John Wooden - Basketball

John Wooden - Basketball Coach
c/o Home
Signed a '97 Allen & Ginter (1/1)

Sent it out on 7/23/08
Received it 8/01/08

Not a big basketball fan but I love the Allen & Ginter and this is a Hoosier Legend and I am a New York Hoosier, so... He also sent along a nice business card with his Dad's Creed on it and signed that as well. Class Act!!!

Delwyn Young - Baseball

Delwyn Young - Los Angeles- 2B
c/o LA Dodgers
Signed a '07 Heritage (1/1)

Sent it out on 8/09/07
Received it 8/08/08

WOW almost a year to the day!!! Thanks!

Tim Belcher - Baseball

Tim Belcher - Kansas City SP
c/o Home
Signed a '98 Topps (1/1)

Sent it out on 2/29/08
Received it 5/25/08

A great return from a great workhorse of a pitcher. He was a staple on my fantasy teams for years!!!!! He even added a little stamp on the return envelope (THANKS FOR BEING A FAN OF BASEBALL. ALL THE BEST. TIM). That's nice!!!!!

Thanks

Doug Drabek - Baseball

Doug Drabek, Yankees SP
c/o Home
Signed a '87 Topps (1/1)

Sent it out on 2/29/08
Received it 4/30/08

Another Yankee from my early days as a fan. As a minor leaguer he actually played in my wife's hometown!!!

Thanks

Jesse Litsch - Baseball

Jesse Litsch, Blue Jays SP
c/o Toronto Blue Jays ST
Signed a '07 '52 Topps Rookie (1/1)

Sent it out on 2/29/08
Received it 4/4/08

My first ever return from an active Blue Jay!!

Thanks

Kevin Slowey - Baseball

Kevin Slowey, Twin Pitcher
c/o ST Minnesota Twins
Signed a '07 Topps 52 Rookies (1/1)

Sent it out on 2/29/08
Received it 3/30/08

Nice return from another rookie. Glad to see these guys keeping in touch with the fans. Personalized for my son, which was real nice!!!!!

Bobby Bonilla - Baseball

Bobby Bonilla, Pirates #B
c/o home
Signed a '98 Topps (1/1)

Sent it out on 2/29/08
Received it 3/16/08

Oh Bobby Bo, the premier hitter of his time, always underrated and always a good show at the plate.

Thanks!

Akinori Iwamura - Baseball

Akinori Iwamura, Devil Rays 3B
c/o Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Signed a '07 A&G (1/1)

Sent it out on 9/11/07
Received it 3/06/08

The best import from Japan last year, Boston paid too much for a 3rd starter and the Yankees paid too much for a minor leaguer. The Devil Rays did just right!!!

Josh Phelps - Baseball

Josh Phelps, Yankees 1B
c/o Pittsburgh
Signed a '02 UD (1/1)

Sent it out on 8/15/07
Received it 3/04/08

I send his Blue Jays Rookie card as a catcher. I watched him play at Syracuse and picked him up in my fantasy league. Toronto was stacked back then, what happened. Still one of my favorites, reminded me of a young Tim Salmon...

Great return

John "Mule" Miles - Baseball

John "Mule" Miles, Negro Leagues
c/o Home
Signed a '07 A&G (1/1)

Sent it out on 2/15/08
Received it 2/24/08

What a great return from this classy player. He also sent a note answering all our questions. Thank you so much!!!!

Michael Cuddyer - Baseball

Michael Cuddyer, Twins 3B
c/o Minnesota Twins
Signed a '06 UD (1/1)

Sent it out on 8/15/07
Received it 2/19/08

I was just about to send his 07 Allen & Ginter card to him when we got this. My son and I watched him in Rochester for some time. Great return!!!!!

Bobby Jenks - Baseball

Bobby Jenks, White Sox Pitcher
c/o Chicago White Sox
Signed a '07 Allen & Ginter (1/1)

Sent it out on 9/11/07
Received it 2/19/08


Written off but man I can not believe it came back. Awesome!!!!

Rich "Goose" Gossage

Goose Gossage, Yankees Pitcher
c/o Home
Signed a '79 Topps (1/3)

Sent it out on 1/08/07
Received it 1/07/08

My first TTM request I ever sent. I sent 3 cards (didn't know better) but gave up a while ago. Now on the eve of his election into the Hall of Fame I get this in the mail, AND he returned the other cards as well.

Good luck on the vote today!!!!

2007

Well, this is it for the 2007 TTM Year. It was our first season in the hobby and we had a blast. I got several autographs that interested me and the boy was extremely happy with his returns!

I would first like to thank the players for returning our cards, THANK YOU!

2nd I would like to thank the posters at Baseball Fever to getting me into this fantastic hobby, THANK YOU!!

Lastly thanks to you for coming here and checking out our cards and such. Please continue to stop by and we hope to have more cards up in 2008.........

Happy New Year!

Failure

Tim Wakefield , Red Sox Pitcher
c/o Boston Red Sox
returned a 98 Topps (0/1)

Sent it out on 4/16/07
Received it 11/28/07

Got it back in my SASE and it was still wrapped in the letter we sent. Very disappointed as I saw success when I sent this at the start of the year. Too bad, I still love the knuckleball!!!

Jay Bell - Baseball

Jay Bell , Royals Shortstop
c/o home
Signed a 98 Topps (1/1)

Sent it out on 4/16/07
Received it 11/14/07

Part of some funny cards I sent out. In 98 Topps let some of the players do what they want. Jay picked playing golf with a baseball. Great return!

Winter Break...

Hello all. I hope that you have enjoyed following our first season with TTM as much as we did doing it. We still have about 50+ cards out there waiting to be signed or returned or ignored. We are also building a wish list for the people we want to send to next season. I am going to try a few people in the coming weeks but we figured that a) active players sign all season, let them have the off-season to themselves and b) the holidays are upon us and the mailbox will start to get stuffed and we would hate to be lost in the shuffle.

We'll post when we next send out a bunch. Until then, feel free to browse and PLEASE leave a comment. We would love to hear from you!!!

PS I am thinking of a few posts about how we do TTM, a mini beginners guide....what do you think?

Hideki Matsui - Baseball

Hideki Matsui, Yankees Outfielder
c/o New York Yankees
Signed a photo (1/1)

Sent it out on 8/09/07
Received it 11/05/07

He kept the card and sent along a nice signed photo. From a company in LA so I am sure it is auto-penned but still a nice return. Better than no response at all...

Darin Erstad - Baseball

Darin Erstad, White Sox Outfielder
c/o Chicago White Sox
Signed a 2006 Heritage (1/1)

Sent it out on 3/12/07
Received it 10/29/07

One of my favorite players, I was very surprised and happy to get this yesterday. To me he will always be an Angel!!! Thanks

Kevin Reese - Baseball

Kevin Reese, Yankees Outfield
c/o Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees
Signed a 2006 Bowman (1/1)

Sent it out on 8/09/07
Received it 10/25/07

Nice to see the Minor League guys giving back. Sig got smudged in envelope but still a nice return. Thanks