and sent him my card and the following letter.
Ted signed a 1992 Upper Deck card #680.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/powerte01.shtml
Labels:
1992 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
Cincinnati Reds,
TTM,
Upper Deck
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Billy Jo Robidoux
My birthday is on January 13th, so I came up with another TTM challenge for myself. This one I called "The TTM Birthday Challenge." On January 6, 2021, one week before my birthday, I sent birthday cards to ten baseball players who also share my birthday.
Here is the birthday card that I sent to Billy Jo Robidoux.
Billy Jo signed a 1990 Upper Deck card #782.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/robidbi01.shtml
Labels:
1990 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
Boston Red Sox,
TTM,
Upper Deck
Saturday, December 9, 2023
Dana Kiecker
In August of 2020, an autograph collector on Instagram posted a letter from Dana Kiecker about a scholarship fund that Mr. Kiecker and his wife had created. For a $1 donation, Dana would sign a card. I thought that sounded fair, so I wrote him a letter and sent my card along with a dollar bill.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kieckda01.shtml
Labels:
1991 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
Boston Red Sox,
TTM,
Upper Deck
Sunday, February 5, 2023
Mike Pelfrey
I met him at the American Conference Baseball Championship at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2019, when the Wichita State Shockers, whom he was the pitching coach for, played the East Carolina Pirates.
Mike signed a 2006 Upper Deck card #1127.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pelfrmi01.shtml
Labels:
2006 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
New York Mets,
Upper Deck
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Mark Guthrie
I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2019.
He was there watching his son, Dalton, play in a minor league spring training game.
Mark signed a 1992 Upper Deck card #604.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/guthrma01.shtml
Labels:
1992 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
Minnesota Twins,
Upper Deck
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Luis Rivera
I met him at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2019, when the Toronto Blue Jays, whom he was the third base coach for, came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.
Luis signed a 1991 Upper Deck card #182.
Labels:
1991 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
Boston Red Sox,
Upper Deck
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Dennis Rasmussen
I met him at the Tampa Bay Rays Fan Fest at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida on February 9, 2019.
Dennis signed a 1992 Upper Deck card #439.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rasmude01.shtml
Labels:
1992 Upper Deck,
Baseball,
San Diego Padres,
Upper Deck
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