Card Collecting and TTM Autographs
All things baseball-related. From Through the Mail (TTM) autograph successes, in-person autographs and general thoughts on baseball and baseball cards.
My friend came home from a little time off with the family and told me he left a gift for me in my mailbox. And what a gift it was. I opened up my mailbox to find good ol’ Darryl…
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TTM Stats Sent: 6/16/17 | Received: 7/13/17 | 27 Days ’11 Allen & Ginter, ’12 Topps Address: Diamondbacks The Story of the Autograph Chris Iannetta has played for a few teams. The cards he signed to me are with the Rockies, his…
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With the All-Star game tomorrow I thought it would be a good time to look at All-Star cards over the years. I took a look through my cards as well as a journey through the interwebs to see what I could find…
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TTM Stats Sent: 6/22/17 | Received: 7/7/17 | 15 Days ’83 Topps, ’84 Topps, ’85 Topps, ’86 Topps Address: Home The Story of the Autograph Dane is played for four teams over 10 years and is a two-time World Series…
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Exit velocity… Launch angle… Route efficiency… Spin rate… All these fancy new metrics are brought to you by MLB’s system Statcast (formerly PITCHf/x). These things are even beyond your advanced metrics (advanced advanced metrics?). Teams and players are using these…
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TTM Stats Sent: 6/22/17 | Received: 7/3/17 | 11 Days ’88 Topps, ’88 Bazooka, ’89 Topps, ’90 Topps, ’94 Score Address: Home The Story of the Autograph Dion James played for five different teams over his career (including time in Japan). He…
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TTM Stats Sent: 6/22/17 | Received: 6/30/17 | 8 Days ’87 Topps Address: Home The Story of the Autograph Does Ron Cey have the best nickname in baseball ever? How can you go wrong with “The Penguin.” He was nicknamed that in…
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TTM Stats Sent: 6/16/17 | Received: 6/27/17 | 11 Days ’75 Topps Address: Home The Story of the Autograph Mr. Holt played for the Twins and the Athletics. While playing with the Athletics he did win the World Series. Jim…
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TTM Stats Sent: 6/16/17 | Received: 6/27/17 | 11 Days ’89 Fleer, ’89 Topps Big, ’89 Upper Deck, ’90 Fleer, ’90 Topps Address: FOX 5 Atlanta The Story of the Autograph This is my first success with Mr. Gant. In…
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TTM Stats Sent: 6/16/17 | Received: 6/27/17 | 11 Days ’84 Topps Address: Home The Story of the Autograph Rick Cerone played for a lot of teams, but I think I always will remember him as a Yankee. He played in…
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