12 March 2013

well, that was quick. sort of.

i've sent out a few 2013 topps dodger cards in the hopes that some players will sign and return them to me.  yesterday, i received one back - randy choate signed his card for me from the saint louis cardinals' camp in west palm beach.
actually, the postmark was from west palm beach, but the cards train a little to the north of there in jupiter.

there was one weird thing with this return, however.  it was postmarked 2/23/13, and i received it on 3/11/13.  there were not one, but two of those little yellow stickers on the envelope that said 'unable to forward'.  now, you would think that i had the common sense to properly fill out a self-addressed stamped envelope, and when i peeled the stickers off, i saw that in fact i did address it correctly.  i don't know why it couldn't be delivered without those stickers, but i am thankful that they were able to use the return address.

i've often wondered about not putting a stamp on the sase since i use my address both for the 'to' and 'from' addresses.  but i wouldn't cheat the good ol' usps like that.  as long as they keep delivering my mail.

here's an updated tally of the topps dodger autograph project:

1951 topps - preacher roe (purchased)
1952 topps - rocky bridges
1953 topps - bobby morgan
1954 topps - billy herman (purchased)
1955 topps - don zimmer (purchased)
1956 topps - randy jackson
1957 topps - carl erskine
1958 topps - joe pignatano
1959 topps - fred kipp
1960 topps - chuck essegian
1961 topps - bob aspromonte
1962 topps - norm sherry
1963 topps - ed roebuck
1964 topps - ken mcmullen
1965 topps - dick tracewski
1966 topps - john kennedy
1967 topps - phil regan
1968 topps - jim campanis
1969 topps - jeff torborg
1970 topps - al mcbean
1971 topps - sandy vance
1972 topps - manny mota
1973 topps - wes parker
1974 topps - claude osteen
1974 topps traded - jim wynn
1975 topps - ron cey
1975 topps mini - joe ferguson
1976 topps - bill russell
1976 topps traded - dusty baker
1977 topps - steve garvey
1978 topps - dave lopes
1979 topps - charlie hough
1980 topps - jerry reuss
1981 topps - doug rau
1981 topps traded - ken landreaux
1982 topps - dave goltz
1982 topps traded - jose morales
1983 topps - ron roenicke
1983 topps traded - rafael landestoy
1984 topps - fernando valenzuela
1984 topps traded - mike vail
1985 topps - burt hooton
1986 topps - enos cabell
1986 topps traded - franklin stubbs
1987 topps - steve sax
1987 topps traded - matt young
1988 topps - len matuszek
1989 topps - mickey hatcher
1990 topps - kal daniels
1990 topps traded - juan samuel
1991 topps - tim belcher
1992 topps - roger mcdowell
1993 topps - dave hansen
1993 topps traded - tim wallach
1994 topps - jody reed
1995 topps - chris gwynn
1996 topps - todd hollandsworth
1997 topps - brett butler
1998 topps - greg gagne
1999 topps - jose vizcaino
2000 topps - jeff shaw
2001 topps - chan ho park
2002 topps - andy ashby
2002 topps traded - joel hanrahan
2003 topps - jim tracy
2003 topps traded - ron coomer
2004 topps - edwin jackson
2004 topps traded - milton bradley
2005 topps - chad billingsley
2005 topps update & highlights - jason phillips
2006 topps - bill mueller
2007 topps - james loney
2007 topps update & highlights - andy laroche
2008 topps - delwyn young
2008 topps update & highlights - casey blake
2009 topps - matt kemp
2009 topps update & highlights - brad ausmus
2010 topps - juan pierre
2010 topps update & highlights - ronnie belliard
2011 topps - hong-chih kuo
2011 topps update & highlights - matt guerrier
2012 topps - nathan eovaldi
2012 topps update & highlights - matt treanor
2013 topps - randy choate

thanks randy!

3 comments:

P-town Tom said...

The USPS has been a little squirrel-ly as of late. I hate a PWE with one card sent to me with a Forever stamp affixed.

Yet, the USPS wanted an extra $1.61. Weird.

Fuji said...

The cardboard gods are watching out for you. Very impressive list of autographs. Makes me want to attempt an Oakland A's autograph project.

Spiegel83 said...

Nice return. I just got my cards back from Choate the other day.