Rounding out 2017

DECEMBER 1
Aeneas Williams, c/o home, 2/2, 1 month

DECEMBER 4
Dave Rohde, c/o home, 5/5, 4 months

DECEMBER 6
Scott Livingstone, c/o home, 2/5, 1 week, kept 3 and signed the two in a terrible marker

DECEMBER 8
Jon Lieber, c/o home, 2/2, 1 week
Mike Squires, c/o home, 1/1, 1 week
Ted Power, c/o home, 3/3, 1 week
Gary Bell, c/o business, 2/2, 1 week
Keith Byars, c/o home, 2/4, 1 month, kept two

DECEMBER 9
Eric Bell, c/o home, 4/5, 1 week, kept one
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., c/o home, 1/1, 3 months

DECEMBER 11
Jeff Shaw, c/o home, 6/6, 2 weeks
Carroll Hardy, c/o home, 1/1, 2 weeks
Jesse Levis, c/o home, 3/3, 2 weeks
Dan McGwire, c/o home, 3/6, 1 month, returned three unsigned

DECEMBER 14
Benny Distefano, c/o home, 4/4, 2 weeks
Andy Moog, c/o home, 2/2, 5 weeks

DECEMBER 15
Jan Stenerud, c/o home, 3/3, 2 months

DECEMBER 16
Kevin Harvick, c/o home, 2/2, 4 months

DECEMBER 18 - Rangers Toy Drive
Shin-Soo Choo, 1/1
Robinson Chirinos, 2/2
Steve Buechele, 4/4
Jose Guzman, 5/4
Elvis Andrus, 1/1
Matt Bush, 3/3
Joey Gallo, 1/1
Nick Gardewine, 2/1
Tom Grieve, 1/0
Matt Hicks, 1/0
Emily Jones, 1/0
Eric Nadel, 1/0
Dave Raymond, 1/0
Don Wakamatsu, 1/0

DECEMBER 22
Dale Jarrett, c/o home, 3/4, 4 months, returned one unsigned
Ryan Newman, c/o home, 3/3, 4 months

DECEMBER 27
Beau Allred, c/o home, 5/5, 1 month

Hoping for a big year in 2018. I might not be mailing as much out, but the National should be a great opportunity for a lot of in-person success. Looks like our schedule is pretty much set now that all the teams have established their schedules and game times. Only Lake County could change: their PDF schedule had all the times, but their website still says TBD. That's the team that involves the least travel though, so I'm not concerned. It's not like one of the teams on the way up or on the way back.

Schedule looks like this...

7/27: Tennessee @ Birmingham (Cubs/White Sox AA)
7/28: Rome @ Lexington (Braves/Royals A)
7/29: Asheville @ West Virginia (Rockies/Pirates A)
7/30: Indianapolis @ Columbus (Pirates/Indians AAA)
7/31: Great Lakes @ Lake County (Dodgers/Indians A), Louisville @ Toledo (Reds/Tigers AAA)
8/1: Maybe Gateway @ Lake Erie (independent league), National starts in the evening!
8/2: National, Bowie @ Akron (Orioles/Indians AA)
8/3: National, Bowling Green @ Lake County (Rays/Indians A)
8/4: National, Angels @ Indians (MLB)
8/5: Maybe National, Maybe Lansing @ Fort Wayne (Blue Jays/Padres A), Maybe Southern Illinois @ Windy City (independent league)
8/6: Beloit @ Cedar Rapids (A's/Twins A), Las Vegas @ Iowa (Mets/Cubs AAA)
8/7: Las Vegas @ Iowa (Mets/Cubs AAA), maybe Airhogs @ T-Bones (independent league)

I figure I can start buying Indians, Cubs, and Pirates prospects pretty soon-- we'll be seeing three Indians affiliates and two Cubs and Pirates ones. And I can start going nuts on coaches too: as long as the lists online are correct, I know I have stuff on Jose Bautista, Jacob Cruz, Terry Clark, Mark Johnson, Glenn Hubbard, Mitch Stetter, Paco Martin, Butch Wynegar, Steve Karsay, Jerry Owens, Delino Deshields, Jody Davis, Jeff Fassero, Jeff Pico, Brian Harper, Doug Mientkiewicz, Ken Oberkfell, Kennie Steenstra, Butch Davis, Mike Scioscia, Eric Hinske, Paul Sorrento, Charles Nagy, Alfredo Griffin, Josh Paul, Scott Radinsky, Terry Francona, Ty Van Burkleo, Victor Rodriguez, Carl Willis, Sandy Alomar Jr., Brad Mills, Scott Atchison, Willie Collazo, Burt Hooton, Don Schulze, Frank Viola, Marty Pevey, Rod Nichols, Mariano Duncan, and Frank White.