The bobble head was pretty awesome, so I'm glad Jesse told me about it. I have already added it to the China cabinet. I had a great time at the game. Jesse brought his little brother, Landon, who we had helping us graph. Then, we met a guy from Instagram who was on a graphing road trip down in NC, which was really cool.
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Sunday, June 23, 2024
June 22, 2024, Graphing of Shorebirds at Woodpeckers
Friday, June 21, 2024
TTM Success - Jake Peavy
Peavy (b. 1981) played in the majors from 2002 to 2016 for the Padres, White Sox, Red Sox and Giants. He had a record of 152-126 with 2,207 strike outs and a 3.63 ERA. He was the NL Cy Young Award winner in 2007. He was an All Star in 2005, 2007 and 2012. He was a Gold Glove Award winner in 2012. Peavy won the World Series with the Red Sox in 2013 and with the Giants in 2014. He appeared on the 2022 Hall of Fame ballot, bit received no votes.
I mailed to the signing on March 4 and got the cards back today (June 21), for a 109-day TAT. I paid a fee of $25/card.
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Another TTM Success From David Lough
He also signed a 2013 Pinnale, 2013 Topps, 2014 Topps Heritage and a blue parallel from 2014 Topps. I never give up on a TTM request, and this one took almost 4 years to come in.
I mailed to Lough on July 15, 2020, and got the cards back on June 17, 2024, for a 1,433-day TAT.
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
RIP Willie Mays
Mays's career.ledger shows 3,293 hits, 660 home runs, a .301 career batting average, a 24-time All Star, 1954 World Series Champion, 2-time NL MVP, 12-time gold.glove award winner, Rookie of the Year and Hall of Famer. His 3,293 hits rank 13th all-time and his 660 home runs rank 6th.
Truly, one of the greatest ever, Mays will be mourned by baseball fans for quite some time.
Monday, June 17, 2024
June 11-16, 2024, Graphing of the Riverdogs at Wood Ducks
Chris was only able to accompany me to one game, and Jesse was only able to make a couple. I spent a few of the games sitting by myself for a good bit, but it was kind of relaxing. I resigned myself to the fact that I may not get a lot done, then still finished off a couple guys.
Finally, Jojo Blackmon came back off of the IL, so I got another team set card out of the way.
In all, we got the following autographs: (Carlos Colmenarez x 16, TJ Nichols x 18, Jojo Blackmon x 3, Alejandro Rosario x 1, Chris Villamon x 3 and Adrian Santana x 33 (74 total autographs).
Friday, June 14, 2024
Another TTM Success From Herschel Cobb
Thursday, June 13, 2024
Some More 50-50s From Aidan W
Aidan also got me Tre Morgan, Hunter Haas and another Colton Ledbetter; these three were 2023 Bowman Draft.
I didn't send Aidan a whole lot, just a few cards to see if he could get them out of the box, and he nailed it.
Thank you so much, Aidan, for getting these done for me!
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
The Biggest Return From Max Yet
Max likes to take these Topps team cards to cover for guys he has no cards of. Thankfully, he always labels them so i know who he got. These cards are, left to right then top to bottom: Colten Brewer, Shawn Armstrong, Austin Shenton, Ronel Blanco, Ben Brown, Garrett Cooper, Declan Cronin, Calvin Faucher.
I try to send him the older ones, too. The 1994 Score stadium cards are also helpful. These are, from left to right and top to bottom: Logan Porter, Jhonny Peralta, Sean Doolittle, Carson Spiers, Trevor Megill, Pat Murphy.
Max completed a 2018 Topps Heritage that i had gotten signed by Heath Hembree when he got it signed by Ildemaro Vargas. He also got Yuki Matsui, Matt Wise, JR House, Bryan Hoeing, Tanner Scott, Sam Hentges and Ricky Gutierrez.
This Alika Williams Jumbo relic card is pretty cool. I was disappointed that I couldn't find my other Williams cards in time. I had him pulled in the past, and couldn't remember which box they got put in. I did find them, but I'm afraid Max won't see him again. Let's hope he does.
Here are skme recent cards that he got signed by Alec Marsh, Jordan Lyles, JP France, Hunter Brown, Harold Ramirez, Kyle Farmer, James Karinchak, Dylan Floro, Jake Irvin. I was glad to get these added to the Topps ledger. I have already gotten several 2024 Topps done, which is nice. Hopefully my Series 2 come in soon, so I can go for some more.
Here are some 2022 cards signed by Scott Barlow, Stuart Fairchild, Emmanuel Rivera, Triston McKenzie, Martin Perez, Rene Pinto, Jhoan Duran and Angel Zerpa. I especially like the holiday parallels. Those are always fun to get signed.
This next group, signed by Zack Littell, Luke Maile, Skip Schumaker, Rod Barajas, Mike McCoy and Doug Waechter go farther back in time for Topps flagship sets. There is also a Bowman Chrome Rod Barajas and a 2008 Upper Deck First Edition of Skip Schumaker.
Even more older cards signed by Jeremy Guthrie, Matt Capps, Jayce Tingler, David Bell, Miguel Cairo, Jody Reed, Bob Scanlan and Rod Allen go as far back as 1989 Fleer (Allen). The 1995 Fleer Bob Scanlan is also awesome. You know, because 1995 Fleer is great!
Here is a Kyle Farmer 2021 Topps Update, a Garrett Hampson 2019 Topps, Gabriel Arias 2021 Heritage Minors, a cool Thyago Viera Diamond Kings that I kept seeing during several passes through my boxes, a Bryan Abreu 2019 Heritage Minors, a Quintin Berry 2012 Bowman, a Collin Cowgill 2012 Bowman, a Chris Johnson 2009 Bowman (which is crazy because I've heard he never signs), and Rays manager Kevin Cash on a 2002 Bowman Chrome.
The above Tanner Scott turned out awesome. I like this Bowman insert set. There are two Gaby Sanchez parallels, a JR House 2001 Bowman Chrome, an upgraded Garrett Cleavinger signed in blue, an upgraded 2022 Topps Chas McCormick and a few more Ildemaro Vargas cards.
Finally, here are a couple old.team set carda signed by Zach Rosscup and Alec Zumwalt.
Max really hooked it up, and is still.goi g strong on the season. Hopefully, he can keep knocking out these cards and I can keep finding stuff for him.
Thanks so much, Max!
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
TTM Success - Jim Fuller
Fuller (b. 1950) played in the majors in 1973, 1974 and 1977 for the Orioles and Astros. He had 61 hits, 11 home runs and a .194 batting average.
I mailed to Fuller on May 24 and got the card back on June 10, for a 17-day TAT.
Monday, June 10, 2024
Mom Goes Graphing
Mom ended up taking a Sandoval card and got it signed. Sandoval was doing one per, so it was nice to get an additional card done. She hung with Chris and I for a bit until she got Sandoval, then she found our seats and rested. Boy, did she rest...
I was able to rescue a bunch of cards from my boxes for this game. The Joe Dunand cards above were last-minute finds right before we left town.
The Jimmie Sherfy cards I found were previously pulled last season in hopes of seeing him, but I didn't get to a game he was at. The Mike Shawaryn cards came from an old team bag of cards sent back by Gerard. I think I pulled them for him, then Shawaryn was let go by the Red Sox (I tbink).
Mom did wake up and enjoy the game. She thought it was cool that she knew who Frank Viola was, so I sent her and Chris over to the High Point side post-game to try and get him while I figured out who Kirwan was. They both cleaned up on my Violas.
I'm so glad Mom got to come and experience graphing with Chris and I. She was able to get to Chris's graduation and got to see him walk, which was great. She also made it to the party and met our friends, even a couple from our graphing group at the Wood Ducks.
In all, we got the following autographs: Frank Viola x 13, Joe Dunand x 2, Nate Griep x 8, Korry Howell x 2, William Kirwan x 1, Drew Maggi x 8, Pablo Sandoval x 3, Mike Shawaryn x 6 and Jimmie Sherfy x 3 (46 total autographs).
Sunday, June 9, 2024
June 6, 2024, Graphing of the Long Island Ducks at High Point Rockers
Another player I was excited to see was Josh James. I had him pulled a while back, then missed him. He was with Memphis earlier this year but was repeased before i could get him. He had been elusive until after Thursday's game. He signed everything Chris and I had as he was leaving the dugout.
It had rained off and on during the game, resulting in two rain delays.
I was glad to get Mike Montgomery because i had tracked him with a radar gun in Kinston back in 2009. He was really nice and did two per for Chris and I.
I had gotten Ryan McBroom TTM a while back, but he signed my 2020 Topps in black. I upgraded that card with this one in blue. I also cleaned out all of my Lew Ford cards, along with all of the Ford cards that Max sent me.
I split all of the Fords between Max and I. I hope he likes the ones I sent him.
My Wei-Yin Chen cards look cool signed in Mandarin Chinese. I cleaned out some old cards when I pulled my Daniel Corcino and Hector Gomez cards. I also found an Ivan Castillo card at the last minute and was able to get it out of the box.
I had pulled a bunch of Alexi Casilla cards to try him TTM a few years ago. I never got around to dropping those cards in the mail, but I knew exactly where to find them. He signed everything we brought with us; another player who cleaned us out.
Finally, as we were walking out of the stadium, we ran into Colin Moran. He was good for one per, so I got the 2013 Donruss Elite Extra Edition signed, while Chris got my 2022 Topps Heritage done. Moran was the only High Point Rocker that we went for, so we wouldn't miss the Ducks guys that we needed.
In all, we got the following autographs: Colin Moran x 2, Alexi Casilla x 17, Ivan Castillo x 3, Wei-Yin Chen x 4, Daniel Corcino x 1, Lew Ford x 16, Hector Gomez x 3, Josh James x 16, Ryan McBroom x 3, Mike Montgomery x 4 and Chance Sisco x 9 (78 total autographs).
Friday, June 7, 2024
TTM Success - Warren Moon
Moon (b. 1956) played professionally from 1984 to 2000 for the Oilers, Vikings, Seahawks and Chiefs. He had 49,325 yards, 291 touch downs and a QB record of 102-101-0.
He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2006.
I mailed to Moon on April 26 and got the cards back on May 29, for a 33-day TAT. I paid his fee of $10/card.
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
TTM Success - Ross Detwiler
I also got a 2007 Tristar Prospects Plus, 2008 Topps gold and 2008 Topps signed during the signing. They all turned out great.
Detwiler (b. 1986) played in the majors in 2007, from 2009 to 2016 and from 2018 to 2022 for the Nationals, Rangers, Braves, Indians, A's, Mariners, White Sox, Marlins, Padres and Reds. He had a record of 30-51 with 505 strike outs and a 4.56 ERA.
I mailed to the signing on April 25 and got the cards back on May 29, for a 34-day TAT. I paid a fee of $30.00.