TTM Success - Mariano Duncan

This TTM success from Mariano Duncan turned out really well.  I always enjoy a good Donruss Studio card, and this one looks great.  That was always a nice set to see when it came out, and I bet Panini would sell a few cards if they resurrected it.  Even if it was the players in suits and all, since Panini doesn't have licensing.

This 1987 Topps for the set turned out great.  Duncan has an awesome signature, and it was just about perfect on this card.

Duncan (b. 1963) played in the majors from 1985 to 1987 and 1989 to 1997 for the Dodgers, Reds, Phillies, Yankees and Blue Jays.  He had 1,247 hits, 87 home runs and a .267 batting average.  He finished 3rd in the 1985 NL Rookie of the Year voting and was an All Star in 1994.  He also finished 23rd in the 1985 NL MVP voting.

Duncan went to three World Series (1990, 1993 and 1996) and won two of them (1990 with the Reds and 1996 with the Yankees).

I mailed to Duncan on April 9 and got the cards back on April 19, for a 10-day TAT.  I sent to him via the West Michigan Whitecaps.

TTM Success - Jaime Navarro

This TTM success from Jaime Navarro was a long time in the making and cost me a few stamps, but I finally got some cards back from him.

Originally, I had Navarro in my box, but was waiting to send to him once I had a confirmed success from the addresses I had seen.  When I mailed to him, I got a RTS, and let those cards sit in my box again.

I finally saw sme folks get returns from a new address, so I tried him again, and finally got the cards!

I had so many of his cards to send, but this 1992 Studio might be the nicest one.  I like the Studio design, and was glad to get this back and add it to my album.

I added two 90s Topps that are grossly underrepresented in my album, 1996 and 1997.  Both turned out great (96 - upper right; 97 lower left).

Navarro (b. 1967) played in the majors from 1989 to 2000 for the Brewers, Cubs, White Sox and Indians.  He had a career record of 116-126 with 1,113 strike outs and a 4.72 ERA.

I mailed to Navarro on March 12 and got the cards back on March 21, for a 9-day TAT.

TTM Success - Brent Mayne

Here is a TTM success that took a while to come in.  I like the cards that I got back, even though I didn't get everything back that I had sent out.

I now have a couple signed 1992 Studio in my album.  Studio was always a nice product to open, and now they are really nice cards to get signed.

I also liked the 1995 Leaf set.  I opened a ton of it to try to get the Cal Ripken Statistical Standouts, and now I am able to get a few of the cards from that set signed and added to my album.  It's nice to get some of them out of my boxes and into my albums (and onto my blog).

I don't have a lot of bulk 1991 Topps for some odd reason.  I have come across several cheap boxes of it, but for whatever reason, the bulk stuff left over always disappears or ends up with someone else.  I think the last box I busted was during pack wars with Andrew, and I think his little brother ended up with a lot of the base.

Mayne (b. 1968) played in the majors from 1990 to 2004 for the Royals, Mets, A's Giants, Rockies, Diamondbacks and Dodgers.  He had 951 hits, 38 home runs and a .263 batting average.

I mailed to Mayne on March 23 and got the cards back on July 28, for a 127-day TAT.  He kept three of the cards I sent.