jakeytehpirate's TTM report - Page 2

jakeytehpirate · 03-09-2012, 11:36 PM

Brandon Allen: 15 days

sent LOR and one card, received back signed nicely in blue sharpie:

first spring training return!

jakeytehpirate · 03-10-2012, 03:32 PM

Cale Yarborough: 14 days

sent LOR for autographed hero card, received an 8x10 reproduction of the front of the wheaties box he was featured on; personalized to my dad

tjb811 · 03-11-2012, 12:00 AM

i just just sent out to him maybe a wk ago, hope to get a response sooon! awesome success

jakeytehpirate · 04-13-2012, 02:25 PM

Daniel Hudson: 45 days

LOR and Bowman card, which bubbled, so he sent an extra and signed it as well. class act!

jakeytehpirate · 04-13-2012, 02:28 PM

Doug Harvey: 42 days

sent LOR and my HOF postcard, and asked him in my note how many times he ejected Bobby Cox. he replied "never." used different colored pens to sign my card and write on the letter, so i'm thinking he didn't sign them at the same time, which might mean he actually looked up the answer...

jakeytehpirate · 04-13-2012, 02:30 PM

Pat Gillick: 37 days

sent LOR and HOF custom card. got the HOF inscription with out even asking!

danmecum51 · 04-13-2012, 02:59 PM

Nice returns. I am sure you have seen or even know about the dry eraser trick but just in case you haven't, you can dry erase the surface of the glossy cards and ink will stick to them perfect without bubbling. Love that yarborough I got a few from him in the past.

jakeytehpirate · 04-13-2012, 10:49 PM

Yeah I have heard, but forgot to do it *facepalm*

I heard a magic eraser (ie- mr. clean) works well too, as long as you only use it dry, not wet. Any thoughts on this method?

jakeytehpirate · 04-16-2012, 08:02 AM

so far:

2/17 (12%) return rate for spring training
1/9 (11%) return rate for former players (non-HOF)
4/8 (50%) return rate for HOF
4/7 (57%) return rate for non-baseball

hmmmmm. what to do now?!?!

jakeytehpirate · 05-04-2012, 06:46 PM

Starting up a new custom IC set for famous baseball nicknames. seems to be several pretty good TTM signers out there that had some interesting nicknames. I think it will be a fun set to try to build. working on guys that sign for free and have high percentages of successes first to see how many I get, then maybe moving up to some guys that are charging or are hit-or-miss types. any body i forget, lemme know.

first batch, going out 5/5:

John "Mule" Miles
Virgil "Fire" Trucks
Al "Mad Hungarian" Hrabosky
Allen "Bud" Selig
Bob "Hawk" Taylor
Elroy "The Baron" Face

great successes so far. got all 6 back. posting pics below.

jakeytehpirate · 05-04-2012, 06:48 PM

second batch, went out 5/10:

Randy "Ransom" Jackson
Bill "Spaceman" Lee
Dave "Boo" Ferriss
Bill "Lefty" Bell

Got all four back so far, lost track of the time it took.

jakeytehpirate · 10-16-2012, 02:18 PM

Randy "Ransom" Jackson:

Bill "Lefty" Bell:

Virgil "Fire" Trucks:

John "Mule" Miles:

Elroy "The Baron" Face:

Dave "Boo" Ferris:

Bob "Hawk" Taylor:

jakeytehpirate · 10-16-2012, 02:26 PM

Colin Powell: around three weeks

jakeytehpirate · 10-16-2012, 02:28 PM

Eddie Perez: 8 months

One of my favorite returns so far!

jakeytehpirate · 10-16-2012, 02:31 PM

Roger Clemens: around two weeks, after sending an e-mail to his foundation

was expecting the same 4x6 that everyone gets. but this is so much sweeter!

jakeytehpirate · 01-18-2013, 11:38 AM

Bill Lee:

Al Hrabosky:

jakeytehpirate · 01-18-2013, 11:39 AM

Josh Hamilton:

danmecum51 · 01-18-2013, 01:26 PM

Nice hamilton

jakeytehpirate · 01-18-2013, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danmecum51

Nice hamilton

Thanks. Now I gotta find a way to get bumgarner to sign his from the same set, and Ryan Zimmerman to sign the one from the previous year, and I'll have the main current stars from NC signed...

jakeytehpirate · 02-18-2013, 10:10 PM

Clayton Kershaw:

One of my favorite returns so far, looks even better in person. glad he personalized it for my little guy. he'll love it one day, i'm sure...

jakeytehpirate · 02-20-2013, 02:10 PM

Newest requests sent:

Billy Beane [2/18/13]
WBC Stars [2/18/13] (see my other thread about that here)
Danny Hultzen [2/21/13]
Marcus Hamilton [2/21/13]

2013 Topps Series 1 ("no purchase necessary" chance to get random card from address listed on back of pack) {not a TTM, but I am mailing something in hopes of a return... } [3/6/13]
2013 Topps Heritage (same as above) [3/6/13]

jakeytehpirate · 03-03-2013, 07:50 AM

Marcus Hamilton (Dennis the Menace illustrator) : 8 days

Really love the personalization!

jakeytehpirate · 03-08-2013, 01:25 PM

Billy Beane - 18 days

(on a pack filler)

jakeytehpirate · 03-09-2013, 07:30 PM

Danny Hultzen: 16 days (C/O ST)

03-09-2012, 11:36 PM	#26 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	Brandon Allen: 15 days sent LOR and one card, received back signed nicely in blue sharpie: first spring training return! __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/ Last edited by jakeytehpirate; 03-09-2012 at 11:39 PM.

03-10-2012, 03:32 PM	#27 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	Cale Yarborough: 14 days sent LOR for autographed hero card, received an 8x10 reproduction of the front of the wheaties box he was featured on; personalized to my dad __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/

04-13-2012, 02:25 PM	#29 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	Daniel Hudson: 45 days LOR and Bowman card, which bubbled, so he sent an extra and signed it as well. class act! __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/ Last edited by jakeytehpirate; 04-13-2012 at 02:30 PM.

04-13-2012, 02:28 PM	#30 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	Doug Harvey: 42 days sent LOR and my HOF postcard, and asked him in my note how many times he ejected Bobby Cox. he replied "never." used different colored pens to sign my card and write on the letter, so i'm thinking he didn't sign them at the same time, which might mean he actually looked up the answer... __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/ Last edited by jakeytehpirate; 04-13-2012 at 02:30 PM.

04-13-2012, 02:30 PM	#31 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	Pat Gillick: 37 days sent LOR and HOF custom card. got the HOF inscription with out even asking! __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/

03-11-2012, 12:00 AM	#28 (permalink)
tjb811 Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ma. Posts: 209 xviolentmoshingx tjb811	i just just sent out to him maybe a wk ago, hope to get a response sooon! awesome success

04-13-2012, 02:59 PM	#32 (permalink)
danmecum51 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Autzen Stadium Posts: 3,666	Nice returns. I am sure you have seen or even know about the dry eraser trick but just in case you haven't, you can dry erase the surface of the glossy cards and ink will stick to them perfect without bubbling. Love that yarborough I got a few from him in the past. __________________ blowouts resident criminal. Blowout, where grown men come to get their feelings hurt

04-13-2012, 10:49 PM	#33 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	Yeah I have heard, but forgot to do it facepalm I heard a magic eraser (ie- mr. clean) works well too, as long as you only use it dry, not wet. Any thoughts on this method? __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/

04-16-2012, 08:02 AM	#34 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	so far: 2/17 (12%) return rate for spring training 1/9 (11%) return rate for former players (non-HOF) 4/8 (50%) return rate for HOF 4/7 (57%) return rate for non-baseball hmmmmm. what to do now?!?! __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/

05-04-2012, 06:46 PM	#35 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	Starting up a new custom IC set for famous baseball nicknames. seems to be several pretty good TTM signers out there that had some interesting nicknames. I think it will be a fun set to try to build. working on guys that sign for free and have high percentages of successes first to see how many I get, then maybe moving up to some guys that are charging or are hit-or-miss types. any body i forget, lemme know. first batch, going out 5/5: John "Mule" Miles Virgil "Fire" Trucks Al "Mad Hungarian" Hrabosky Allen "Bud" Selig Bob "Hawk" Taylor Elroy "The Baron" Face great successes so far. got all 6 back. posting pics below. __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/ Last edited by jakeytehpirate; 03-09-2013 at 07:23 PM.

05-04-2012, 06:48 PM	#36 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	second batch, went out 5/10: Randy "Ransom" Jackson Bill "Spaceman" Lee Dave "Boo" Ferriss Bill "Lefty" Bell Got all four back so far, lost track of the time it took. __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/ Last edited by jakeytehpirate; 03-09-2013 at 07:23 PM.

10-16-2012, 02:18 PM	#37 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	Randy "Ransom" Jackson: Bill "Lefty" Bell: Virgil "Fire" Trucks: John "Mule" Miles: Elroy "The Baron" Face: Dave "Boo" Ferris: Bob "Hawk" Taylor: __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/ Last edited by jakeytehpirate; 10-16-2012 at 02:24 PM.

10-16-2012, 02:26 PM	#38 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	Colin Powell: around three weeks __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/

10-16-2012, 02:28 PM	#39 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	Eddie Perez: 8 months One of my favorite returns so far! __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/

10-16-2012, 02:31 PM	#40 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	Roger Clemens: around two weeks, after sending an e-mail to his foundation was expecting the same 4x6 that everyone gets. but this is so much sweeter! __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/

01-18-2013, 11:38 AM	#41 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	Bill Lee: Al Hrabosky: __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/

01-18-2013, 11:39 AM	#42 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	Josh Hamilton: __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/

01-18-2013, 01:26 PM	#43 (permalink)
danmecum51 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Autzen Stadium Posts: 3,666	Nice hamilton __________________ blowouts resident criminal. Blowout, where grown men come to get their feelings hurt

02-18-2013, 10:10 PM	#45 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	Clayton Kershaw: One of my favorite returns so far, looks even better in person. glad he personalized it for my little guy. he'll love it one day, i'm sure... __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/

02-20-2013, 02:10 PM	#46 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	Newest requests sent: Billy Beane [2/18/13] WBC Stars [2/18/13] (see my other thread about that here) Danny Hultzen [2/21/13] Marcus Hamilton [2/21/13] 2013 Topps Series 1 ("no purchase necessary" chance to get random card from address listed on back of pack) {not a TTM, but I am mailing something in hopes of a return... } [3/6/13] 2013 Topps Heritage (same as above) [3/6/13] __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/ Last edited by jakeytehpirate; 03-09-2013 at 07:27 PM.

03-03-2013, 07:50 AM	#47 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	Marcus Hamilton (Dennis the Menace illustrator) : 8 days Really love the personalization! __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/

03-08-2013, 01:25 PM	#48 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	Billy Beane - 18 days (on a pack filler) __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/

03-09-2013, 07:30 PM	#49 (permalink)
jakeytehpirate Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 499 jakeytehpirate	Danny Hultzen: 16 days (C/O ST) __________________ read my blog: http://choptalking.mlblogs.com CMB (updated pretty infrequently): http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m555/jakeytehpirate/Baseball/

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