It was a tough year for my TTM (through the mail) autograph
collection. I have gotten only 23 returns out of 52 send outs. That 44% success
rate is by far the worse I have ever had. I only received 3 returns from the
current Twins this year and only 4 returns from Twins minor leaguers. Those are
both yearly lows for me. However I am now up to signed cards from 664 current
and former Twins.
Below are the players that came in after my last post on
July 1st.
Tony Fiore (signs only 1 card)
Dave LaRoche
Ehire Adrianza
Sam Dyson
Stan Perzanowski
Juan Centeno
Dwight Siebler
Sal Campisi
Brett Merriman
Brant Alyea
Cotton Nash
Mark Wiley
Wander Javier
Mitch Garver
Jason Maxwell
Chili Davis
from 2012 & 2013 – (signed differently than I have seen him sign in the
past)
In-person signings
Taylor Rogers – free (he also posed for a picture with me)
Marwin Gonzalez - $
Luis Arraez - $
The Davis
returns were the 2nd (2829 days) and 4th (2479 days)
longest waits I have had for a return. R. A. Dickey took over 8 years (3063
days) to return my card making it the longest wait. Bob Twesbury was 3rd
with 2655 days. My shortest return was Eric Fryer who amazingly signed and
returned my card in 2 days.
I hope to get some more returns this year or early next
year. If not, I hope 2020 will be a better year for doing TTM.