Billy Raimondi never had an at bat in the major leagues, but Billy is what baseball is all about…playing for the love of the game. Billy was a catcher in the minor leagues from 1931 through 1952, which was longer than any other position player in Pacific Coast League history (Herm Pillette pitched 23 seasons). [...]
Not a bad week. I received several autographs TTM including a couple for my 1962 Topps set. Jake Gibbs (1962 Topps) Ed Hobaugh (2nd auto on 1962 Topps Senators team card) Ed Roebuck (1962 Topps) Jim Landis (1962 Topps) Mike de la Hoz (1962 Topps) Chuck Essegian (1962 Topps) Jim Thome (2003 Upper Deck Vintage) [...]
Tags: 1962 Topps, Bob Lemon, Camilo Pascual, Ed Hobaugh, Ed Roebuck, George Kell, Jake Gibbs, Jim Landis, Marlan Coughtry, Multisigned, Pedro Ramos, Rookie Parade, Stan Musial, TTM Autographs, Ty Cline
I picked up a pretty neat 40+ year old, 22 page Phillies scorecard today. It’s in great condition. I love finding stuff like this. It’s full of some great old ads (I wish a new car was still $1895), player info, and stats. This scorecard was actually scored. Some people don’t like that, but I [...]
Tags: baseball programs, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, scorecards
With many of the requests that we send TTM, we like to include a short Q&A for some of the older players. My son usually chooses the questions and we try to limit them to three. Sometimes we get back the questionnaire and it’s blank and other times we get them filled out…or even a [...]
Tags: player Q&A, Questionnaires
I received this card back today. Jim Perry, a great TTM signer, autographed the card in 7 days. I included his fee of $5. Now I’m down to two remaining signers: Art Ditmar and Frank Lary. 1961 Topps AL Pitching Leaders
Tags: Jim Perry, Multisigned, TTM Autographs
