January and February 2002

2/27/2002

Justin Leonard

Justin is a excellent golfer on the PGA tour and personally one of my favorites. He signed my card in only 10 days c/o his home address! Awesome!

2/25/2002

Albert Pujols 2001 NL ROY

Albert signed my card for me in only 20 days c/o Spring Training. This was my first success back from S.T. this year, and what a way to start it off! Pujols career is of to such a start that experts are already comparing him with such legends as Joe Dimaggio and Stan Musial. Pujols went from class A to the Major League All-Star Game in less than a year, His selection to the National League All-Star team was a no-brainer since he ranked so high in virtually every offensive category during the first half of the season. He was also the other ROY besides Ichiro, and finished fourth in the NL MVP ballot voting.

2/23/2002

Heath Shuler

Heath signed my card in two months and two weeks c/o his Real estate agency address. He signed 1 of the two cards I sent and replaced my other card with a Classic 4Sport Rookie. A Nice success but I wish he had also signed my other card.

2/20/2002

Yogi Berra

Yogi signed for me in 20 days, I paid the $10 fee. His son Dale Berra who played pro ball for 10 years Authorized my receipt. That was pretty cool!

2/18/2002

Happy President's Day! Due to this national holiday, the mail was not delivered. But, I still had one more $1 bargain to share with you, so here it tis, Aaron Boone His brother, father, and grandfather were and are all pro baseball players. Bret still is and did I forget to mention that Aaron still plays for the Reds? Oops!

2/16/2002

Brad Fullmer

Brad signed my Topps Gold Label card in 9 months in an interesting journey. I sent it to the Expos address nine months ago, they forwarded it to the Blue jays who forwarded it to their spring training where he signed it.

Ryan Minor

Ryan signed my card in exactly 13 months and 13 days! He was the replacement for Cal Ripken Jr. when he ended his Iron man streak. I originally sent this request to the Baltimore Orioles, they forwarded it to the Expos.

2/15/2002

Henry Ellard

Henry was a star wide out for the Rams during his day, now he is a (something-or-other) coach for them. He signed all three of my cards through their team address in four months.

2/14/2002

Mike Kryzwzesky

"Coach K" as he is known by across the country, did not sign my card and index but returned them unsigned and his assistant sent me a pre-season-signed 8x10 b/w glossy due to the fact that he cannot sign during a #1 in the nation campaign.

2/13/2002

$1 Bargain at Card Shop, Cherokee Parks who plays on my favorite NBA team, the San Antonio Spurs!

 

2/11/2002

$1 Bargain at Card Shop, Quinton Spotwood

 

2/10/2002

Wahoo!

I went to a card show today and bought 100+ cool autographable cards. I also traded for five autographs. Here they are,

Carlos Beltran
Brooks Robinson
Carlos Febles
Will Clark
John Smoltz

2/09/2002

$1 Bargain at Card Shop, Matt Maloney who made it to the NBA the old fashion way. He's still in the NBA.

2/08/2002

Monster Update! (compared to lately)

I got four successes in the mail today, all in under 2 weeks time and all c/o home addresses! I have added those in the Address file. That is the best success day I've had since last September.

Robin Roberts
Robin signed for me in 7 days c/o his home address. I really like the '01 Topps Archives cards but I should have used the eraser method on it like the Tug McGraw archives card.

Bill Pierce
Bill signed for me in one week as well c/o his home addy. Like the Roberts archive card I should have used an eraser.

Jaime Bluma
Jaime signed the Blue Chips card I bought at a card show in Nebraska for a dime. It turned out awesome! I also had him sign a 2001 Wichita State baseball schedule since he played for them during his college days. It took him only 11 days c/o his home address.

Don Beebe
Don signed my two cards, one being a rookie card. He is the first person to sign for me with green sharpie.

2/07/2002

Yet another $1 Bargain at Card Shop, don't worry though, I saved the best four for the last. The last of the slouchers is another Texas Tech alumni, Lance Hughes

2/05/2002

$1 Bargain at Card Shop, Christian Fauria the current Tight End for the Seahawks

2/04/2002

Doug Drabek

The 1990 Cy Young Award winner in Drabek signed all three of my cards in one week c/o his home address. He personalized two and signed the Cracker Jack card plain.

 

2/02/2002

I got a failure from Andre Dawson today, He wants donations for his charity. $1 Bargain at Card Shop, George Zidek the highest drafted Z man in NBA history.

2/01/2002

I found 8 more $1 autographs on 1/31/2002 at a card shop. Like the others, I have decided to do them 1 per update to keep things cool. (I did get a pack of 2001 Topps Archives yesterday though and 5 out of the 8 people on the cards sign!) The autograph in this update that you can see is Mark Davis (A Texas Tech BKB legend)

 

1/30/2002

Shannon Stewart

Shannon has been really messing around with collectors lately. I heard he switched a guys 02 Topps for a 01 Topps. (Not that the '01 Topps Stewart cards aren't nice) But that isn't the worst. Shannon swapped my 2000 Topps Gold Label for a '01 Topps, at least I got two signed cards. Oh yeah, and he signed in about 28 days c/o his home address.

1/28/2002

Curtis Martin

Curtis signed 2 of 2 awesome sports cards for me as you can see by the scans! It took him 3 months c/o the NY Jets team addy

1/22/2002

Jay Canizaro

Jay signed my card but returned the index back unsigned.

1/19/2002

Tug McGraw

Tug signed my card and index in two weeks c/o his home address. Cool!

1/14/2002

Phil Niekro

Phil signed both of my two cards much to my surprise in 1 week c/o his home address. I plan to get the Record Breakers card signed by his brother Joe Niekro

Bert Jones

Bert signed my card and Index in 7 days c/o his home addy. I have added both addresses in the Address File.

1/13/2002

Last of the 3 $1 Bargains from 1/6, Gil Meche

1/12/2002

$1 Bargain at Card Shop from 1/6, Pat Bradley

1/10/2002

Bryce Drew

Bryce signed 2/2 1999 Topps Rookie cards in 4 months c/o the Hornets team addy. He added Colossians 3:23 to both signatures.

1/7/2002

Ben Coates!

Finally! The first success of 2002, and it's a dandy! (It's the Dynagon Prism card) Ben signed c/o his home addy in only 19 days! That sure beats the 9 months he took to sign last year c/o the Ravens. (the Gridiron Leaders card)

1/6/2002

I got 3 more autographs on 1/3/2002 at a card shop for $1 each. (great bargains) but since successes have been so far between lately, I have decided to do them 1 per update to keep you entertained. The autograph in this update that you can see is Adrian Dingle

1/4/2002

$1 Bargain at Card Shop, Briant Stith

1/3/2002

$1 Bargain at Card Shop, Sam Mack

1/1/2002

$1 Bargain at Card Shop, Mike Morgan who pitched some quality innings in the World Series for the Diamondbacks.