2022 National Free Signer - Tommy Greene

Tommy Greene signed for me TTM back in 2016, but I still had a few cards remaining that I was able to bring with me to this year's National.  He signed the above 1994 Score Gold Rush, as well as a 1993 Finest, 1995 Finest and a 1993 Fleer.

All of the cards turned out great.  I was really glad to get the Finest cards out of my boxes and into m album.  The 1995 Finest, especially, turned out well.  It was in really good shape, even after I removed the protective film.

The VIP signers featured a few guys that I had gotten TTM, but thankfully, I still had cards I could get signed.

TTM Success - Tommy Greene

Here is a guy with a really nice signature, Tommy Greene.  I had seen that he signed TTM a while back and I just kept on finding cards of his every time I opened a box.  So, I finally put together a few cards that I thought would look nice and sent them along.

For whatever reason, I don't recall opening very many packs of 1993 Stadium Club when it originally came out.  I always seemed to have a ton of 1992 and 1994, but not much 1993.  Kind of weird.  Maybe I pulled the Ripken early and laid off of buying packs after that.  Still, I had this card and sent it along.  It turned out great, and I am glad I thought to include it.

Here are the other cards I sent.  The Flair card (top right) turned out really well, even though I didn't pre-treat the card at all.  It makes me think that Greene was courteous enough to let it sit and dry before he handled it.  It did bubble up some, but not nearly as bad as I have seen other cards do.  I think my favorite of the batch is the 1990 Score.  The blue signature really matches the card.

Greene (b. 1967) played in the majors from 1989 to 1995 and 1997 for the Braves, Phillies and Astros.  He is a North Carolina native, having grown up in Whiteville, a town where one of my good friends lives, and I have worked in quite a bit.

Greene had a career record of 38-25 with an ERA of 4.14 and 461 strike outs.  His best season was 1993 when he went 16-4 with a 3.42 ERA for the Phillies.  He finished 6th in the NL Cy Young Award voting.  He pitched in the '93 World Series for the Phillies, but was lit up to a 27.00 ERA.

I mailed to Greene on November 5 and got the cards back on December 2, for a 27-day TAT.