Another TTM Success From Terry Kennedy

When I sent to Terry Kennedy again, I picked a lot of parallels and oddballs.  The above 1988 Topps Glossy All Stars turned out great.  These are cool cards and look great when signef.

I also got a 1987 O Pee Chee, 1988 Donruss Baseball's Best, 1990 Donruss Baseball's Vest and a 1989 Score. All of the cards turned out great. 

I mailed to Kennedy on January 9 and got the cards back on January 30, for a 21-day TAT. 

An Assortment of Autographs From Gerard

Falling behind of posting stuff has led to a huge stack of signed cards that still need to be scanned.  This stack can hopefully be managed quickly, especially if I combine posts of stuff from the same person.  Scattered among the cards were several that Gerard has sent me over the past few months.

He recently did a signing with Franklin Perez that I didn't write down nor count toward my TTMs.  I had sent several Perez cards to Gerard just after the National with several that he could use for himself.  I found the above 2018 Bowman Chrome purple shimmer refractor in a dollar box at the National and decided that this would be the key to what I wanted back from the signing.

I also sent off the 2018 Topps Pro Debut showing Perez in a Buies Creek uniform.  I couldn't find my team set card; I think I sent it TTM to Perez and never got it back.  Gerard provided the 2017 Carolina League Top Prospects card, which was nice (because mine was sent in that lost TTM).

Gerard had also arranged a private signing with Terry Kennedy, and since I needed the 1987 Topps Padres leaders card signed, I jumped in that signing as well.  I included my 1991 Crown Orioles card, since I'm not officially working on that set, but want to get them out of my box and signed.

My hope is that Gerard can get Andy Hawkins to do a signing so I can complete the leaders card.  Gerard also provided a base 1987 Topps of Kennedy so I could upgrade mine from black ink to blue.

Here are a bunch of random cards that Gerard sent back from past 50/50s and other signings.  I was glad he gave me the 2003 Bowman Heritage of Nate Spears.  I love that design.  I probably got Matthew Lugo on my own 2019 Bowman Draft, but this one will go in my album anway.

The 1991 Topps Oddibe McDowell was one of the last mystery TTMs that came in; back when we were doing those.  THat kind of stopped with the both of us getting really busy.  I might pick that up on a limited basis.  I thought about doing that for maybe one of my nephews or nieces.

Finally, here are a couple landscape oriented cards.  The 2019 Topps Rangers card is signed by former Rangers manager, Chris Woodward.

The Christian Vazquez seems to be the first 2022 Topps Heritage to make its way into my album.  I really appreciate all of the cards from Gerard.  I'm also glad that I am at a point where I can clean my desk up.  It is never too early to prep for next season.

Gerard Helps With The 87 Set - Terry Kennedy

My buddy, Gerard, sent off a TTM recently to former catcher, Terry Kennedy and helped cross off another card that I needed for my 1987 set.

I had sent to Kennedy several years ago, but wasn't focusing on this set.  I sent him some Orioles cards, instead, and missed the opportunity to get this one done.  He has been hit or miss signing TTM, or I would have sent this (and the 1987 Topps Padres leaders card) a while ago.

Thanks so much for getting this to me, Gerard!

TTM Successes - Tom Bruno and George Frazier

I have to report one TTM success to lead into the one I got today.  I received the above card signed by Terry Kennedy on April 4, then sent it out to Tom Bruno in order to try to get his signature, and got his signature back on May 5.  Since I mailed it off on April 21, I got the card back in 14 days.

Bruno also included this nice note, thanking me for being a baseball fan.  Bruno (b. 1953) played in the majors from 1976 to 1979 for the Royals, Blue Jays and Cardinals.  He had a record of 7-7 with an ERA of 4.22 and 80 strike outs.

The success from Bruno led me to send the 1979 RC off to George Frazier on May 21 to see if I could complete the card.  I got the card (and the others shown) back today (6/30) for a 40-day TAT.  Frazier also signed the above 1982 and 1985 Topps and the 1987 shown below.

Frazier sent back one of my cards unsigned, a 1983 Topps, but I am really happy with the results of the TTM success.

Frazier (b. 1954) played in the majors from 1978 to 1987 for the Cardinals, Yankees, Indians, Cubs and Twins.  He had a record of 35-43 with an ERA of 4.20 and 449 strike outs.  He won the World Series in 1987 with the Twins.

TTM Success - Terry Kennedy

This was actually a fun TTM for me to do.  Why?  Well, I know someone named Terry Kennedy, so I was able to get a duplicate signed and sent to him, which made this success better.  I also got some cool cards signed, which is always a plus.

The above 1979 Topps Cardinals Prospects card turned out nice.  I think I can get the other two guys as well, sine they both sign TTM. That might add some frequent flyer miles to the card.

The same cannot be said for the father/son card from 1985 Topps.  It would have been nice to get the elder Kennedy on that one, but sadly, he passed away in 2005.  Still, the card looks nice.

This 1980 Topps turned out great.  I don't have a whole lot of those lying around, so getting this from my birth year was nice.

Finally, I added a couple of his Orioles cards from 1988 and 1989, and they look really cool, too.

Kennedy (b. 1956) played in the majors from 1978 to 1991 for the Cardinals, Padres, Orioles and Giants.  He had 1,313 hits, 113 home runs and a career average of .264.  Kennedy was a 4-time All Star, a Silver Slugger in 1983 and finished 10th in the MVP voting in 1983, his highest voting total.

I mailed to Kennedy on March 18 and got the cards back signed on April 4 for a 17-day TAT.