I normally don’t talk about specific recent returns, but this week I had a few come back that got me thinking.
- Garrett Cooper – 372 days
- Tim Foli – 825 days
- John Beck – 933 days
Those aren’t the most extreme stragglers I’ve ever had (or even seen from others) but they are very long. It always amazes me that someone keeps their fan mail around for that long. But recently if you saw the post from Barry Zito, it seems he’s kept his around for even longer than these were out.
In the case of Garrett Cooper I was seeing some others get returns and I got mine. In some ways while it’s only a little over a year it might be more surprising. It’s not like this one went to his home, it went to the team. So he brought it home (at some point). As for Tim Foli and John Beck, I had written those off. But I do love knocking them out of the “write off” column and putting them into the success column.
I wonder how much they are letting pile up and how much they are getting. I think at some point less people send you things if they keep up with SCN or SCF because if you don’t see success from an address people will stop sending. Maybe this is one of the upsides of having people home more. That fan mail pile must be staring at them constantly.
Well, whatever the reason, I always appreciate it coming back. Stay safe out there everyone!
The Review
Here’s what happened on the blog last week:
- Monday: Jack Lazorko
- Tuesday: Mark, Eichhorn, Junior Felix
- Wednesday: Barry Evans
- Thursday: Wayne Gross
- Friday: Broderick Perkins
- Saturday: Storm Davis
- Sunday: Scott Bailes
#goldenstate week is done. I think I could have spread around with some different sports and more teams if I had planned it better. I’m planning a lot of this things pretty far in advance so sometime I know I am doing things for one team and all the recent returns for them are then out for another theme (like in this case the Dodgers).
Lots of early 90’s Angels in this one though.
The Preview
Here’s what I have coming up for this week:
- Monday: Wal-Martz…
- Tuesday: Heavy hittin’ Bronco…
- Tuesday: Rosie…
- Wednesday: Don’t be in such a Reusch(el)…
- Thursday: The classic “Slash” player…
- Friday: A very quick Astro…
- Saturday: I love Lamp…
- Sunday: Rey of sunshine…
I’m going back to a random week to clear some things out and get ready for another round of themes. I’ll probably have another “state” poll up for the end of next week that will probably get us through the next several. Hopefully no ties next time though.
Other Notes
Everything is back to normal this week… well, ok, not everything. But my TTM successes are back to normal. This week I got 16 back and my backlog is now up to 251. That’s back to the normal type of pace I’ve had all year.
I don’t know why but it certainly destresses me when I’m getting them back on the regular like this. Maybe it’s just simply the break in my day to check the mailbox and all that.
Stay safe and healthy out there!