Dugan Has His Own Card

Dugan is one of my favorite people. I've told that to many people (including him). So when he told me that he was in the Florence Y'alls team set, I was excited.  He sent me a signed version of the card, which was awesome.  Dugan is the guy on the right (obviously).

Thank you so much for the signed card, Dugan!

Jesse Helps With The Mudcats

Unintentionally, I took almost a week off from posting.  I meant to get this post up a couple days ago, but got so busy prepping for the National, I haven't had time to sit down and write (sorry, Jesse).

My good friend, Jesse, took some Mudcats cards for me and got them signed a couple weeks ago while I was out of town on vacation. He got my other 1/1 Josh Knoth signed.  This one came in from Ebay after the Mudcats left town the last time they were here.

Jesse also took my 2024 Bowman Filippo Di Turi cards and finished him off for me.  I'm completely out of Mudcats now, which is a good thing.

Thanks for taking these for me, Jesse.  I just might have to pick you up something from the National. 

Gerard Gets Salty

My buddy, Gerard, got a few more Jarrod Saltalamacchia cards signed for me at the Cape Cod League.  I had pulled several this past winter and was glad to dig them out for him (and also a few for my buddy, Aidan).

Both of these cards turned out nicely.  Gerard got me a few more signed, but they were duplicates.

Thanks for getting my cards signed for me, Gerard!

A Little Help From Jessie

My friend Jessie went to High Point recently and got a couple cards signed for me. I finally added a new 2021 Topps to the autograph album. 

Jessie got this 2021 Topps Colin Moran signed for me and it turned out nicely. He also got a 2011 Bowman Chrome signed by Taylor Guerreri. 

Thanks for getting me these autographs, Jessie. 

Another TTM Success From Melvin Mora

A private signing with former Oriole, Melvin Mora popped up back in October that I wanted to join.  I had this 2004 Fleer Inscribed and a 2004 Topps Chrome gold parallel that I had put aside in the event that Mora started signing TTM again.  Apparently, he has been in Venezuela for quite some time, so these cards sat in my box. 

Finally, they got sent off for the private signing, then sat sone more.  The signing was delayed for months, until it was finally completed in July.  I got my cards back, and they look great.  I had heard that there were a lot of problems with the results of the signing but mine loom great.

I mailed to the signing on October 11 and got the cards back on July 15, for a 278-day TAT.  I paid $15/card.

Another TTM Success From Tim Laudner

My 1987 Topps Twins Leaders card has been upgraded thanks to a recent private signing with Tim Laudner.  I had the card already, but it was signed in black. I prefer blue, so I took the card with me to High Point  a few weeks back and had Frank Viola sign it in blue.  I saw the Laudner signing pop up on SCN, so I got the card out as quickly as I could. My card that is signed in black is now up for sale, with the hope that someone jumps on it soon.

I mailed to the signing on June 26 and got the card back on July 15, for a 19-day TAT. I paid a fee of $30.00.

Another TTM Success From Al Hrabosky

This TTM request to Al Hrabosky took me a long time to finally send out.  I got around toit and then had to wait a while for a return.  I had gotten Hrabosky back in 2016 as one of my first card TTMs.  I sent this one out to get two more cards out of my box.

This 1976 Topps 1975 MLB Leading Firemen is cool. I wanted to drop it in the mail to Goose Gossage to finish it off, but he's charging $25/card now and keeping track of who sends to him.  I had sent to him several times, so there will be no getting away with another freebie.  That's fine, because his signature is worth it, so this one will likely get sent out to him soon.

I mailed to Hrabosky on March 9 and got the cards back on July 13, for a 126-day TAT.