Connally (b. 1958) played in the majors in 1984 and 1985 for the Cubs and Orioles. He had 27 hits, 3 home runs and a .221 batting average.
I mailed to Connally on August 7 and got the card back on August 19, for a 12-day TAT.
Connally (b. 1958) played in the majors in 1984 and 1985 for the Cubs and Orioles. He had 27 hits, 3 home runs and a .221 batting average.
I mailed to Connally on August 7 and got the card back on August 19, for a 12-day TAT.
In all, we got the following autographs: Morgan Ensberg x 10, Michael Gomez x 1, Jacob Lopez x 1, Jacob Waguespack x 1, Samuel Basallo x 2, Buck Britton x 1, Garrett Cooper x 5, Daniel Johnson x 5, Corbin Martin x 12, Chayce McDermott x 1, Justin Ramsey x 1, Ramon Sambo x 1, Levi Stoudt x 4, Nick Vespi x 1 and Forrest Wall x 5 (51 total autographs).
In all, I got the following autographs: Manny Corpas x 4, Cito Culver x 4, Yeudy Garcia x 1, Parker Markel x 5 and Nellie Rodriguez x 3 (17 total autographs).
This card was also damaged, but I'm still glad it came back, finally.
I mailed to Dunne on November 2, 2022, and got the card back on August 19, 2024, for a 656-day TAT.
Landecker (b. 1991) was a 21st round pick by the Pirates in the 2013 June Amateur Draft out of USC. He played in the minors in 2013 and 2014 in the Pirates system. He had 67 hits, no home runs and a .230 batting average. He reached low A before retiring.
I mailed to Landecker on January 16 and got the card back on August 19 for a 216-day TAT.
Squires (b. 1952) played in the majors in 1975 and from 1977 to 1985 for the White Sox. He had 411 hits, 6 home runs and a .260 batting average.
I mailed to Squires on August 7 and got the cards back on August 16, for a 9-day TAT. I paid his fee of $5/card.
Riccelli (b. 1953) played in the majors in 1976, 1978 and 1979 for the Giants and Astros. He had a record of 3-3 with 32 strike outs and a 4.39 ERA. I mailed to Riccelli on August 1 and got the card back on August 16, for a 15-day TAT.
Drabek (b. 1987) played in the majors from 2010 to 2016 for the Blue Jays, White Sox and Diamondbacks. He had a record of 8-15 with 123 strike outs and a 5.26 ERA.
I mailed to Drabek on October 7 and got the cards back on August 15, for a 313-day TAT.
I mailed to Darwin on July 31 and got the card back on August 13, for a 13-day TAT.
In all, I got the following autographs: Brock Porter x 9, Roy Silver x 4, Einar Diaz x 18, Luis Guanipa x 33, Connor Justus x 11, Kadon Morton x 1, Titus Dumitru x 1, Elvin Nina x 2, Anthony Susac x 1 and Pablo Guerrero x 1 (81 total autographs).
In all, we got the following autographs: Kenny Hook x 2, CJ Hinojosa x 1, Cole Wilcox x 4, Wool E Bull x 1, Jonatan Clase x 1, Mason Fluharty x 1, Josh Kasevich x 6, Eric Pardinho x 4, Rob Brantly x 1, Brett Ebers x 1, Morgan Ensberg x 10, Heriberto Hernandez x 2, Tyler Ladendorf x 1, Jake Mangum x 1, Enmanuel Mejia x 1, Mason Montgomery x 1, Tristan Peters x 1, Joe Record x 1, Joe Rock x 1, Reynaldo Ruiz x 1, Ian Seymour x 2, Riley Welch x 1, Nathan Wiles x 1, Hagen Danner x 11, Braydon Fisher x 2 and Donnie Murphy x 2 (61 total autographs).
Lemon (b. 1955) played in the majors from 1975 to 1990 for the White Sox and Tigers. He had 1,875 hits, 215 home runs and a .273 batting average. He was a three-time All Star (1978, 1979 and 1984). He won the World Series with the Tigers in 1984. He appeared on the 1996 Hall of Fame ballot but received only 0.2% of the vote.
I like having my set in an album, but I don't want to crack this case. I'll probably put an unsigned Lemon in the album with a slip of paper saying "see graded card" or something like that.
The card turned out nicely after sitting in the to-be-TTMed box for a few years. I finally got around to sending it out.
Meier (b. 1959) played in the majors in 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1988 for the Twins, Rangers and Cubs. He had 70 hits, 1 home run and a .253 batting average.
I mailed to Meier on July 15 and got the card back on August 13, for a 29-day TAT.
Bedrosian (b. 1957) played in the majors from 1981 to 1991 and from 1993 to 1995 for the Braves, Phillies, Giants and Twins. He had a record of 76-79 with 921 strike outs and a 3.38 ERA.
I've got one more new 1987 Topps that I picked up, which I will show soon.
I mailed to Volstad on May 24 and got the cards back on August 12, for an 80-day TAT.
My friend, Gerard also helped with the set, since I was short by maybe 10 or so after I busted my boxes. It used to be easy for me to complete Topps sets, but boxes are harder to come by since Fanatics only cares about breakers anymore. Hobby boxes are allocated in short supply, so I'm stuck busting retail boxes. Also, the collation was horrible this year. I'd open five boxes and get a ton of duplicates of the same 5 guys and didn't pull a single Yamamoto. Just go ahead and tell me that one was short printed.
Anyway, I loved this year's design; it is one of the better ones over the last 10 years or so. Now I can sit and wait for next year's design to be revealed. Thanks for helping me finish this set, Jordan and Gerard.
I had written an email to Minton about a year ago, and got a response. He said for me to send him a card and he would sign it. The card never came back, so I bought this one and crossed Minton off of the list.
Minton (b. 1951) played in the majors from 1975 to 1990 for the Giants and Angels. He had a career record of 59-65 with 479 strike outs, 150 saves and a 3.10 ERA.
Minton puts me at 756/792 for the set. 36 cards to go!
Lemonds (b. 1948) played in the majors in 1969 and 1972 for the Cubs and White Sox. He had a record of 4-8 with 69 strike outs and a 2.99 ERA.
I mailed to Lemonds on August 5 and got the card back on August 12, for a 7-day TAT.
I had sent to Van Landingham back in 2017, so I felt like it was time to send again and get this one done.
I mailed to Van Landingham on July 31 and got the card back on August 10, for a 10-day TAT.
Crawford (b. 2000) was a first round (30th overall) pick by the Giants out of the University of Connecticut. He has played in the Giants system in 2022 and 2023, reaching High A. He hasn't played this season, due to injury. So far, he has 7 hits, 1 home run and a .194 batting average in 24 minor league games.
I mailed to Crawford on January 3, 2023, and got the card back on August 6, 2024, for a 581-day TAT. He kept my three other cards.
Paxton (b. 1955 - d. 2017) was first introduced to me when I was a kid with his performance as Chet in Weird Science. He played the role of douchy big brother perfectly. My favorite role of his, and most other folks, was his role at Pvt. Hudson in Aliens. Aliens is my favorite movie ever, and Hudson's arc is key in the movie. He also has probably the second-best well known line of the movie in "Game Over Man".
He also appeared in Terminator, Predator 2, True Lies, Frailty and Tombstone (among many others). So many great movies. There's a myth that his characters had each been (spoiler alert) killed by a terminator, predator and alien. However, his character in Terminator didn't actually die. He was probably knocked unconscious.
Anyway, I had been looking for a Paxton autograph for some time now. Last year at the National, I really got serious about finding one, but pop culture autographs were few and far between there. It was like looking for needles in haystack.
This year, this card was my second purchase (after a Gunnar Henderson jersey) at the second card table I stopped to look at. I bought it, and the guy beside me told me that if i hadn't bought it, he would have.
So, this pickup at the National ended up being my favorite purchase, and happened right after the show started. I wish it was an Aliens autograph, but I'll take what I can get. At least it's an on-card autograph and not a sticker auto.
Morris (b. 1941) played in the majors in 1966 and from 1968 to 1974 for the Phillies, Orioles, Pirates, Brewers and Giants. He had a record of 11-7 with 137 strike outs and a 3.95 ERA.
I mailed to Morris on July 15 and got the cards back on August 5, for a 21-day TAT.