MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS!

PETE ROSE AUTOGRAPHED BASEBALL & 4 CARDS! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME!!

Pete Rose (MLB OF/1B/2B/3B/Mgr.)
c/o Field of Dreams
3700 W Flamingo Rd
Las Vegas NV 89103-4043
Sent: 12/11/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, baseball, pen, custom-made card, 3 baseball cards, $10.00
Received: 12/23/08 (signed baseball with green ink pen & signed 4/4 cards with green ink pen!)
1982 Topps #4 Autographed card
1982 Topps #337 AS Autographed card
1987 Topps Glossy Send-Ins #41 Autographed card
Custom-made Baseball Heroes Autographed card (signed upside down)
Returned In: 13 days

ED "TOO TALL" JONES & GOOSE GOSSAGE SIGN! DISSED BY AL KALINE--NOLAN RYAN SENDS PICTURE

Al Kaline (MLB OF)
3613 York Ct
Bloomfield Hills MI 48301-2058
Sent: 12/11/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, baseball, pen, custom-made card, 2 baseball cards
Received: 12/22/08 (returned baseball and cards unsigned in my SASE with no explanation) I HATE WHEN THIS HAPPENS!
Returned In: 12 days


Ed “Too Tall” Jones (NFL DE)
c/o Dallas Cowboys
Cowboys Center
1 Cowboys Pkwy
Irving TX 75063-4924
Sent: 6/12/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, 1 football card
Received: 12/22/08 (signed 1/1 cards with black sharpie)*
1982 Topps #185 Autographed card
Returned In: 194 days


Ed “Too Tall” Jones (NFL DE)
c/o Dallas Cowboys
Cowboys Center
1 Cowboys Pkwy
Irving TX 75063-4924
Sent: 6/18/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, 1 football card
Received: 12/22/08 (signed 1/1 cards with black sharpie)*
1989 Topps #389 Autographed card
Returned In: 188 days


Nolan Ryan (MLB Pitcher HOF)
237 Escalera Pkwy
Georgetown TX 78628-7157
Sent: 7/30/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, 1 baseball card
Received: 12/22/08 (returned my card unsigned & sent what I’m sure is a pre-printed signed 3x5 picture) OH WELL, CERTAINLY BETTER THAN NOTHING!
Returned In: 146 days


Rich "Goose" Gossage (MLB Pitcher HOF 2008)
35 Marland Rd
Colorado Springs CO 80906-4328
Sent: 12/11/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, baseball, pen, custom-made card, 3 baseball cards, $10.00
Received: 12/22/08 (signed baseball with black pen & added “HOF 2008”; signed 3 of 4 cards with blue fine-tip sharpie-didn’t sign custom-made card)****
1974 Topps #542 Autographed card
1976 Topps #180 Autographed card
1982 Topps #557 Autographed card
Returned In: 12 days

2 HALL OF FAMERS SIGN MY BASEBALLS & CARDS!!! LEE MACPHAIL & ROBIN ROBERTS!

Lee MacPhail (MLB AL President/General Manager/HOF ‘98)
4474 N Ocean Blvd #6a
Delray Beach FL 33483
Sent: 12/11/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, baseball, pen, 2 custom-made cards
Received: 12/19/08 (signed baseball & 2/2 custom cards with black ink; added HOF ’98 on baseball)**
Custom baseball heroes Autographed card
Custom-made photo Autographed card
Returned In: 9 days



Robin Roberts (MLB Pitcher/HOF ‘76)
504 Terrace Hill Dr
Tampa FL 33617-3850
Sent: 12/11/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, baseball, pen, 2 custom-made cards
Received: 12/19/08 (signed baseball with blue ink & 2/2 cards with black ink & sent a request to make donations to B.A.T. in the future; added HOF ’76 to ball)**
2004 Greats of the Game #129 Autographed card
Custom-made Baseball Heroes Autographed card
Returned In: 9 days

RYAN ZIMMERMAN IN MY MAILBOX!

Ryan Zimmerman (MLB SS/OF)
c/o Washington Nationals
2400 E Capitol St NE Ste 2
Washington DC 20003-1736
Sent: 07/30/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, 1 baseball card
Received: 12/17/08 (signed 1/1 cards with black sharpie & included a note telling about his charity for Multiple Sclerosis)*
2006 Topps Allen & Ginter’s #264 Autographed card
Returned In: 141 days

THE RAGING BULL JAKE LAMOTTA!!!

Jake LaMotta (Middleweight Boxing Champion “Raging Bull”)
400 E 57th St
New York NY 10022-3019
Sent: 11/1/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, 1 Americana II card
Received: 12/16/08 (signed & personalized 1/1 cards with black pen & even signed & personalized the index card I had put in the envelope for protection)**
2008 Donruss Americana II #190 Autographed card
Returned In: 46 days

JOSH HAMILTON, BRUCE JENNER, BEN ROETHLISBERGER, JOHN OLERUD, SEAN LANDETA, MIKE DUNLEAVY & CHARLIE HOUGH!

Ben Roethlisberger (NFL QB)
c/o Pittsburgh Steelers
3400 South Water St
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Sent: 10/31/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, 1 football card
Received: 12/15/08 (signed 1/1 cards with silver sharpie!)**
2007 Score #204 Autographed card
Returned In: 46 days


Bruce Jenner (Olympic Decathlon World’s Record Holder/Reality TV Star/Stepfather to the Kardashian girls)
4774 Park Granada Ste 2
Calabasas CA 91302-3358
Sent: 11/1/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, 1 2008 A&G card
Received: 12/15/08 (signed 1/1 cards with black sharpie!)*
2008 Topps Allen & Ginter’s #208 Autographed card
Returned In: 45 days


John Olerud (MLB 1B)
1310 180th Ave NE
Bellevue WA 98008-3232
Sent: 07/23/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, 3 baseball cards
Received: 12/15/08 (Signed 2/3 cards with blue sharpie!)**
1992 Topps #777 Autographed card
1992 Pinnacle #78 Autographed card
Returned In: 146 days


Josh Hamilton (MLB OF)
4250 c/o Texas Rangers
1000 Ballpark Way
Arlington TX 76011-5168
Sent: 07/24/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, 2 baseball cards
Received: 12/15/08 (signed 2/2 cards with blue fine-tip sharpie or pen!)**
2007 Topps 52 #85 RC Autographed card
2008 Upper Deck #671 Autographed card
Returned In: 146 days


Josh Hamilton (MLB OF)
4250 c/o Texas Rangers
1000 Ballpark Way
Arlington TX 76011-5168
Sent: 07/25/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, 2 baseball cards
Received: 12/15/08 (signed 2/2 cards with blue fine-tip sharpie or pen!)**
2007 Topps Allen & Ginter’s #4 Autographed card
2008 Bowman #183 Autographed card (you can barely see this one)
Returned In: 145 days


Mike Dunleavy (NBA Guard/Coach)
c/o Los Angeles Clippers
Staples Center
1111 S Figueroa St
Los Angeles CA 90015-1300
Sent: 07/30/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, 2basketball cards
Received: 12/15/08 (signed & personalized 2/2 cards with black sharpie!)**
1992-93 Fleer #125 Autographed card
2006-07 Fleer #58 Autographed card
Returned In: 139 days


Sean Landeta (NFL Punter)
PO Box 422
Manhasset NY 11030-0422
Sent: 11/14/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, 1 football card
Received: 12/15/08 (signed 1/1 cards with almost dry black sharpie!)*
1993 Topps Stadium Club #462 Autographed card
Returned In: 32 days


Charlie Hough (MLB Pitcher)
2266 Shadetree Cir
Brea CA 92821-4423
Sent: 11/14/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, 3 baseball cardS
Received: 12/15/08 (signed 3/3 cards with blue sharpie!)***
1992 Leaf #39 Autographed card x3
(Gave one of these duplicate cards to Nicole)
Returned In: 33 days

IDITAROD TRAIL SLED DOG RACE CHAMPION, JEFF KING!

Jeff King (Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion)
PO Box 48
Denali Park AK 99755-0048
Sent: 11/1/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, 1 A&G card
Received: 12/13/08 (signed 1/1 cards with black fine-tip sharpie)*
2008 Topps Allen & Ginter’s #202 Autographed card
Returned In: 43 days

KYLE BRADY, KARL MECKLENBURG & LAWRENCE TAYLOR!

Kyle Brady (NFL LB)
2221 Alicia Ln
Atlantic Beach FL 32233-5975
Sent: 11/7/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, 2 football cards
Received: 12/11/08 (signed 3/2 cards with black sharpie as he even sent me an extra card on his own! How cool is that?)***
1999 Upper Deck Victory #121 Autographed card
2000 Fleer Tradition #63 Autographed card
Personal Testimony Football NNO Autographed card
Returned In: 35 days



Karl Mecklenburg (NFL LB)
6372 S Zenobia Ct
Littleton CO 80123-6740
Sent: 11/5/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, 1 football card
Received: 12/11/08 (signed 1/1 cards with black sharpie!)*
1990 Score #551 CC Autographed card
Returned In: 37 days


Lawrence Taylor (NFL LB HOF)
Pro Football Hall of Fame
2121 George Halas Dr NW
Canton OH 44708-2699
Sent: 07/2/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, 1 football card
Received: 12/11/08 (signed 1/1 cards with black sharpie!)*
1991 Pro Set #336 REP Autographed card
Returned In: 163 days

FORMER NFL WIDE RECEIVER HAVEN MOSES!

Haven Moses (NFL WR)
1140 Cherokee St Unit 604
Denver CO 80204-3684
Sent: 11/14/08
Item Sent: Letter, SASE, 2 football cards
Received: 12/9/08 (signed 2/2 cards with blue sharpie & wrote a note also!)***
1981 Topps #187 Autographed card
1981 Topps #303 Denver Broncos Team Leaders Autographed card
Returned In: 26 days