My Autographs Through The Mail (TTM)
Just recently, I've started a new hobby. I got an idea to send cards to athletes to have them signed. To do this, you have to have a lot of patience. Some of the players that you send them to may have so many to sign, so it takes a very long time. So far, I started doing this on October 24, 2005. That day, I sent cards to Dan Fife, Frank Tanana, and Leroy Stanton (which has turned out to be a totally different Leroy Stanton, so I have to send out more cards because the guy kept them). Since then, I have sent many others.
11/4/05 - Sparky Anderson, Mark Fidrych, Ralph Houk, Dick Williams 11/5/05 - Peyton Manning, Terrell Owens 11/8/05 - Tom Brady, Floyd Bannister, Mickey Lolich, Greg Gagne 11/9/05 - Larry Herndon, Dave Rozema, Milt Wilcox, Chet Lemon, Tom Brookens, Johnny Grubb 11/14/05 - Joe Montana, Al Kaline, Tommy John, Doug Bair, Howard Johnson, Dave Bergman, Tommy Helms, Willie Hernandez 11/16/05 - Will Witherspoon, Ed "Too Tall" Jones, Mike Heath 11/17/05 - DeShaun Foster, Jake Delhomme, Troy Aikman, Julius Peppers, Mike Rucker11/19/05 - George Kell, Bobby Doerr, Johnny Pesky, Ernie Harwell11/21/05 - Willie Horton, Kirk Gibson, Carl Erskine, Duke Snider, Bob Boone11/22/05 - Bill Mazeroski, Goose Gossage, Jim Palmer, Johnny Ray, Andy Pettitte, Carlton Fisk11/23/05 - Brandon Inge, Darryl Strawberry11/25/05 - Raymond Felton, Keith Bogans, Brevin Knight, John Kruk, Dennis Eckersley, Tito Fuentes, Fernando Valenzuela, Ozzie Guillen, Ken Williams, Jerry Koosman, Jim Piersall, Paul Blair, Ed Kranepool, Tony Delk, Walter McCarty, Cecil Fielder, Barry Larkin11/26/05 - Alan Trammell11/28/05 - Chris Haney, Dick Williams, Jack Morris, Marty Castillo, Gary Thurman, Travis Fryman, Gary Gentry, Keith Hernandez11/29/05 - Orlando Cepeda, Jim McMahon11/30/05 - Virgil Trucks, Bobby Thomson, Robin Yount, Lloyd Moseby, Jim Lonborg, Claude Osteen, Gaylord Perry12/1/05 - Herb Score, Richie Allen, John "Blue Moon" Odom, Ben Oglivie, Dave Bing, Bob Lanier12/2/05 - Leroy Stanton12/5/05 - Jim Northrup, Rusty Kuntz, Shawon Dunston, Matt Williams, Barbaro Garbey, Darrell Evans, Ruppert Jones, Doug Baker, Dan Petry12/6/05- Whitey Ford, Johnny Podres, Hal McRae, Jim Palmer, Dmitri Young12/7/05 - Mudcat Grant, Torii Hunter, Cecil Cooper, Rony Seikaly, Al Oliver, Phil Garner12/8/05 - Darryl Strawberry, Jim Bunning, Joe Morgan, Bobby Hurley12/9/05 - Lew Burdette, Jamal Mashburn12/10/05 - Carlton Fisk12/12/05 - Roger Staubach, Kirk Gibson, Billy Sims, Glenn Abbott12/13/05 - Kent Hrbek, Sid Monge, Bill Scherrer 1/4/06 - Kirk Gibson (3rd try), Joe Crede, Brett Favre, Gerald Wallace, Mark Aguirre, Ricky Proehl, Drew Carter, Keary Colbert, Michael Gaines, Ken Lucas, Brentson Buckner, Chris Gamble, Muhsin Muhammad, Isiah Thomas 1/13?/06 - Stan Musial
8/3/06 - Francisco Liriano, Chris Shelton, Sean Casey, Cecil Fielder, Brent Clevlen, Albert Pujols, Todd Helton8/17/06 - Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine (Chicks dig the long ball...lol)
Listed below are the results of my letters. If anyone is on this site for the purpose of trying to buy any of these off of me, don't bother. The cards that I send out are for my personal collection. I may give a card as a gift to a friend that is a huge fan (and if that is the case I will mention that in my letter). But I reiterate, I do not, and will not sell these cards. I use this site as a guide for myself and for people who want to get into this hobby. If you need any help in getting any of your own cards signed, I will definitely do all I can to assist you. I like all of them a lot, and they're all special to me, but my favorite has to be Frank Tanana. He was so nice. I think that is so cool of him to send a letter back, with a auto'd testimony of his walk with Christ, and a Christian booklet. It's always going to mean so much to me! Troy Aikman didn't sign my cards, but he sent an autographed picture, a sticker, and a couple schedules. Also, George Kell sent an auto'd pocket calendar for me. That was awesome! Carl Erskine also sent me an ad for his new book coming out. Virgil Trucks sent me one, too. He wrote a note on it and signed it. Dick Williams sent an auto'd photo, which rocked. Robin Yount didn't sign my cards, but sent me a signed typed note and a signed HOF postcard. Dave Bing kept one of my cards, but signed the one I liked. Duke Snider flat out refused my letter, so I'm not at all happy about that. Note, if a fraction on the autographs list is over 1, that means that the player sent something of their own to me, so that's really cool. The successes started to get numerous, so I put them in their own page. I have listed the failures below.
About Me
My Charlotte 49ers page
My Through The Mail Autograph Success Page
Failures
- Leroy Stanton, wrong address, not rec, 0/2
- Terrell Owens, 7 days, rec 11/12/05, RTS, 0/1
- Mickey Lolich, 9 days, rec 11/17/05, $10 fee per card, 0/2
- Dick Williams, 21 days, rec 11/25/05, RTS, 0/2
- Mike Heath, 16 days, rec 12/2/05, RTS, 0/2
- Tito Fuentes, 8 days, rec 12/3/05, $10 fee per card, 0/2
- Ernie Harwell, 14 days, rec 12/3/05, RTS, 0/2
- Gaylord Perry, 5 days, rec 12/5/05, $15 fee per card, 0/2
- Jim Palmer, 13 days, rec 12/5/05, RTS, 0/1
- Darryl Strawberry, 14 days, rec 12/7/05, RTS, 0/2
- Bill Mazeroski, 15 days, rec 12/7/05, RTS, 0/2
- Carlton Fisk, 17 days, rec 12/9/05, RTS, 0/2
- Kirk Gibson, 19 days, rec 12/10/05, RTS, 0/2
- Duke Snider, 19 days, rec 12/13/05, RTS, 0/2
- Whitey Ford, 9 days, rec 12/15/05, $25 per card ($35 for a ball), 0/1
- Joe Morgan, 8 days, rec 12/16/05, RTS, 0/2
- Andy Pettitte, 24 days, rec 12/16/05, RTS, 0/2
- Alan Trammell, 21 days, rec 12/17/05, RTS, 0/2
- Marty Castillo, 36 days, rec 1/3/06, RTS, 0/2
- Chet Lemon, 55 days, rec 1/3/06, RTS, 0/2
- Johnny Podres, 39 days, rec 1/14/06, $5 fee, 0/1
- Johnny Pesky, 62 days, rec 1/20/06, RTS, 0/2
- Mark Aguirre, 17 days, rec 1/21/06, RTS, 0/2
- Kirk Gibson (again), 36 days, rec 2/9/06, Refused, 0/2
More Failures
- Jim Bunning, 67 days, rec 2/13/06, 0/2
- Joe Crede, RTS
- Cecil Fielder, rec 7/06, RTS
- Cecil Fielder, rec 8/14/06, P.O. Box closed, 0/2
