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  • TTM aka Tigsfan's Terrific Mail - 2011 edition

    I finally figured out that The Tigsfan Mailbox spells out TTM! How did I not notice this at all last year?

    Those numbers from 2010 will be updated below as those from 2010 come back in 2011 (my Freaky Thread is gonna get merged in here really quick. So if you want to know who still has not sent back to me, check below just like for the 2011 guys. This is new to what I was doing before.

    Updated: 6/11/11

    Players Returned: 185/302 (61.26%)
    Cards Returned Signed: 430/828 (51.93%)
    Cards Unsigned and Returned: 30 (3.62%)
    Cards MIA: 61 (7.37%)
    Cards RTS: 40 (4.83%) - Garret Anderson (returned in my SASE), Ernie Banks, Royce Clayton, Marquis Grissom, Steve Karsay, Paul Konerko, John Lackey, Barry Larkin, Al Leiter, Kaz Matsui*, Craig Paquette, Reggie Sanders*, Ed Sprague (mail stolen, and my cards too), Alan Trammell, Gregg Zaun
    Quickest return: 4 days (Frank Tanana)
    Longest return: 333 days (Dusty Baker)

    Blue sharpie: 261 (60.70%)
    Black sharpie: 162 (37.67%)
    Silver/Red/Green/other sharpie: 1 (0.23%)
    Pen: 6 (1.40%)
    Religious Cards (not counted in any statistics): 1
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    And now the 2011 numbers!!!

    Updated 7/25/11

    ~250 to be sent out this year

    Players Returned: 39/100 (39.00%)
    Cards Returned Signed: 70/213 (32.86%) + Napoli's own item
    Cards Unsigned and Returned: 9 (4.23%)
    Cards MIA: 10 (4.69%)
    Cards RTS: 3 (1.41%) - Ernie Banks, Neftali Feliz (preprint), Neil Walker (preprint)
    Quickest return: 6 days (Al Kaline)
    Longest return: 48 days (Orlando Hudson, Jamie Moyer)

    Blue: 48 (68.57%)
    Black: 22 (31.43%)
    Pen: 0 (0.00%)
    Unknown: 0
    Napoli card: black sharpie
    Last edited by tigsfan; 07-25-2011, 03:46 PM.
    Thanks,
    Zack
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  • #2
    2010 pending

    Long, long ago - 1/9/10:
    Alomar, Roberto - missed the boat
    Cox, Bobby - gone
    Dent, Bucky - gone
    Lee, Cliff - gone
    Murphy, Dale - gone
    Mussina, Mike - gone
    Nen, Robb - gone
    O'Neill, Paul - gone
    Palmer, Dean - gone
    Renteria, Edgar - gone
    Sandberg, Ryne - gone
    Zimmerman, Ryan - gone

    ST send outs - 3/13/10
    Cain, Matt - gone?
    Cook, Aaron - gone
    Duke, Zach - gone
    Gardenhire, Ron - gone
    Gonzalez, Adrian - gone
    Jackson, Edwin - gone
    Johnson, Josh - gone
    Lannan, John - gone
    Lincecum, Tim - gone
    McPherson, Dallas - gone
    Posey, Buster - gone
    Price, David - gone
    Rodney, Fernando - gone
    Sandoval, Pablo - gone?
    Saunders, Joe - gone
    Thomas, Clete - gone
    Webb, Brandon - gone
    Wright, David - gone
    Zobrist, Ben - gone

    Regular season - 5/22/10 edition
    Beltran, Carlos - gone
    Boggs, Wade - gone?
    Coghlan, Chris - gone
    Cordero, Francisco - gone
    Feliz, Pedro - gone
    Franklin, Ryan - gone
    Gallardo, Yovani - gone
    Hanson, Tommy - gone
    Harang, Aaron - gone
    Hudson, Orlando - gone
    Jones, Adam - gone
    Kendrick, Howie - gone
    Lidge, Brad - gone
    Little, Grady - gone
    Marquis, Jason - gone
    Maybin, Cameron - gone
    McLouth, Nate - gone
    Molitor, Paul - gone
    Volquez, Edinson - gone

    regular season July - 7/6
    Alfonzo, Edgardo - gone
    Baker, Scott - gone
    Carmona, Fausto - gone
    Casey, Sean - gone?
    Gamel, Mat - gone
    Gonzalez, Mike - gone
    Greinke, Zack - gone?
    Gutierrez, Franklin - gone
    Harris, Brendan - gone
    Latos, Mat - gone
    Matsui, Kaz - gone
    Morales, Kendry - gone
    Parra, Manny - gone
    Pettitte, Andy - gone
    Snider, Travis - gone
    Venable, Wil - gone
    Young, Chris (P) - gone?

    regular season August - 8/12/10
    Cabrera, Orlando - gone
    Capps, Matt - gone
    Eisenreich, Jim - gone
    Francisco, Ben - gone
    Hamilton, Josh (Home) - gone?
    Hill, Rich - gone
    Iwamura, Akinori - gone
    Mayberry, John Jr. - gone
    McMillon, Billy - gone
    Molina, Yadier - gone
    Olsen, Scott - gone
    Ramirez, Alexei - gone
    Samuel, Juan - gone?
    Sanchez, Jonathan - gone
    Saunders, Michael - gone
    Schafer, Jordan - gone
    Scott, Luke - gone
    Weaver, Jered - gone
    Zito, Barry - gone

    pre-school rushers - 8/25/10
    Catalanotto, Frank - gone
    Erstad, Darin - gone

    December - 12/17/10
    Avery, Steve
    Eveland, Dana
    Galarraga, Andres
    Jefferies, Gregg
    Johnson, Lance
    Lawton, Matt
    McDowell, Jack
    McGriff, Fred
    Phelps, Josh
    Sandberg, Ryne
    Thome, Jim
    Williamson, Scott
    Last edited by tigsfan; 06-11-2011, 04:48 PM.
    Thanks,
    Zack
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    • #3
      2011 pending

      2/17/11 - early ST send outs
      Billingsley, Chad - write off, have seen regular season returns
      Dempster, Ryan - write off, have seen regular season returns
      Gregg, Kevin
      Laird, Gerald
      Santana, Carlos
      Trammell, Alan - usually he would RTS everything by now based on his CHC years

      3/9/11 - SB ST time!
      Cantu, Jorge - some have come back recently
      Chamberlain, Joba
      Davis, Rajai
      Descalso, Daniel
      Dickey, R.A.
      Drabek, Kyle
      Garcia, Freddy - missed the window?
      Guerrero, Vladimir - missed the window?
      Guerrero, Vladimir - missed the window?
      Jay, Jon
      Lee, Derrek - missed the window?
      Niese, Jon
      Rivera, Mariano
      Sabathia, CC
      Storen, Drew
      Tomlin, Josh
      Vargas, Jason
      Walker, Neil - will be a failure if it even comes back
      Wood, Kerry - missed the window?

      6/7/11
      Borbon, Julio
      Bourjos, Peter
      Brignac, Reid
      Bush, David
      Carrasco, Carlos
      Clippard, Tyler
      Conger, Hank
      Cousins, Scott
      Duncan, Chris
      Duncan, Shelley
      Durango, Luis
      Galarraga, Armando
      Garciaparra, Nomar
      Gardenhire, Ron
      Giles, Marcus
      Gomes, Jonny
      Jackson, Edwin
      Jones, Garrett
      Kershaw, Clayton
      Kouzmanoff, Kevin
      Latos, Mat
      LeBlanc, Wade
      Matsui, Hideki
      Norris, Bud
      Pierzynski, A.J.
      Pride, Curtis
      Rauch, Jon
      Roberts, Dave
      Vizquel, Omar
      Votto, Joey
      Wood, Travis
      Zobrist, Ben
      Last edited by tigsfan; 07-25-2011, 03:46 PM.
      Thanks,
      Zack
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      • #4
        I'm not going to review what happened in Jan., so I'll just skip to what I haven't shared.

        (details I have not sorted out, so my numbers above are going to be off for a little while)

        Trades:
        Derek Holland, C.J. Wilson x2, Doug Mathis (50/50)
        Dallas Braden, Takashi Saito, David Huff, Jose Bautista, Matt Capps, Akinori Iwamura, Jeff Niemann, Gerald Laird, Jose Morales, Freddy Sanchez (trade)
        Josh Johnson (trade)

        Returns:
        Pat Hentgen 3/3
        Kirk Rueter 3/4, kept 1
        Heath Bell 3/3 ST
        Bill Spiers 4/4
        Juan Pierre 1/1 ST
        John Axford 2/2 ST
        Thanks,
        Zack
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        • #5
          no TTM returns today, but I did have a TTM trade come in:

          Ryan Braun (05 Topps U&H RC), Corey Hart (06 Upper Deck RC), Adrian Gonzalez (02 Bowman)

          These are very nice additions, and if anybody is trading IP/TTM's feel free to drop me a line and I trade TTM for TTM based on quality w/ toughness factored in. If wanting GU, AU, or other non-TTM items, I only trade items that are not very desirable or have had for a long time, if the deal is right.

          Scans of everything are going to be up sometime next week when I'm back at school with my scanner! (I still got my trade w/ the Gwynn, Rose's, Larkin, Hamilton's, Votto, etc. to put in...)
          Thanks,
          Zack
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          • #6
            Here's some stuff I got in from my February trades. You may now ooo and aaa at the beauty!




            Thanks,
            Zack
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            • #7
              3/17 - 8 days
              Doug Fister 1/1
              Mark McGwire 1/1 (the only time a Big Mac didn't cost me $3+ to get !)
              Matt Thornton 2/2

              3/18 - 9 days
              Nyjer Morgan 2/2
              Chris Sale 1/1

              I'm very happy to get my own McGwire, Sale, and even a MI man named Thornton (despite my anti-White Sox life, and for Matt my anti-GVSU life). I've still got lots of time for my other requests to come back - including Vlad, Soriano, and others who have been making returns this past week.

              (8/48 for ST 2011 - and still counting???)
              Thanks,
              Zack
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              • #8
                nice successes, lots of people have been getting McGwire back lately

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                • #9
                  3/19 - 10 days for all from ST

                  Matt Anderson 1/1
                  Daniel Hudson 1/1 personalized
                  Jordan Zimmerman 1/1

                  3/21 - 12 days for all from ST

                  Ronnie Belliard 3/3
                  Jonathan Lucroy 1/1 personalized
                  Rafael Soriano 1/2 kept one

                  Still no Vlad's for me, but I got back my Soriano in good time. Also I went out on a limb and sent to Matt Anderson (he's your #1 overall DP folks) and it paid off. I'm thinking not too many others tried him, so I lucked out.
                  Thanks,
                  Zack
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                  • #10
                    I'll have a TTM update in a couple days, but let's go right into today's IP experience - Royals @ Tigers:

                    pre-game: Jeff Francis 2/2, Alcides Escobar 1/2, Mike Aviles 1/1, Miguel Cabrera 1/1

                    others who signed - Austin Jackson (same time as Francis), Alex Avila, Magglio Ordonez (same time as Cabrera)

                    post-game: Phil Coke 1/2, Jeff Jones 2/2, Rick Knapp 0/0 (in reality, who wants Knapp? Didn't have anything regardless)
                    Thanks,
                    Zack
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                    • #11
                      TTM's from the past couple weeks...

                      Lars Anderson 1/2 - kept other
                      Jon Garland 1/2 - returned other
                      Dillon Gee 2/2
                      Chris Heisey 1/1
                      Arthur Rhodes 2/2
                      Javier Vazquez 1/2 - kept other
                      Chien-Ming Wang 2/2
                      Thanks,
                      Zack
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                      • #12
                        4/23 - Dragons @ Loons (9th inning walk off win!!!)

                        So I finally got a trip in to Dow Diamond, and it will be my last until I can fit in a trip during the Summer. I got these in my program on their bio pages.

                        Logan Bawcom
                        Jesse Bosnik - the walk off man!
                        Pete Budkevics
                        Stephen Cilladi
                        Casio Grinder
                        Chris Henderson
                        Zach Lee
                        Bret Montgomery
                        Michael Pericht
                        Brant Stickel

                        Unfortunately a couple of the pages came out, and I can not get them to fit back in. I tried lifting the staples up and sliding them back in as well as re-stapling the program, but no luck. Anybody have any tips on that?
                        Thanks,
                        Zack
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                        • #13
                          5/16/11

                          Bucky Jacobson
                          2/2 - 150 days
                          Mr. T's Comment: After a long hibernation, the envelopes have started coming back in! I remember Bucky in 2004/2005 crushing some big HR's with Seattle, and hopefully you do too. It was a long wait but I think it was a good risk that paid off!
                          Thanks,
                          Zack
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                          • #14
                            FAILURE

                            Neil Walker 0/3, 1/0 - kept two of my cards and returned the 3rd in a Pirates envelope (SASE also enclosed). There was a preprint card asking for a "donation of my choice" in order to have an autograph. Money goes to Pirates Charities, so maybe he will get a dollar out of me for this.
                            Thanks,
                            Zack
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                            • #15
                              I have not sent any requests out for almost 3 months now (except for the batch I just got out on Thurs.) so the mail has been non existent lately. However one came today.

                              Bobby Seay
                              2/2
                              303 days

                              Mr. T's Comment: Mr. T is back & happy to "Seay" a former Tigers player in the box. He was unable to pitch last year with a rotator cuff injury and TJ after that, so he is a FA right now. He is a great LH reliever in the 3 yrs spent in Detroit. I sent these to the Tigers in Aug. 2010 and got them back from his home address 1 day short of 10 months - just 30 days short of tying the Tigsfan Record held by Dusty Baker .
                              Thanks,
                              Zack
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