2022 National Free Signer - Mickey Morandini

Mickey Morandini was another of the free VIP signers at this year's National.  Like most of the others, he was someone that I had gotten in the past via TTM.  I also think I had sent my friend, Max, some of Morandini's cards, but I still had plenty that I was able to use for the National.

Morandini was announced as one of the VIP signers for the 2020 National that was canceled due to COVID.  So, I had most of these cards already put aside.  Thankfully, I found them quickly, and was able to be prepared for the show.  I had a lot of his vouchers, so I got a 1991 Fleer, 1991 Donruss, 1993 Triple Play, 1997 Pacific, 2000 Topps and a 1991 Studio signed.

All of the cards turned out great.  I used to have a friend who was working on the 1991 Studio set, but he took off, so I will just file this away in my album.  I like the set, but am definitely not going to try to complete it.  I have enough going on.

TTM Success - Dave Fleming

This was a really cool TTM success.  Not becaus Dave Fleming was a star, or anything like that.  It was a cool TTM success for me because it was already set up by someone else, somewhere in Kentucky.  When I was on my trip to see Andrew for his graduation, he and I stopped at a card shop in Bowling Green and searched some boxes.  There were a bunch of Fleming cards all together, so I checked to see if he signed TTM.  I saw that he did, so I bought 5 of the cards and when I got back home, I sent them out.

The cards are rather pedestrian, but I thought it was still something really cool, and it tied back into my trip.  THe above 1993 Triple Play turned out really nice.  I remember opening up a bunch of packs of 1992 and 1993 Triple Play; this was one of the first products I was able to afford a full box of, back in the day.

I added one card to the Topps project, the bottom right 1993 Topps.  I also have a 5,000-count box of 1993 Fleer, but rarely am able to get into it, as it is on the bottom of all of my other boxes.  The two Upper Deck cards turned out nice, I think.

Fleming (b. 1969) played in the majors from 1991 to 1995 for the Mariners and Royals.  He had a career record of 38-32 with 303 strike outs and a 4.67 ERA.

I mailed to Fleming on May 24 and got the cards back on June 2, for a 9-day TAT.