Wednesday, April 30, 2008

2 more Yankees on Wednesday

Daniel McCutchen signed in 22 days c/o Trenton Thunder and Jim Bouton signed in 7 days c/o home.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Dr. Bobby Brown

The former Yankee signed in 6 days from his home.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Another Two Yankees

Today brought 2 more former Yankees. Doug Drabek signed in 20 days from home and Tim Stoddard signed in 24 days from Northwestern.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

2 more Yankees on Thursday

Today brought 2 more former Yankees with Chris Basak signing in 14 days c/o Rochester Red Wings and Bob Turley signing in 13 days c/o Bob Turley Enterprises.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Justin Christian


Yankees minor leaguer Justin Christian signed my Bowman Chrome in 15 days c/o SWB Yankees.

Monday, April 21, 2008

Monday's mail

Today's mail brought 4 cards from 3 players. TJ Beam signed in 47 days c/o Pirates spring training. Andy Fox signed in 11 days c/o the Marlins. Muggsy Bouges signed 2 cards in 28 days c/o home. I also received my card back unsigned from David Cone with a request for 50 dollars per signature. I think I'll forget about getting him.

14 returns from 4/11-4/19 including 10 Yankees!

I have been out of town for about the past week and received 17 cards from 14 different people while I was away.

Seth Fortenberry in 11 days c/o Tampa Yankees. Todd Greene in 14 days c/o home. Chris Hammond in 16 days c/o home. Bobby Shantz in 8 days c/o home. Tom Tresh in 14 days c/o home. Scott Proctor in 47 days c/o Dodgers Spring Training. Brett Gardner in 11 days c/o SWB Yankees. Bob Watson in 40 days c/o MLB headquarters. Watson also signed my letter and sent a business card. Joe Montana in 26 days c/o home.

Phil Garner signed 2 cards in 39 days c/o home. I received a signed Eric Hinske card from a contest that I won on another autograph website. Bobby Meacham signed 2 cards in 22 days c/o Yankees. Andre Dawson signed in 40 days c/o home. Virgil Trucks signed my custom Yankees card, sent his own signed Tigers card and sent a hand-written note.

I also received a RTS from Travis Lee.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Amazing day with 10 new autographs

Today's mail brought five returns. Gil McDougald signed in 5 days from his home and also sent my letter back. Mark Leiter signed in 7 days from home. Russ Springer and Tony LaRussa signed in 13 days from the Cardinals address. And possibly my best return yet, Steve Young signed in 17 days c/o his foundation.

I also received 5 additional autographs from a friend. These included cards of Adrian Hernandez and Nick Johnson, and signed index cards from Sandy Alomar, Charlie Silvera, and Moose Skowron.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

First return from the minor league stadiums

Former Yankee and current minor league coach Alvaro Espinoza signed in 9 days c/o Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees.

Monday, April 7, 2008

One more from Spring Training

Matt DeSalvo signed in about 35 days c/o spring training. The envelope was postmarked from Richmond, VA where DeSalvo is playing for the Braves' Triple A team.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

One for the 49ers collection, one for the Syracuse collection, and Dirk

Today brought Dirk Nowitzki in one month from the Mavericks, former Syracuse forward Billy Owens in 9 days from the Mavericks, and former 49ers DB Merton Hanks in 12 days from his home.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

2 returns on Thursday



Former Yankees closer Steve Farr signed 2 cards in 10 days from his home and former Twins manager Tom Kelly signed in 23 days from his home.