November TTMs

Bill Sampen
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Home address
9 days

Zach Mettenberger
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Work address
14 days

Don August

Signed 3/3

Sent c/o Home address

18 days

March TTM

John Morris

Signed 2/2

Sent c/o Home address

11 days

George Canale

Signed 2/2 

Sent c/o Home address

13 days

Derek Parks

Signed 1/1

Sent c/o Home address

14 days

Jeff Juden

Signed 3/3

Sent c/o Home address

74 days

Buddy Groom

Signed 1/1

Sent c/o Home address

25 days

November TTMs

Ernie Whitt

Signed 2/2

Sent c/o Home address

18 days

Mark Williamson

Signed 3/3

Sent c/o Home address

12 days

Jeff Ballard

Signed 3/3 

Sent c/o Home address

113 days

Chris Hoiles

Signed 2/2

Sent c/o Home address

238 days

Charles Hudson

Signed 3/3

Sent c/o Home address

25 days

Nick Hundley

Signed 2/2

Sent c/o Texas Rangers

210 days

June TTMs

Albert Bentley

Signed 1/2 (didn't return second card

Sent c/o Home address

22 days

Mark Murphy

Signed 2/2

Sent c/o Home address

98 days

Rich Yett
Signed 2/2 cards
Sent c/o Home address
13 days

Dennis Lamp

Signed 2/3 (sent back 1 unsigned)
Sent c/o Home address

43 days

Blake Hunt

 I had forgotten I sent this card to the AFL this year.  Nice to have it back!

Blake Hunt
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Mesa Solar Sox
53 days

More TTM's!

 The current TTM's I have sent out have come back very quickly, which is very exciting!  I'm in the process of getting ready to decorate my office, and my TTM display will have some new cards now.  

Kevin McReynolds
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Home address
15 days

This next one was long written off.  In fact, when we moved this summer, I extended my mail being forwarded for a year, just in case I had some tardy TTMs coming my way.  I'm trying to decide if I should do one more year; that would take me into 2023.  We will see how many TTMs I get back in the next 10 months or so.  Unfortunately, the Heritage came back with a ding in the top right corner.  

Logan Forsythe

Signed 2/2

Sent c/o Tampa Bay Rays

2139 days

A few quick TTMs back

My first TTM requests back for 2022.  I hope to do more TTMs this year, or at least more than the last two years, but maybe not as many as I had been doing in the past prior to COVID.  Somewhere in the middle would be great.  I'd really like to try and target minor leaguers as much as possible this year.  No particular reason why, but I really like the minor league cards.  

Mark Lewis 

Signed 2/2

Sent c/o Home address

11 days

Jesse Orosco

Signed 3/3

Sent c/o Home address

12 days

Ryan Weathers

 I was just in the process of writing this one off, but a nice return from Ryan Weathers.  He spent most of the year at the Padres alternate training site, but did get into 1 game with the big league team this year.

Ryan Weathers
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Fort Wayne Tin Caps
428 days

Zach Lee

A nice surprise back from Spring Training.  I only sent 10 out, but with the pandemic, I didn't anticipate getting any of them back.  This one is back from the A's spring training.

Zach Lee

Signed 2/2

Sent c/o A's ST

165 days

Surprisingly, a few PWEs from TTM requests

A few PWE TTM requests back, despite "rona" trying to ruin everything.  Hell, "rona" is ruining everything.  At my hospital, I have taken care of COVID-19 patients and PUIs.  Kansas City has been ok so far, but we are waiting for the influx of patients to happen.  I got one back from Will Smith that I had written off, and one back from this years brief Spring Training.

Will Smith
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Oklahoma City
332 days

Gosuke Katoh

Signed 2/2

Sent c/o Marlins ST

30 days

My first TTM back from this years AFL

I only sent three TTM requests to the Arizona Fall League this year.  I couldn't find any cards of the players there very quickly, nor could I turn around a trade for some TTM cards very quickly.  My first one back is from Royce Lewis, Twins prospect.

Royce Lewis
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Salt River
17 days

I also got cards back from probably the best TTM signer out there, Pat Neshek.  I am trying to get one card of every team he's been on, and have a page(s) dedicated to him in my TTM binder.  He sent everything back but my 2015 Topps Gold Astros card.  He also included some cards from his collection!

Pat Neshek
Signed 4/5
Sent c/o Philadelphia Phillies
35 days

Brent Rooker

I got a late season TTM back pretty quickly from Twins prospect, Brent Rooker.  I always like the way the Twins rookie cards look compared to other teams!

Brent Rooker
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Rochester Red Wings
28 days

A lot of PWE's this week!!

Several TTM envelopes back this week.  Two of them from this year's spring training!

Ben Gamel spent last year between the Mariners and their AAA club.  He was traded to the Brewers in the off season.

Ben Gamel

Signed 2/2

Sent c/o Seattle Mariners

241 days

Billy McKinney bounced back and forth between the minors and the Yankees last year before being traded at the trade deadline to the Blue Jays.  He spent the rest of the year between Toronto and their AAA club.

Billy McKinney
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Blue Jays ST
18 days

Cy Sneed was drafted my the Brewers, but traded to Houston after the 2015 season.  He is a non-roster invitee to Spring Training with the Astros this spring.

Cy Sneed
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Astros ST
18 days

More TTM mail!

Quite a few envelopes back again this week.  

Bryson Brigman is in the Marlins minor league system.  He was traded to the Marlins from the Mariners at the trade deadline last year.  I sent this request to the Arizona Fall League.  I sent one card and got three back!

Bryson Brigman

Signed 3/1

Sent c/o Salt River Rafters

95 days

Next up is one I had long written off.  I sent this to Dave Hansen when he was a coach with the Dodgers.  I think this is a new record for how many days it took to get this back!

Dave Hansen
Signed 3/3
Sent c/o Dodgers
2431 days

Another one back from the AFL.  This one was from Indians prospect Rob Kaminsky.  He's a non-roster invitee to Indians Spring Training this year.

Rob Kaminsky
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Glendale Desert Dogs
100 days

The final envelope is a TTM from former MLB'er Von Hayes.  He now lives in Iowa, not far from where I grew up!

Von Hayes
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Home address
10 days

Mail day!!!

I've had quite a few TTM requests come back, and these on the heels of Spring Training!

Chris Rusin is a former Cubbie who spent last year with the Rockies.  He was 2-3 with a 6.09 ERA in 49 games.

Chris Rusin
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Rockies
241 days

Another former Cubbie is also back this week.  Donnie Dewees is now in the Royals system and spent last year between Northwest Arkansas and Omaha.

Donnie Dewees
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Royals ST
342 days

Finally, one back from Kyle Freeland.  This one I had written off, so I'm glad to get it back!  He had an excellent year with the Rockies last year, 17-7, 2.85 ERA.

Kyle Freeland
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Rockies
873 days

Lots of mail lately!

I had written this one off long ago, but I'm excited that it's back!

Andrew Miller
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Cleveland Indians
556 days

Steve Searcy
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Home address
32 days

Wander Javier
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Elizabethon Twins
52 days