Daily Autograph: January 2024

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Cedric Allen

My birthday is on January 13th, so I came up with another TTM challenge for myself. This one I called "The TTM Birthday Challenge." On January 6, 2021, one week before my birthday, I sent birthday cards to ten baseball players who also share my birthday.

Here is the birthday card that I sent to Cedric Allen.

Seventeen days later, my card came back signed, and he included a note back.

Cedric signed a 1995 Fleer Excel card #171.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=allen-001ced

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Ric Christian

Here is the birthday card that I sent to Ric Christian.

Fourteen days later, my card came back signed, and he included a note back.

Ric signed a 1991 Line Drive AA Pre-Rookie card #29.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=christ001ric

Monday, January 29, 2024

Mike Tyson

Here is the birthday card that I sent to Mike Tyson.

Thirteen days later, my card came back signed.

Mike signed a 1974 Topps card #655.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tysonmi01.shtml

Sunday, January 28, 2024

Mike Kimbrell

In December of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Mike Kimbrell. I had many cards in this set signed but I never got the chance to see Mike play, so I wrote him a letter and sent my card.

32 days later my card came back signed.

Mike signed a 1996 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Team Set card.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=kimbre001mic

Saturday, January 27, 2024

Steve Comer

Here is the birthday card that I sent to Steve Comer.

Ten days later, my card came back signed.

Steve signed a 1979 Topps card #463.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/comerst01.shtml

Friday, January 26, 2024

Johnny Hilo

In December of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Johnny Hilo. I sent him my card and the following letter.

21 days later my card came back signed.

Johnny signed a 1994 Sport Pro Great Falls Dodgers Team Set card #10.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hilo--001joh

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Jack Kimel

In December of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Jack Kimel. I sent him my card and the following letter.

Fourteen days later my card came back signed.

Jack signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #30.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=kimel-001jac

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Pavin Smith

I met him at the 4th annual BlitzBall tournament at Greco Softball Complex in Tampa, Florida in 2021.

Pavin signed a 2018 Topps Heritage Minor League card #59.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithpa04.shtml

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Kyle Tucker

I met him at the 4th annual BlitzBall tournament at Greco Softball Complex in Tampa, Florida in 2021.

I met his brother, Preston 5 years earlier.

Kyle signed a 2016 Bowman Draft card #BD-137.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tuckeky01.shtml

Monday, January 22, 2024

Connor Scott

I met him at the 4th annual BlitzBall tournament at Greco Softball Complex in Tampa, Florida in 2021.

Connor signed a 2018 Bowman Draft card #BD-158.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=scott-000con

Sunday, January 21, 2024

Mike King

In December of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Mike King. I had many cards in this set signed but I never got the chance to see Mike play, so I wrote him a letter and sent my card.

Twelve days later my card came back signed and he included a great note back.

Four months after receiving this autograph, Mike shared a Twitter post I had previously posted about his autographed card.

Mike signed a 1996 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Team Set card.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=king--005mic

Saturday, January 20, 2024

Tatiana Melendez

Tatiana is my brother's stepdaughter. On Christmas Day 2020, I brought the ballet magazine that she graces the cover on to my mom's house, where my family was meeting, and tried to get it signed. Unfortunately, the paint pen that I brought completely dried up and didn't work. Tati offered to take the magazine home and sign it there and then my brother would bring it to me the following day.

Tatiana signed the cover of the Fall 2020 issue of Pointe.

https://www.pointemagazine.com/tatiana-melendez-ballet-2647770342.html

Friday, January 19, 2024

Ken Berry

In December of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Ken Berry. I sent him my card and the following letter.

Eight days later my card came back signed.

Ken signed a 1990 Best Birmingham Barons Team Set card #28.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/berryke01.shtml

Thursday, January 18, 2024

Robert Cafaro

In December of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Robert Cafaro. I had many cards in this set signed but I never got the chance to see Robert play, so I wrote him a letter and sent my card.

Eight days later my card came back signed and he included a note back.

Robert signed a 1996 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Team Set card.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=cafaro001rob

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Jay Davis

In October of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Jay Davis. I found an address and sent him my card and a letter.

Unfortunately, it turned out that the address was incorrect. 41 days later I got a "return to sender" notice.

I found another address but in a different state, so I scratched out the date on my original letter and replaced it with the date that I would be resending it on.