Some of my TTM failures

Larry McWilliams and John Smiley are two Pirates that are not on my failure list.

Some of the players who have not responded to through the mail autographs requests I have mailed are:

Former Yankee Lee Guetterman signs in 17 days

Lee Guetterman has a 100 percent TTM success rate recorded on  http://www.sportscardforum.com/forum.php?referrerid=72224

LENOIR CITY, Tenn. — Former New York Yankee pitcher Lee Guetterman took a 17 days to return my 1991 Leaf baseball card signed.

Some Costly Autographs on The Way

Carlton Fisk is one of many signing for Creative Sports. My Fisk card was signed after I made a donation to his foundation.

When I started collecting through the mail autographs three years ago I was excited to see how many players and former players signed for free.

Ted Power and Kevin Appier Respond to TTM Requests

Kevin Appier and Ted Power responds to TTM autograph requests.

SARASTOA, Fl. — Former Major League Baseball pitcher Ted Power took about three months to sign and return my baseball card.

Former Atlanta Brave Gary Eave Honors TTM Autograph Requests

BASTROP,  LA. — I began collecting baseball autographs through the mail three years ago.

Since then I have accumulated over 100 autographs and more on the way.

Former Atlanta Brave Gary Eave is the second quickest through the mail autograph request I have received and the strangest.

Like Willie Wilson, Eave's response was received in five days, second only to Kevin Gross’ four day response.

While most players sign just their name on a card and some add Bible verses or maybe add your name, Eave signs the card on the back and two times on the front.

TTM Success: Jose Valentin

I'm happy to report that former Major League infielder Jose Valentin has responded to a through the mail autograph request in just 14 days.

TTM Success: Craig Reynolds

In 2010 I decided to experiment with through the mail sports autographs. This is where a collector sends sports cards or other items to a sports star requesting an autograph.

Some players ask for donations for a charity while others signs for free.

During the year, I received back 63 autographs and then got distracted with life, and stopped mailing - but I still have several cards gone.

Just as I had decided it was time to chalk up the remaining baseball cards as a loss former Houston Astro Craig Reynolds came through and signed my card and returned it.

It took 303 days to get the card back from Reynolds home address in Houston, Texas. The two-time-all star played shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners and Astros during his big league career.

He played in the National League Championship Series once with the Pirates and three times with the Astros but never made it to the World Series. Reynolds took the mound as a pitcher two times for the Astors, once in 1986 and once in 1989.

Both times he pitched one inning, allowed three hits, a total of seven runs and walked three batters. He did record a strike out and hit a batter.

Today Reynolds works as the preaching and teaching pastor at Second Baptist Church North Campus in Houston, Texas.