March 30, 2013 Joe Horlen and Jerry Messerly

Jerry Messerly

Mr Messerly is another teammate that former major league pitcher Ray Peters helped me get. They played together with the Eugene Emeralds in 1971. Jerry never made the major leagues but he played for 10 years in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.and played the last 6 years in AAA ball in the PCL.

Baseball is in the Messerly genes as Jerry's father, Russell, played in the NY Yankees organization from 1939-1946, during World War Two and his son, Michael, played in the Oakland A's organization from 1988 to 1991

Joe Horlen
Mr Horlen's signatures were acquired through a private signing held by Bob McCartha, a diehard White Sox fan.

Thanks Bob, they came out great.

March 26, 2013 Gary Neibauer

Gary Neibauer
 Gary Neibauer pitched for the Atlanta Braves from 1969 to 1973 with a stop in Philly with the Phillies in between. I got Mr Neibauer with the help of Keith from NYC , who supplied the Phillies image,  and former major league pitcher Ray Peters, who roomed with Mr Neibauer's old roomate, Pete Koegel. Mr Peters arranged for me to send them to get signed. Gary sent a business card for his baseball training and instruction in Denver.

I found out that Mr Neibauer fought to have older players who just missed out on a baseball pension included in the MLB pension plan,

Here is a link to an article

Gary Neibauer Article

March 16, 2013 Cards For Collectors

Been busy making cards for collectors....here are some of the results

 David in Virginia ......collects certain Pittsburgh Pirates and he wanted something different from the regular Topps cards. Pictured are 1972 Venezuelan BB Cards of Rennie Stennett and Manny Sanguillen, a 1975 Kelloggs Sanguillen and a 1977 MSA Disc.

 John in Las Vegas....... likes cards of the lesser known players who made the major leagues but didn't stay long

John from Oregon.......likes posed fielding and batting images

January 15, 2012 Scott Reid

Scott Reid
Scott Reid played outfield for the 1969-1970 Philadelphia Phillies but mostly was used as a pinch hitter. He went to the Mets organization for a few years and finished his career back with the Phillies minor league organization in 1973.

January 14, 2013 Jesse Hickman

Another TTM straggler came home today.......I mailed this one out September of 2012

Jesse Hickman
Mr Hickman was originally signed by the Philadelphia Phillies but never pitched for them. He also spent time in the Houston Astros minor leagues before making the major leagues with the Kansas City Athletics in 1965 and 1966.

January 10, 2013 Two Back Today

After not getting any TTM back for a long time, two stragglers came in one day. I really miss getting mail so I think I'll start sending out again.

Jim Golden
Mr Golden pitched for the Dodgers and Colt 45s from 1960-1963. He sent a nice note apologizing for misplacing my letter and mentioned that his son collects photos from his career so I'll have to send Mr Golden some photos.

Byron Browne
Byron Browne played for the Cubs, Cardinals and Phillies. He led the National League in strikeouts in 1966.

December 28, 2012 Cards For Collectors

Here's some custom cards I made for collectors.....everybody collects differently

John from Las Vegas likes to collect the lesser known players who never had a card.

Jim from upstate NY wanted some cards for players who are missing from Topps sets,

Gary from Illinois wanted certain players in certain uniform styles from the 1970s