(RIP)Ken Howell Autograph Arrives After an Eight Year Wait

UPDATE —   Ken Howell died on Nov. 9, 2018, just seven months after signing my card.

LOS ANGELES, CA  — When I sent former Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Ken Howell a 1985 Topps card with a through the mail autograph request on Oct. 14, 2010,  I had just returned from Turner Field in Atlanta after watching the Braves take on the Philadelphia Phillies for a shot at playoff baseball.

Today, April 30, 2018, I opened the mail and the card was back home and signed. 

A lot has changed since I mailed this card.

During the eight years this card has been gone, I have endured two lung surgeries, the death of a parent, and watched the Braves open up their new ball park Sun Trust Field in April of 2017.

I also took up the sport of bowling and participated in three National Bowling Championships.

It took this card 2,755 days to come home. I had even included the mailing in my second ever list of failures and indicated there had been cases where Howell responded in two years.

So far this month I have received three cards that were mailed out over 600 days ago, Don Robinson, Dwayne Henry and Rick Wrona, 

http://mlbttmautographs.blogspot.com/2018/04/rick-wrona-ttm-arrives-after-600-plus.html

A card from Juan Samuel also came back signed after 703 days.

Howell’s 2,755 day response out does Bob Tewksbury’s 2,104 day response.

https://mlbttmautographs.blogspot.com/2016/12/bob-tewksbury-responds-to-ttm-request.html

They are the only two players who have taken over 2,000 days on my list.

Keith Lockhart’s TTM autograph came back this year after 1,436 day wait. 

http://mlbttmautographs.blogspot.com/2018/02/keith-lockhart-responds-to-ttm-request.html

GlenAllen Hill took 1,284 days.

http://mlbttmautographs.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-1285-day-wait-for-glenallen-hill-ttm.html 

Dave Stapleton’s autograph came back after 1,167 days and an error made by me.

http://mlbttmautographs.blogspot.com/2017/02/error-leads-to-great-dave-stapleton.html

Everyone else has been in the hundreds of days or way less.

Again, it seems TTM collectors should never give up.

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http://www.sportscardforum.com/forum.php?referrerid=72224

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Also, visit www.thelamfoundation.org and become aware of a deadly lung disease striking out women called  Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, (LAM.)

There is no cure and doctors are not sure what causes it.

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