Lucas Giolito and Kaleb Cowart

Had a nice little surprise as 2 TTM's came in from last year's Spring Training.  Lucas Giolito signed 1/1 in 372 days c/o Nationals Spring Training and Kaleb Cowart signed 2/2 in 370 days c/o Angels Spring Training.

Goose Gossage

I decided to send out my first baseball in hopes of landing a Hall of Famer, and quite possibly, starting a Hall of Fame collection.  I'm now 1/1 as Goose Gossage signed a ROMLB in 29 days c/o Home.  He also inscribed HOF 08 as I had requested.  I did not include a fee, so I was a little worried that he would not include the inscription as I saw that it was about a 50/50 shot.  I am real excited to get this one back as I had checked my mailbox everyday in hopes of finding my bubble envelope.  I came back from the gym today to find the envelope stuffed into my mailbox and proceeded to rip it open.  This is definitely my favorite success in awhile as it's a Hall of Famer, who even played for both Chicago teams, and my first HOF inscription on a baseball.  Hopefully there will be many more to come in the coming years!

Geoff Blum Signed Card

Unfortunately, I was not able to attend SoxFest this weekend.  It would have been fantastic for my 2005 World Series project as well since many members of that team were in attendance.  However, a good friend of mine was able to go and he came back to school and surprised me with a signed card of Geoff Blum.  Blum was one player that I did not have so I am now at 9/25 on my '05 World Series project.  I've been moving slowly on this project but I'm confident that it will eventually be completed.  I've been getting ahead of myself a bit as well and have been planning out what the completed project will look like. 

J.A. Happ

J.A. Happ signed 1/1.  After searching through my Excel document that I track all of my send-offs on, I realized that I must have forgotten to include Happ's card on it.  However, I had to have sent this one off at least a few years ago because I definitely did not send it in 2014 and I do not believe I sent it in 2013 either.  Nice to see this one come back as Happ pitched at Northwestern, which is a place I grew up watching college baseball games and I even pitched on their field a couple of times for tournaments.

Andre Reed Signed Card

A rare football TTM for me, but 2014 Hall of Famer Andre Reed signed 1/2 in 11 days c/o Home.  He ignored my request for a HOF 2014 inscription but I've noticed that most do not include that on a card anyways.  I'm very content with a great looking signature from a recent HOF inductee!

Late Year Spring Training Successes

Came home a week and a half ago for Thanksgiving break and found some returns from Spring Training!

Former #1 pick Mark Appel signed 1/1 in 224 days c/o Astros Spring Training.

Another Astros high end prospect and former Minooka High School star Mike Foltynewicz signed 1/1 in 243 days c/o Astros Spring Training. 

Former White Sox and current Arizona Diamondbacks closer Addison Reed signed 2/2 in 273 days c/o Diamondbacks Spring Training. 

Rockies high end prospect Jonathan Gray signed 1/1 in 299 days c/o Rockies Spring Training. 

Indians 5th overall pick in 2013 Clint Frazier signed 1/1 in 285 days c/o Indians Spring Training .

Oswaldo Arcia, Matt Barnes, Christian Colon, and Chris Owings

Minnesota Twins OF Oswaldo Arcia signed 1/1 in 158 days c/o Twins Spring Training.

Red Sox prospect Matt Barnes signed 1/1 in 155 days c/o Red Sox Spring Training.

Recent Royals call up Christian Colon signed 1/1 in 139 days c/o Royals Spring Training.

Diamondbacks prospect Chris Owings signed 1/1 in 162 days c/o Diamondbacks Spring Training.