TTM Success - Bert Campaneris

I was able to get another of the 1976 Hostess cards that Max gave me signed with this success from Bert Campaneris.  The card was in a huge lot of cards that Max had sent long back when we first started trading.  I'm always happy to take a card out of that pile and add it to the autograph album.

I also sent away this 1977 Topps, and this 1982 Topps.  They both turned out really nice, especially the 1977.  It just comes off as a really clean, sharp card.

Campaneris (b. 1942) played in the majors from 1964 to 1981 and 1983 for the Kansas City and Oakland A's, Rangers, Angels and Yankees.  He had 2,249 hits, 79 home runs and a .259 batting average.  He was a 6-time All Star (1968, 1972 to 1975 and 1977) and finished in the MVP voting 8 times with a best finish of 10th in 1966.  His 649 career stolen bases rank 14th all-time.

He won the World Series with the A's in 1972, 1973 and 1974.

I mailed to Campaneris on January 11 and got the cards back on April 5, for an 84-day TAT.

TTM Success - Wilbur Wood

I got a TTM success last week from former pitcher, Wilbur Wood.  I had mailed to him on March 12 and got the cards back on March 29, for a 17-day TAT.  I included a card that I had originally set aside for my 1972 set, but it would have been replaced for a better conditioned one.  I figured I would go ahead and send it off for TTM and see what happened.  I'm happy I did, since the card came out really nice.

I also included some of the cards that my buddy, Max, gave me a while back.  The above 1975 SSPC turned out really nice.  Those are some cool cards and I am happy that I have gotten some of them back signed.

This 1976 Hostess also looks pretty cool signed.  When I first got them from Max, I wasn't sure what I would do with them, but now that I can do a few TTM, they really come in handy.

Wood (b. 1941) played in the majors from 1961 to 1965 and 1967 to 1978 for the Red Sox, Pirates and White Sox.  He had a career record of 164-156 with an ERA of 3.24 and 1,411 strike outs.  He won 20 or more games 4 times in his career.  He also lost as many as 20 games twice.  He finished second in the 1972 AL Cy Young Award voting, his highest finish for that award.  He was also a 3-time All Star and finished as high as 7th in the AL MVP voting.

Wood appeared on six Hall of Fame ballots between 1984 and 1989, but never received more than 7.0% of the vote.