Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Rob Adkins


In January of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Rob Adkins. I sent him my card and the following letter.


21 days later my card came back signed.

Rob signed a 1993 Classic Best Gold card #176.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=adkins001rob

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Manny Hernandez


In January of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Manny Hernandez. I sent him my card and the following letter.


23 days later my card came back signed.

Manny signed a 1991 Line Drive AAA Pre-Rookie card #557.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hernama01.shtml

Monday, February 12, 2024

Everard Griffiths


In February of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Everard Griffiths. I had many cards in this set signed but I never got the chance to see Everard play, so I wrote him a letter and sent my card.


Eight days later my card came back signed and he included a note back.


Everard signed a 1996 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Team Set card.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=griffi001eve

Sunday, February 11, 2024

Clay Caruthers


In February of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Clay Caruthers. I discovered that he was the City Manager of Hurst, Texas, so I sent him my card and the following letter.


Twelve days later my card came back signed.

Clay signed a 1994 Topps Stadium Club Draft Picks card #58. The card is an uncorrected error card. The image is actually Mike Hampton.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=caruth001cla

Saturday, February 10, 2024

Robb Welch


In February of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Robb Welch. I discovered that he was a civil engineer for a company in Michigan, so I sent him my card and the following letter.


Eight days later my card came back signed and he included some words of encouragement.


Robb signed a 1994 Signature Rookies Draft Picks card #75.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=welch-004rob

Friday, February 9, 2024

Heath Murray


In February of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Heath Murray. I discovered that he was a State Farm insurance agent and had his own office building, so I sent him my card and the following letter.


Image courtesy of Google Maps

Eleven days later my card came back signed.

Heath signed a 1994 Topps Stadium Club Draft Picks card #74.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/murrahe01.shtml

Thursday, February 8, 2024

Tony Terry


In February of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Tony Terry. I sent him my card and the following letter.


Nine days later my card came back signed.

Tony signed a 1994 Signature Rookies Draft Picks card #38.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=terry-001ant

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Trent Brown


In January of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Trent Brown. I had many cards in this set signed but I never got the chance to see Trent play, so I wrote him a letter and sent my card.


23 days later my card came back signed and he included a note back.


Trent signed a 1996 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Team Set card.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=brown-001tre

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Jim Haller


In January of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Jim Haller. I sent him my card and the following letter.


Fourteen days later my card came back signed.

Jim signed a 1991 Classic Best card #144.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=haller002jam

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.


Seven days later my card came back signed.

Ted signed a 1992 Upper Deck card #680.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/powerte01.shtml

Sunday, February 4, 2024

Todd Douma


In January of 2021, I was looking for cards to mail out and I saw on the back of Todd Douma's card that his birthday was a week away (February 5th), so I decided to look him up and I found his business address and sent him my card and the following letter.


Seven days later my card came back signed.

Todd signed a 1993 Fleer Excel card #72.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=douma-001tod

Saturday, February 3, 2024

Laurence Heisler


In January of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Laurence Heisler. I found his place of employment, so I wrote him a letter and sent my card.


Six days later my card came back signed and he included his own note.


Laurence signed a 1994 Fleer Pro Cards card #2523.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=heisle001lau

Friday, February 2, 2024

Jim Newlin


In January of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Jim Newlin. I sent him my card and the following letter.


Six days later my card came back signed.

Jim signed a 1991 Line Drive AA Pre-Rookie card #340.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=newlin001jam

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.


23 days later, my card came back signed.

Billy Jo signed a 1990 Upper Deck card #782.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/robidbi01.shtml

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Cedric Allen


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 Cedric Allen.


Seventeen days later, my card came back signed, and he included a note back.


Cedric signed a 1995 Fleer Excel card #171.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=allen-001ced

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Ric Christian


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 Ric Christian.


Fourteen days later, my card came back signed, and he included a note back.


Ric signed a 1991 Line Drive AA Pre-Rookie card #29.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=christ001ric

Monday, January 29, 2024

Mike Tyson


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 Mike Tyson.


Thirteen days later, my card came back signed.

Mike signed a 1974 Topps card #655.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tysonmi01.shtml

Sunday, January 28, 2024

Mike Kimbrell


In December of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Mike Kimbrell. I had many cards in this set signed but I never got the chance to see Mike play, so I wrote him a letter and sent my card.


32 days later my card came back signed.

Mike signed a 1996 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Team Set card.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=kimbre001mic