TTM Success: Charlie Hayes

I was thrilled to get a TTM return from 1996 World Series hero Charlie Hayes.

Hayes is a now a coach for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. He signed these in about 3 weeks.

The only big regret I have is that I couldn't find the card I really wanted signed:

Courtesy of The Trading Card Database

This would be so cool to have. I looked high and low for this card in my collection and just couldn't find it. I still feel like I have it someplace, but this is where my disorganization hurts me. However, I am happy to have the '93 Topps Gold signed, as I don't think I've ever sent a Topps Gold card to a player.

Hayes has room...Hayes makes the catch!

“…Swung on and popped up again off third. Hayes has room. Hayes makes the catch! Yankees win. Theeee Yankeeeees win! The New York Yankees have won the 1996 World Series!” – John Sterling

I’ve heard that call many, many times over the past 20 years. It’s one of my favorite baseball memories: seeing the Yankees win the 1996 World Series. I was a seventh grader at the time, but I still remember that night well, including being over at my friend Pat’s house.

The moment above was luckily immortalized in his 1997 Upper Deck card.

While I didn’t know much about the 2016 Archives 65^th Anniversary set, I was happy to see Hayes had an autograph. I can’t imagine many folks would be thrilled with pulling this card as their auto given that it’s selling for about $2-$3, but I couldn’t snatch one up fast enough. Although this photo isn't from the '96 moment, it's still neat that he's catching pop up.

The lot I purchased also had a green bordered back parallel #’d to 150, as well as a base card. Not bad to pick up a few of these at once.