Another Pack of Autos From Drake

My friend, Drake, sent me another package recently that had a few more autos in it that he wanted to send along.  A couple of the cards were ones he meant to send back a while ago, but he finally got them to me.  More of them were surprises that he wanted to send, and that was really nice of him.  I enjoyed the above 2020 Topps Chrome sepia parallel of Jordan Yamamoto.  I have a few of the sepia parallels, and I like to get them signed, but haven't been able to add may of them to the album.

Drake took a few of my Randy Arozarena cards to try to get signed when he visited Tampa, and came away with this 2020 Bowman.  I am really glad to add Randy to my autograph album.  I wish I could have gotten him myself, but I haven't had the opportunity.

I thought I missed the opportunity to send Drake this 2021 Elite Extra Edition Khalil Watson.  Drake had asked me to send him some of Watson's cards, and I thought I didn't have any at the time.  It turned out that I had a pack of Elite Extra Edition that I had opened, and the Watson was in there.  He took it later on and got it signed for me.

Drake included a lot of extras, and I added them to the autograph album.  These are all nice cards that I was happy to add to the album.

Thank you so much for the cards, Drake.  I appreciate our 50/50s and trade.  I know we will do a lot more later on.

TTM Success - Jordan Yamamoto

Before the Corona Virus threw a wrench into everything, I had started my Spring Training TTM successes off with a bang.  I sent these cards to Jordan Yamamoto as a long shot, and they all came back signed.  I was very excited, and the above 2020 Topps 85 Chrome silver pack card is the reason why.  I buy a bunch of boxes of Topps base, so I get the silver packs every year.  I like getting the cards signed, but it is tough, since a lot of them are usually big stars who don't sign.

I sent to Yamamoto with the hopes that the cards would come back, but I definitely wasn't expecting it.  Unfortunately, my good fortune with this success and a couple others was stifled when Spring Training was shut down, and also now that players are signing less and less mail.

Yamamoto (b. 1996) is a former Carolina Mudcat who made his MLB debut last season with the Marlins.  He went 4-5 with 82 strike outs and a 4.42 ERA.

I mailed to Yamamoto via Marlins Spring Training on February 10 and got the cards back on February 28, for an 18-day TAT.