Sent 4/20/2011
Received 5/13/2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Mario Andretti/Al Unser TTM Project
Mario Andretti...sent 3/1/2011...received 4/16/2011
Al Unser...sent 4/19/2011...received 4/25/2011
Picture is from the 1966 Trenton 200 on September 25.
Al Unser...sent 4/19/2011...received 4/25/2011
Picture is from the 1966 Trenton 200 on September 25.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Vince Papale/Dennis Franks
Vince Papale...sent 8/23/2010...received 10/3/2010...41 days
Dennis Franks...sent 3/28/2011...received 4/11/2011...14 days
Monday, April 4, 2011
Kansas City Royals...Herzog/Splittorff/Bird/Leonard
Whitey Herzog...sent 3/28/2011...received 4/4/2011...ONLY 7 DAYS!!!
Paul Spittorff...sent 4/5/2011...received 4/28/2011
Doug Bird...sent 5/2/2011...received 5/21/2011
Dennis Leonard...sent 5/25/2011...received 6/3/2011
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
TTM Dodgers...Cey/Russell/Lopes/Garvey
After 6-1/2 months, this project has been completed!!! Sent to Ron Cey on 8/23/2010...received back on 8/31/2010. Sent to Bill Russell on 9/1/2010...received back on 9/14/2010. Sent to Steve Garvey on 10/12/2010...received back 10/21/2010. Mr. Garvey included a hand-written note on personal stationary asking if I would care to donate to his foundation, Youth Baseball of Palm Desert. I graciously sent a modest donation. Davey Lopes was a different story. I purposely sent to Mr. Lopes last because he does not have a good TTM success rate. I was basically hoping that, by seeing the other signatures, he would grant my request. I initially sent the photo to the Phillies, where at the time he was their first base coach. The photo was sent on 10/27/2010. Five days later, on 11/1/2010, the Phillies released Mr. Lopes. At that point, I figured my project was a loss. On 3/12/2011, I received a SASE with a Florida return address. I was a little puzzled because I hadn't sent anything to Florida. I opened the envelope and there it was...my Dodgers picture...not signed by Mr. Lopes. Inside the envelope, there was a hand-written note stating: "Mr. Lopes is no longer with the Phillies. Try sending it to Dodgers Stadium. Sorry for the inconvenience and good luck!". Overly excited, I immediately went to the computer to type a letter to Mr. Lopes, addressed to the Dodgers. I included the whole story of the travels of the picture as well as a couple of his career highlights. I sent out the letter and picture on 3/14/2011. On 4/1/2011, I received the picture back...signed!!!
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