TTM Success: another 4 successes!

After having my streak snapped on Tuesday, Wednesday brought me four more TTM success from former Yankees!

First, one for my project. Bob Watson signed my 1981 and 1982 Topps cards. I needed the 1982 for my Topps Yankees Project, so that's a big help! Bob also signed my letter "Best wishes, Bob Watson." I sent to him c/o MLB league office in NYC. I now am only missing 16 years out of a possible 60. Gettin' there!

The other three successes are all duplicate years in my Topps Yankees Project. The 1957 Topps Bobby Shantz (signed in less than a week, by the way) is important, as I hope to make a switcheroo...1957 is currently Jerry Coleman, but I want to move him to 1951 (I sent him the '51 Topps I bought....eek), Shantz to 1957, McDougald to 1958, and then someone I pursuing to 1960 (request is out). Hope it works because it took a lot of thinking and tinkering!

I also received a 1964 Al Downing. I meant to send him a 1966 but I was dumb and bought a 1964 by mistake. I still have a 1966 out in the mail for a different player, so hopefully that will take care of itself. I also received a 1976 Tippy Martinez, and I think I'll use him instead of Ed Herrmann because Tippy is awesome.

Hope to return home to a full mailbox again today!

Purchase Review: A smattering of Yankees

I like that word. Smattering. Anyways, a few days ago I made a purchase on SportLots to for about 50 Yankee cards. If you don't know SportLots, it's a great resource for player collectors and set builders. Anyways, a lot of these are older cards that I am going to send out for my Topps Yankees Project. I also picked up a few Tinos for my personal collection, and a few Yankees prospects simply because I didn't have cards of these guys yet. I'm talking about you, Cito Culver, Adam Warren and Slade Heathcott.

Anyways, here are a few of the highlights from my lot. I won't list out every card, that would be boring. But a few cards stand out.

1973 Topps Fritz Peterson. I love this design. I actually think it's my first and only 1973 Topps card. It's a cool action shot of him having just finished delivering a pitch. He is wearing old school stirrups, and you can just tell that the field is so dusty. The grass looks like my old little league field. I like seeing old videos where the infields just aren't as well kept as they are today. The dirt was powdery and flew everywhere.

1981 Topps Bob Watson. Dwight Schrute called. He wants his glasses back.

1961 Topps Joe DeMaestri. Check out that collar under the jersey. Is that denim??

Otherwise, I got a bunch of old Yankees cards - assorted named like Hegan, Reniff, Downing, Womack. Some of the prospects I got include David Phelps, Hector Noesi, JR Murphy, and David Adams.

The Tinos I bought are all ones from his second and final stint with the Yankees: 2005 Topps #655, 2005 Topps Chrome #464, 2006 Topps Heritage #199 (sweet card), and 2006 Fleer #400 (I had never seen this set. Yuck.). I have a bunch of free time this weekend, so I'll do my best to update my Tino collection on this site.