Not much luck Saturday either inside or at the tunnel. Outside I got Shin-Soo Choo on a card, and Chris Gimenez on three (two go to Chris). Choo was a nice score at least; usually he doesn't stop for more than four people. Inside, I got Nelson Cruz on three cards and no one else. Only a few guys I had nothing for stopped and signed. What a waste...
Sunday was a little better at least-- Robinson Chirinos signed two (one for Chris), Martin Perez one (the lone card I have left of him), Steve Busby two (one for Chris), and Josh Hamilton four.
Meanwhile the successes keep rolling in on the TTM front-- fifteen since my last post. Broken down by sport...
BASEBALL
Tom Trebelhorn, c/o home, 4/4, 17 days
Julian Tavarez, c/o home, 2/4, 12 days (kept two cards)
Orlando Merced, c/o home, 6/6, 14 days
HOCKEY
Vic Hadfield, c/o home, 3/3, 16 days
Guy Lafleur, c/o home, 4/3, 19 days (also enclosed a signed photo)
Nick Kypreos, c/o Sportsnet, 5/4, 48 days (wrote a short note back)
SOCCER
Kevin Crow, 6/6, 10 days
Branko Segota, 7/7, 10 days
Richard Chinapoo, 5/4, 12 days (also signed my letter)
Chico Borja, 5/5, 13 days
Cris Vacarro, 5/5, 13 days (personalized all)
Michael Collins, 4/4, 12 days
Thompson Usiyan, 7/7, 18 days (kept 1 card, wrote a short note back)
Victor Moreland, 5/5, 7 days (personalized two)
Bernie James, 5/5, 19 days
Interesting story on Usiyan-- I have learned to ALWAYS put my own address as the return address on the SASE. He used a small binder clip to keep the cards together. This made it non-machinable and hit with a Return To Sender, Postage Due sticker. So it got sent to me anyway. And they didn't cancel the stamp on it.
Coming up, I'm going to be hitting a Stars practice or two over the next couple of weekends, in addition to soccer mailings and one more baseball outing.
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