[glassnickels]

I've been sorting through some of my old cards and memorabilia lately and came across an old Nike shoebox labeled "Autographs." Inside was a bunch of addresses for stadiums, base cards in one of those little albums you used to be able to buy at Kmart that all the cards would stick to, a little inventory list, and these cards in toploaders with no sleeves. These were the product of my TTM efforts from I'd say 9-12 years old. So awesome looking back on these and who I considered my favorite players at the time.

Fernando Valenzuela - this was the first card I ever received back from a player. I remember my mom was so excited for me that she brought it to school and pulled me out of class so I could open it. I always sent an SASE but he had his own stationary and I kept it. So bad a$$. I just blurred out my name and the number of my old address. Think he addressed these himself? I just noticed he left out one digit from my zip code as well.





A few other baseball autos I got. I guess I liked the Donruss art cards... Love the autos from Dunston and Molitor. Such nice sigs.



Two cards I got back stamped instead of signed. Do guys still do that? And really? Clemente Nunez? No idea why I sent this card or why he would have a stamp. The requests must have been flooding in. Edit: Just looked him up and he was the first player ever signed by the Marlins, so maybe the requests did flood in, what do I know?



Some football. I think I chose football players pretty well given my age. Even with the kicker auto in there LOL. Hey, I was, and still am, a Packers fan! No idea why I would have gone with Kosar and Singletary but pretty sweet looking back.



Lastly, a post card with facsimile auto from Rafael Palmeiro. I'm actually surprised I even got that back given his superstar status at the time.



Hope you enjoyed the time warp!

[michaelstepper]

wow, cool stuff man.
the Valenzuela is a neat, my favorite looking card though has to be the Molitor. nice and clean

[djohn]

Thanks, I remember doing similar send-offs during my childhood. However I never got any autos back, but I did get some cool items (team postcards, mini-pennants, stickers, etc) from a couple different teams I wrote to. I still have them all in a shoebox as well. Nice to see the trip down memory lane.

[aprirr]

That's pretty awesome, man! I remember sending a few out back in the day as well. Thanks for sharing!

[zeprock]

That is awesome but I don't know how you could not remember those. I never would've forgotten that I'd received TTM autos when I was a kid. Those would've been in a very special place with my favorite coins, bottle caps, matchbooks and photographs. I too like the Molitor best (maybe because I collect him).