My TTM Baseball Autographs and more: 2026

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Atlanta Braves fundraiser for Children's Healthcare underway

If you are an Atlanta Braves fan, or a fan of any team, looking for great collectibles and or a tax deduction, the Braves have a great way to make a difference.

A Cheeseburger, with a Tater Tot, French Fry, Onion Ring and Pickle

The last two weeks I found myself dealing with a pregnant stray cat that showed up at my house looking for love.

Devers and Ketel Marte homer for a successful PICK 2 on Draft Kings

San Francisco Giant Rafael Devers homered in the 9th inning of the Giants vs. A’s game last night to tie the game and setting the foundation for rookie Victor Bericoto to slam the game winning homer soon afterwards.

Cracking a pack of 2025 Absolute Football

DALLAS, Texas — In April I made my annual trip to Dallas to see the lung doctor. If you haven’t heard of Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a rare lung disease that strikes women, read the story here.

Waitress strikes out resulting in unplanned meal discounts

St. Louis Marble Stone Drink Coaster
by SMRJigsawPuzzles

The lack of math skills in the world is paying dividends for some as it seems nearly most retail workers have no clue what they are doing, even with the aid of technology, they still can’t get if right.

I agree with New York Met’s announcer Gary Cohen; Geater's Ice Cream is the best

Today I was watching the Atlanta Braves take on the New York Mets, or rather the Mets defeat the Braves, when one of the Mets' announcers mentioned ice cream.

Another Perfect Draftkings PICK 8

I have transitioned from Draftkings slump to perfect.

My Draftkings winless slump ends with a Perfect Pick 8

I have been in a Draftkings slump that hopefully ended Friday with a perfect PICK 8.

Turning to SCG for grading in lieu of Beckett payment processing error

Today I prepared my first grading submission for SGC as a payment processing error continues to cripple my attempts to use Beckett.

My turn to win the big one finally arrives

I hit my first major gambling jackpot this week and it was exhilarating and kind of frightening at the same time.

Time for the second order of Graeter's Ice Cream

My latest order of Graeter’s french pot ice cream has arrived and despite the fact that it is winter time during the month of May, I’m going to be eating some ice cream while watching MLB and hoping for some fantasy baseball wins tonight.

I jumped on and then off of Card Ladder

This week I decided to take a shot and try Card Ladder. The site is one of the top references used by collectors to determine a price of a card.

Cracking a Cracker Barrel pack

DALLAS, Texas — In April I made my annual trip to Dallas to see the lung doctor. If you haven’t heard of Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a rare lung disease that strikes women, read the story here. On the way home, a friend and I stopped at a Cracker Barrel and picked up some packs of cards.

Murakami returns to the home run column and fuels my Drafting winnings

Chicago White Sox Munetaka Murakami returned to the home run column Monday night despite being on my fantasy teams.

Chicago's Murakami joins my fantasy teams and goes hitless

Chicago White Sox Munetaka Murakami has been on a tear hitting home runs nearly every game.

DALLAS, Texas — I made my annual trip to Dallas last week and on the way home stopped at a Cracker Barrel and picked up some packs.

My three hour wait for a three minute chat with FanDuel Customer Support

Cat
by SMRJigsawPuzzles

I’m composing this post as I sit here in the Fanduel Customer Support queue.

Judge and Trout slam homers for a Draftkings win, Quest for PICK 8 falls short again

In a game of anything you can do, I can do better, Aaron Judge and Mike Trout both slugged two homers Monday night in a game that took that New York Yankees 10 innings to defeat the Los Angles Angels 11-10.

Judge and Ohtani homer on the same day creating fantasy baseball winnings

Today was a successful day on Draftkings as I ended a losing streak with just over $33 in winnings.

MLB homerun trio and a Stat Slice equals perfect Pick 4

The big three hit homers on the same day creating wins in fantasy sports including a perfect PICK 4 for me on Draft Kings.

Mike Trout completes my first perfect PICK 8 on Draftkings

Mike Trout did what others have been unable to do for me on Draft Kings, he completed a perfect PICK 8.

Kicking off the MLB season with Fanduel, Draftkings and Graeter's Ice Cream

Baseball is here and my Fanduel lineups are ready, my Pick 6 picks are made on Draftkings, and Graeter’s Ice Cream is in the freezer.

Slab'em and Sell'em Miguel Sano Minnesota Twins rookie card

Who remembers Minnesota Twins slugger Miguel Sano and is in the market for a Sano graded rookie card?

Slab'em and Sell'em Jaxson Dart

Today’s Slab’em and Sell’em is a 2023 Bowman Chrome University Jaxon Dart football card graded a 6.5 excellent mint by Beckett.

My Beckett submission comes with home five gold cards

My fourth Beckett submission returned today, 107 days after leaving home and just days after I called Beckett customer service inquiring about the submission.