I have to say I would do this again. The eight autographs I ordered from Creative Sports Enterprise (CSE) arrived this week. Johnny Bench, Bob Gibson (RIP), Reggie Jackson, Dave Justice, Tom Lasorda, (RIP) Tony Perez, Pete Rose (RIP) and Ozzie Smith were among the many who signed the first weekend in August for Creative Sports.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Mark Davidson Signs in 7 Days
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| Mark Davidson returned my TTM request in seven days. |
STATEVILL, NC — Former Minnesota Twin and Houston Astro Mark Davidson signed and returned two baseball cards in a total of seven days.
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Former Texas Ranger Chris James Comes Through with TTM Autograph
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| Former Texas Ranger Chris James took a short 11 days to return an autographed card. |
NACOGDOCHES, TX — Former Texas Ranger Chris James took only 11 days to sign and return my Topps baseball card.
James began his big league career in 1986 with the Philadelphia Phillies.
He went on to play with the Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals and the Boston Red Sox. He never made it to the playoffs.
His brother is former New England Patriots running back Craig James.
Chris has a 100 percent response rate listed on http://www.sportscardforum.com/forum.php?referrerid=72224.
Monday, July 29, 2013
Atlanta Braves Andrelton Simmons Responds
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| Andrelton Simmons is the first of the new generation of Braves I have received a TTM autograph from. Hoping other Braves will follow suit. |
ATLANTA, Ga. — I’m happy to report that I received an autograph from Atlanta Braves shortstop Andrelton Simmons.
Friday, July 26, 2013
Some of my TTM failures
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| 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
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| 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.
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Some Costly Autographs on The Way
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| 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.
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Ted Power and Kevin Appier Respond to TTM Requests
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| 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.
Friday, July 19, 2013
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.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Classic TTM Success: Lancaster, Sasser, Parker
So you want to start a through the mail
autograph baseball card collection? Well I suggest starting by sending requests to former big league pitcher Les Lancaster, former big league catcher Mackey Sasser and for a small fee former Pittsburgh Pirate MVP Dave Parker will sign a card for you.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
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.
Monday, March 19, 2012
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.
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