TTM Successes 2007

I tried TTM this year as a test just to see how it was. I didn't send any out until mid-June so I didn't get that many sent out. Here's the status on each guy (whether it was signed or never returned):

Pat Neshek 1/1 9 days, signed in blue
Jay Bruce Sent 6/12/07, have not received
Homer Bailey Sent 6/12/07, have not received
Reid Brignac 1/1 17 days, black
Evan Longoria 1/1 40 days, black
Jacoby Ellsbury 1/1 45 days, black crayon
Colby Rasmus Sent 6/27/07, have not received
Carlos Gonzalez Sent 6/27/07, have not received
Nick Adenhart Sent 6/27/07, have not received
Elvis Andrus Sent 6/27/07, have not received
Andy La Roche 1/1 12 days, black
Scott Taylor Sent 6/27/07, have not received
Doug Deeds 3/3 47 days, personalized, blue pen
Michael Brantley Sent 6/27/07, have not received
Cooper Brannan 1/1 8 days, black pen, included a personalized letter and a 5x7 signed picture
Phil Hughes Sent 8/8/07, have not received
Trey Hearne 1/1 12 days, blue
Brain Henderson 1/3 14 days, included team card, black
Ron Washington 1/1 24 days, blue
Jay Garthwaite Sent 8/8/07, have not received
Cody Strait 1/1 17 days, added testimony card, blue pen
Aaron Cunningham 1/1 21 days, black
Brandon Rice 2/2 9 days, black
Randy Wells 2/2 15 days, black
Kevin Cameron 1/1 15 days, thin blue
Brad Davis 2/2 14 days, black
Esmerling Vasquez Sent 8/8/07. have not received
Justin Ruggiano Sent 8/8/07, have not received
Sam Fuld 1/1 15 days, blue
Brad Knox 1/1 19 days, black
Jacque Jones 1/1 9 days, black
Matt Palmer 1/1 17 days, black
Kevin Mench 1/1 8 days, personalized, blue
Greg Maddux 1/1 27 days, black

So overall for the season (as of now) I've received 22/34. Roughly 65%.

BTW...in a few days I'm going to post all of the cards that I have FT. If you want to trade cards, I'm interested in any/all 2007 Bowman Chrome Prospects from the second set and all Kyle Drabek cards as well as Indians, Phillies, Pirates, Orioles, Tigers, Nationals, Twins, Yankees, Giants, Red Sox, Mets and Blue Jays minor league cards.

Reading Phillies IP Successes 8/29/07

Carlos Carrasco 5/9...all 2006 Bowman Draft cards. I didn't think he was gonna sign more than 3. Nice guy once again, (see previous reading post) hope hes back next year. I got to keep two which are both for trade if interested.

Zach Segovia 4/4...all 2007 Topps. Another of the nice reading pitchers. Man i love this team. Why can't altoona be this nice? My 3 cards I kept are FT.

Shaun Boyd 1/1...was given this card by this dude who had like 10 of them signed and i didn't have any.

Mike Garciaparra 1/1..on my team sheet..wow what a nice sig. an m and some squiggles. really sad. not as bad as:

Carlos Leon 1/1...EL All Star Program 2006. put a C and a line. my 2 year-old cousin could do better.

Peeter Ramos 2/2...both 2005 Bowman. 1 FT.

Greg Gross 2/2. nice guy.

Josh Outman 1/1 Phillies Mini Helmet. FT.

Greg Golson 1/1 Phillies Mini Helmet. FT.

Didn't have much for Reading left after the mayhem in August when everyone signed. That was my last game of the season for the Curve..

Got from Derrick:

Pat Breshanen 1/1 06 bowman draft

Brad Corley 4/4 05 bowman draft gold 05 bowman 06 sal top prospects 05 williamsport

Javier Guzman 4/4 04 bowman chrome 04 bowman 04 bowman heritage 04 topps traded

Russ johnson 1/1 02 topps traded

jason delaney 1/1 magazine picture

BTW...if you have cards that you want signed of guys that'll be in the Eastern League next year, just ask. The only thing I'd want in return is some of the cards and money for postage.

Welcome!

Hey guys...this is my new blog. It was getting pretty tough sharing a blog with Derrick and writing about basically the same things so I decided to make my own. This will basically be a site where I post my IP successes from Eastern League games. I go to mainly Altoona Curve games and occasionally the Pirates and Scranton. I do almost all baseball but I might get into hockey this season because I hate the long baseball offseason. I also do some TTM to so look for that as well. I'll be posting my Reading Phillies success, from last week, tomorrow. Not only will I do my IP successes but during the season I'll comment on prospects' progresses through the minors and on some interesting stuff on Beckett. I started this blog at the worst time possible as the season just ended, but during the offseason I'll keep everyone updated on minor league news and transactions (you can't find that in many places). I'll also review baseball card issues like Bowman and Topps. Lastly, I'll keep everyone up-to-date on what I'm buying on eBay. I'm looking forward to people's comments and so on. Later.