TTM Project Update.
Well, the cards have been out for a little over a month now and I’m sitting at 44% success rating.
Here who I’ve received, received/sent, and how long it took:
Hank Aaron, 1/1, 7 days
John Danks, 1/2, 14 days
Livan Hernandez, 2/3, 14 days
Chris Perez, 3/3, 4 days
Ryne Sandberg, 1/1, 24 days
Max Scherzer, 1/1, 11 days
Jess Todd, 1/1, 8 days
Matt Wieters, 1/1, 14 days
I’m happy with what I’ve gotten back, but hopefully I’ll have a few more trickle in.
One reason for a possible delay for some of the cards is the team schedule. If a player was on a long road stand, A) he can’t get his mail and B) what mail he does get backs up. It could take a player longer to go through the mail when he gets to his locker for the first time in a week or 2.
A Lesson from This
There has been some recent controversy in the autograph world about the Aaron autos. Many believe they are “ghost signed,” where someone else signs the cards.
While I think the autograph is really Aarons, you do have to wonder why he’d be signing all of the sudden. He’s never been great about signing through the mail and all of the sudden he signs everything.
My reasoning for why I believe the autograph is real is simple. First, it matches an autograph I’ve gotten from him in the past (and it matches one that my brother in law bought). Also, everything he’s been signing has been sent through the Braves – there is no reason to assume the Braves would have a hand in giving out fake autographs.
That’s just my opinion though.
Many other players have been rumored to use ghost signers, including David Wright, Ryan Zimmerman, and Jim Thome.
