May 15, 2016, Graphing of the Jackals at Bird Dawgs

Graphing the Frontier League has its challenges. The hardest challenge is getting cards of guys that you'll see. In the case of the New Jersey Jackals, I was only able to find cards of Felix Stevens prior to the series.

I ordered cards of Stevens from gosportscards, and got all of them signed during the first game of the series on Friday. He was really nice and jad a good series, hitting a few home runs. 

In all, we got the following autographs: Felix Stevens x 10. 10 total autographs. The next series should be much better.

Another TTM Success From Chuck Porter

Oops. Here is another example of me forgetting who I have sent to TTM. I had gotten Chuck Porter TTM back in 2016, but forgot. Almost 10 years later, I sent another 1985 Topps to him and got it back signed. 

Since I had forgotten, the card got put in the autograph album, even though I try not to put duplicates in there. Oh well. I'll live.

I mailed to Porter on January 13 and got the card back on February 4, for a 22-day TAT. 

TTM Success - Carson McCusker

This nice 2025 Topps Update of Carson McCusker came back signed TTM back in February.  I had busted a box of Update and pulled a few guys that I wanted to try TTM, and got pretty lucky. The 2025 Topps design is a good one, in my opinion. 

McCusker (b. 1998) played in the majors last season for the Twins. He had 5 hits, no home runs and a .172 batting average. 

I mailed to McCusker on January 20 and got the card back on February 4, for a 15-day TAT. 

May 12, 2026, Graphing of the Capitales at Bird Dawgs

The Down East Bird Dawgs home opener was on Tuesday against the Quebec Capitales. Quebec has won what seems like the last 4 Frontier League championships. The Bird Dawgs have retained maybe half of the guys from last season, with quite a few new guys on the team. One of which is Australian, Jackson Grounds.

Grounds has some cool Stars and Stripes relic cards, which I picked up, along with one of his Australian cards. Rolando Heredia-Bustos and Lyle Miller-Green are two of the other new guys on the team with cards. Heredia-Bustos pitched pretty well, and Miller-Green seems to be a pretty good hitter. Grounds has been pitching in relief so far this season. 

Quebec had a bunch of guys with cards, so I put an order in at gosportscards.com and got some cool team set stuff.

In all, we got the following autographs: Ruben Castro x 1, Nelvin Correa x 8, Nic Deschamps x 4, Torin Montgomery x 4, Adam Shoemaker x 6, Ian Villers x 4, Lyle Miller-Green x 4, Jackson Grounds x 5 and Rolando Heredia-Bustos x 2 (41 total autographs).

TTM Success - Ryan Vanderhei

This 2024 Bowman Chrome yellow refractor of Ryan Vanderhei was a nice pull from my box that I picked up back then. I didn't see a chance to get it signed in person, so I tried sending it TTM. I found an address and gave it a shot. The card came back signed in black Sharpie, and it looks great. Sending it TTM is a big risk, as all TTMs are, but like my good friend Billy says, "it's not getting signed sitting in the box". It isn't sitting in the box anymore; it's in the autograph album. 

Vanderhei (b. 2001) was a 10th round pick by the Giants in the 2023 July Amateur Draft out of TCU. He has played in the Giants system since 2024, reaching A+. In his career, he has a record of 8-8 with 117 strike outs and a 3.88 ERA.

I mailed to Vanderhei on January 12 and got the card back on February 4, for a 23-day TAT. 

TTM Success - Chris O'Riordan

Here is a random 2004 Topps that I found in my box that I was able to send out and get signed TTM. Chris O'Riordan signed the card in black Sharpie, and it looks pretty nice. 

O'Riordan (b. 1980) was an 8th round pick by the Rangers in the 2002 June Amateur Draft out of Stanford. He played in the minors in 2002, 2003 and 2006 in the Rangers and Padres systems. He had 173 hits, 6 home runs and a .297 batting average. 

I mailed to O'Riordan on January 10 and got the card back on February 4, for a 25-day TAT. 

TTM Success - Dave Edler

Here is a nice 1983 Topps that came back signed TTM by Dave Edler. My mind keeps thinking Elder, but it is Edler. He signed the card in black Sharpie, and it turned out well.

Edler (b. 1956) played in the majors from 1980 to 1983 for the Mariners. He had 72 hits, 6 home runs and a .216 batting average. 

I mailed to Edler on September 3 and got the card back on February 3, for a 154-day TAT.