July 20, 2012

Today I started getting back some of the returns from the mailing I did last Saturday.

Nate Oliver

Nate was an infielder for the Dodgers in the 1960s. He later went to the Cubs and Yankees.

Joe Moeller


Joe spent his entire career with the Dodgers from 1962-1971. He made occasional trips to the minor leagues in that time and I made some custom cards of him with the Omaha Dodgers and the Spokane Indians.

 

 Dick Estelle


Dick was signed by the SF Giants in 1960 and made the major leagues with the Giants in 1964-65 and had a career record of 1-2. The two photos of Dick with the Giants were originally black and white and I added color to them.

 

July 18, 2012 Two Returns Today

Got back two returns today, one from last month and one from a batch of letters I mailed on Saturday.

Tom Qualters

Tom Qualters was a "Bonus Baby" who signed with the Philadelphia Phillies out of high school in 1953, so that meant he had to remain on the Phillies roster for 2 years. He pitched in one game in 1953 and gave up 6 earned runs in a third of an inning and ended up the season with a 162.00 ERA. He last played in the majors with the White Sox in 1958.

Mel Nelson

This was a return that shocked the hell out of me. I mailed this request with a bunch of others on Saturday, July 14th. I got a reply today on July 18th. Five days from Brooklyn, NY to California and back to me........Thank you Mel and thank you United States Postal Service.

July 15, 2012 Rene Lachemann

Rene Lachemann

Rene Lachemann played with the Kansas City Athletics in 1965 and part of 1966. His brother Marcel also played for the A's from 1969-1971. Rene was also the  manager of the Seattle Mariners from 1981-1983, the Brewers in 1984 and the Florida Marlins from 1993-1996.

July 12, 2012 Oscar Brown

Oscar Brown

Oscar was an outfielder with the Atlanta Braves from 1969 to 1973 and was also the brother of Ollie Brown, who played with the Giants and Padres.  I sent him 4 custom cards but he kept two of them.

He kept these two:

July 5, 2012 Mike Wallace

I haven't sent out many TTMs lately so all I'm getting are the occasional returns of previous mailings.

Mike Wallace

Mike pitched with the Phillies, Yankees and Cardinals. I remember him going 6-0 with the 1974 Yankees.

July 3, 2012 Ike Hampton

Ike Hampton

Ike was originally signed by the NY Mets in 1970 and played with them in 1974. He was traded to the California Angels in 1975 and stayed with them until 1980.

July 2, 2012 Ed Bauta

Ed Bauta

On June 16th I mailed 4 custom cards to Ed Bauta, last week I got my return envelope with someone elses's cards inside. Fellow SCN member Metrotheme posted in the Forums about receiving my cards, we contacted each other and sent out each others cards. Found out he also lives in NY....Cool