TTM Thursday: Chris Paul Return
Posted: Thursday, September 15, 2011 Filed under: Through The Mail | Tags: Autographs, Cards, Chris Paul, Collect, NBA, New Orleans Hornets, TTM 1 Comment
Received two cards back yesterday signed from Chris Paul in a little over a month. This is one of my favorite successes to date. What was neat about this return was that about a week ago, Chris Paul tweeted that he was working on returning his fan mail/autograph requests, even posting a picture. Pretty cool stuff! Thank you CP3!
TTM Thursday: Clark Kellogg Return
Posted: Thursday, September 1, 2011 Filed under: Through The Mail | Tags: Autographs, Cards, Clark Kellogg, Generations, Pacers Leave a comment
Received a Upper Deck Generations card signed by former Indiana Pacer and basketball commentator, Clark Kellogg. This was from a handful of requests I sent out back on 7/27. Probably my all-time favorite success to date. Not only did Mr. Kellogg return a card signed, but he also included a nice response to my letter. He points out that the Pacers are moving in the right direction, and I can’t argue! They now have a core group of young players that is only going to get better with more experience together. Thank you, Mr. Kellogg, particularly for taking the time to write back!
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Outgoing TTM Requests, August 20th
Posted: Friday, August 19, 2011 Filed under: Through The Mail | Tags: Autographs, Collect, Gail Goodrich, Jerry West, Lakers, NBA Leave a comment
Requests that I am sending out tomorrow, August 20th:
Jerry West, 14-time NBA All-Star, 1968-69 NBA Finals MVP (only to ever win award on losing squad), 1972 NBA Champion, 15th on NBA All-Time Points list
Gail Goodrich, 5-time NBA All-Star, 1973-74 All-NBA 1st team, 1972 NBA Champion
Although I’ve yet to get a signed return on a Topps Murad card, I expect they will look pretty sharp signed.
TTM Tuesday: Favorite Returns, John Wooden
Posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Filed under: Through The Mail | Tags: Autographs, Basketball, Collect, John Wooden, Purdue, UCLA Leave a comment
Today I will share probably my all-time favorite TTM autograph success, a return from arguably the greatest coach in basketball history, John Wooden. Wooden coached UCLA to 10 national championships, including a string of 7 consecutive from 1967-1973 . He also won a championship with Purdue as a player in 1932. He was inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 1960 and as a coach in 1973.
Coach Wooden signed two 2001 Greats of the Game cards in under two weeks back in 2008. He also included his own leadership card, all three cards personalized. Thank you Coach Wooden for your contributions to the game and to life. We miss you!
TTM Tuesday: Favorite Returns, Derrick McKey
Posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 Filed under: Through The Mail | Tags: Autographs, Basketball, Collect, Derrick McKey, Indiana Pacers, NBA, Seattle Supersonics Leave a comment
For this TTM Tuesday I will highlight another of my favorite returns, one that went straight to my personal collection, an autograph received from one of my favorite Indiana Pacers, Derrick McKey. McKey was a member of the 1987-88 All-Rookie team and was named to the NBA All-Defensive 2nd team twice. He spent the majority of his career with the Seattle Supersonics and the Indiana Pacers and played a key role in several deep playoff runs for both teams. Received this Fleer Tradition card signed in about 2 weeks back in 2008.
TTM Tuesday: Outgoing Requests August 9th
Posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 Filed under: Through The Mail | Tags: Autographs, Cards, Chris Paul, Collect, Lamar Odom, NBA, Topps, Upper Deck Leave a comment
Requests that I am sending out today, August 9th:
Chris Paul, 4 time NBA All-Star, Rookie of the Year 2006, All-NBA First Team 2008
Lamar Odom, 2 time NBA Champion in 2009 and 2010 with Lakers
To Chris Paul I sent a 09-10 Upper Deck Masterpieces insert. Hoping this along with the Topps Murad Odom will come out great signed!
TTM Thursday: Kenny Anderson Return
Posted: Thursday, August 4, 2011 Filed under: Through The Mail | Tags: Autographs, Cards, Georgia Tech, Indiana Pacers, Kenny Anderson, NBA 1 CommentReceived my first autograph success from the small batch of requests I sent out last week. The first return was Kenny Anderson, received back in 8 days.
Nice autograph signed with a black sharpie. Great addition to my Indiana Pacers autograph collection! Hoping his transition to coaching, as you can read about here, works out well! Thank you Kenny!
