TTM Success - Sal Romano

I got this TTM success from Sal Romano via Reds Spring Training.  The cards look really nice with his signature on them.  The above 2018 Topps Update turned out really nice, I think.

This 2019 Topps also looks nice.  He did a really good job on the cards for me.

Romano (b. 1993) has played in the majors since 2017 with the Reds.  He has a record of 13-19 with 178 strike outs and a 4.99 ERA.  He was a 23rd round pick by the Reds in the 2011 June Amateur Draft out of a Connecticut high school.

I mailed to Romano on February 6 and got the cards back on March 4, for a 26-day TAT.

Some RedsFest 50/50s

It took him a while to send them back, but I got some nice 50/50s in the mail from a kid in Illinois who went to RedsFest.  He contacted me a while back about taking some stuff for this upcoming season, then we got to talking about RedsFest.  I had a ton of Buddy Bell stuff, so it was easy to get him a package together.

I was all excited because I would knock Bell off of my 87 list, except I realized that I picked him up at the National last year.  Oh well, I'll replace that one with this one, since it looks so nice.

I had a bunch of these Father/Son cards, both from 1985 (top) and 1976 (bottom).  I won't be able to get Gus on these cards, but still, it was nice to get some of them signed.

I actually received a TTM success from Sal Romano recently that had the 2018 Update in it (left), but I'll give that one to Chris for his album.

I had a bunch of Cody Reed cards that I had sat aside for when I saw Louisville play at Norfolk, so those were also easy to find and add to the mailer.

I was really glad to get all of these signed, and Andrew, the kid who did the 50/50 for me, got a bunch done for himself also.  He was upset that he forgot to mail the cards back, but it's all good.  Those things happen.

Thanks for taking the 50/50, Andrew!