Cub Fan Striving for 1 Million Cubs Cards

Shawn Boskie may become one of my only Cubs TTM autographs as I like many others have sent many Cubs Cards to Beau Thompson as he seeks to acquire 1 million Cubs cards.

VERONA, Wis. — Major League Baseball fans can be found everywhere displaying their passion for the game and their team in many ways.

One Chicago Cub fan has decided to exercise his love for the Cubs by striving to acquire 1 million Cubs baseball cards.

From 1893 pitcher Bert Abbey, to 1916 first baseman Dutch Zwiling and all the Cubs in between including Earnie Banks and today’s stars such as Kris Bryant, and Anthony Rizzo, if there is a bubble gum card, Wisconsin Cub fan, Beau Thompson wants it.

Thompson said he started collecting cards 30 years ago.

“I started the One Million Cubs Project because I have a million cards that I don’t really want,” said Thompson. “So I decided to trade them for Cubs. Since one million is a good milestone, I decided on that number.”

Thompson is making many of his trades with card collectors on Twitter.

Most trades are card for card such as 100 Chicago Cubs cards for 100 Atlanta Braves cards.

I have donated to his Cub collection twice and the Braves cards I received in return are awesome.

Thompson’s quest has him developing ties with people all across the country.

In March he received nearly 4,000 Cubs cards from a collector in New Hampshire. In return Thompson sent out Montreal Expos and New England Patriots. In February he traveled to Illinois where he picked up at least 150,000 cards.

As of now Thompson’s Cub card count stands at 108,764 and counting.

Thompson said once he reaches his goal, his is not sure what is next.

“I still haven’t decided what the end game will be,” he said. “It is probably going to take five years to get there.”

Thompson can be found on Twitter @onemillioncubs and his website is 

https://onemillioncubsproj.wixsite.com/onemillioncubs

He can be reached by email at onemillioncubsproject@gmail.com

Bill Landrum TTM in the Wind

My through the mail autograph from former Pittsburgh Pirate Bill Landrum seems to have had adventure.

I sent Landrum a 1991 Studio Baseball card on Feb. 17.

On April 9 I found the card in my neighbor’s yard agains the house post marked March 2.

March winds have been full blast here in recent weeks so I have a lot of theories as to how the piece of mail may have got there.

The mailman dropped it and the TTM was dust in the wind until by luck it lodged up against my neighbor’s house until I found it.

OR 

It made it to my mailbox and I dropped it as I retrieved the mail and blew to its resting place.

Whatever the scenario the self designed postage and address label caught my eye and the autograph is now home and resting with the others in my collection.

For addresses visit 

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

Also check out Scentsy’s products and their MLB warmers at 

https://smrowen.scentsy.us

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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Randy Kutcher TTM Success

Former Boston Red Sox Randy Kutcher is my latest through the mail autograph success. The retired outfielder returned my 1990 Score card signed in a short 26 days.

For addresses visit 

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

Also check out Scentsy’s products and their MLB warmers at 

https://smrowen.scentsy.us 

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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Triple Success from Former Detroit Tiger Jim Morrison

I hit the TTM jackpot with former Detroit Tiger Jim Morrison.

I sent Morrison a card and nine days later I received three autographed cards from him, mine plus two others.

Maybe I got someone else’s or maybe he is just kind, either way it is a good success.

For addresses visit 

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

Also check out Scentsy’s products and their MLB warmers at 

https://smrowen.scentsy.us 

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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Former Dodger Success, Mike Marshall

Former Los Angeles Dodger Mike Marshall returned my 1987 Topps card signed in just 16 days. This was my second attempt to get Marshall in a couple years.

My first attempt was a failure at a different address. 

So far Marshall is batting a 1000 from his latest address in Vegas. 

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

Also check out Scentsy’s products and their MLB warmers at https://smrowen.scentsy.us 

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. A donation to research is welcomed by many.

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John Grubb TTM Success

Former Detroit Tiger John Grubb returned my 1988 Score card signed in a short 13 days.

Grubb is batting a 100 percent on returning autographs according to 

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

However the news isn’t as good on Dave Righetti as I’m now 0 for 2.

I mailed Righetti a few years back and the card never came back.

I tried again this year and the mail came back return to sender.

He seems to be hit and miss, so maybe a third time will be the charm.

For addresses visit 

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

Also check out Scentsy’s products and their MLB warmers at 

https://smrowen.scentsy.us 

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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Throwing in the Towel on Some TTM Requests

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Some TTM successes take time such as Bob Tewksbury who took 2,104 days to return my request and Keith Lockhart who took 1,436 days just to name a couple.

But some cards just never come back and the following cards are still gone.

Don Schulze

Like other fans I sent a request to Schulze at the Midland Rock Hounds address in 2013 after seeing recorded TTM success.

No success for Schulze has been recorded since 2014.

Steve Wilson

I sent a card to the former Chicago Cub pitcher in 2013 and the card seems to be long gone.

No success has been recorded for Wilson since 2013.

Tim Teufel

I sent a card to the former New York Met in 2014 to Jupiter Florida and it seems it became of victim of postage shuffle.

Teufel has success recorded from many addresses including minor league teams. The most recent success recorded is from Citi-Field. He will go on he retry list.

Davey Johnson

I mailed Johnson at the Washington National’s address in 2014 after seeing success recorded. My card did not fall into that category.

However there are many successes recorded for Johnson already in 2018 from a  Florida address so he too is on the retry list.

Willis Otanez

I mailed the former Baltimore Oriole/Toronto Blue Jay at the Long Island Duck address in 2014. There were no and still are no success recorded for him. I took a chance and so far it has not panned out.

For address and more information visit

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

Be sure to order your Scentsy’s products and check out their MLB warmers at https://smrowen.scentsy.us 

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.