Old School TTM's from the 80's.....

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Old School TTM's from the 80's..... Alot of these guys are deceased... Im going to start off slow because I hate scanning but many more to come..... I have dupes of some, so those are FT if someone should need them.


Lefty Lee Theo Grissom (October 23, 1907 - October 4, 1998)
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Played from 1934-1941 for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. Struck out Lou Gehrig in an all star game. Grissom joined the military on June 6, 1942, and was originally assigned to the infantry and later to the United States Army Air Forces. He pitched for a base team under Burgess Whitehead and played for a semi-pro team in Colorado before being discharged in September 1945. He went on to work at his family's farm and pitch for local teams. In 1952 he was tried and acquitted of manslaughter for the death of a man during a barfight in which he participated.

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Syd Cohen (May 7, 1906 – April 9, 1988) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched for the Washington Senators from 1934–1937. In 1934, he gave up Babe Ruth's 708th home run, his last as a member of the New York Yankees. He managed in the minor leagues for many years afterwards.

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James Patrick "Jim" Westlake (July 3, 1930 - January 3, 2003) was a Major League Baseball player. Westlake played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1955.

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Al Cuccinello
Alfred Edward Cuccinello (August 26, 1914 - March 29, 2004) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the New York Giants during the 1935 season. Listed at 5' 10", 165 lb., Cuccinello batted and threw right-handed. He was the younger brother of Tony Cuccinello and uncle of Sam Mele. On May 30 of that year, he hit a home run in his first game at the Polo Grounds, and on July 5, he and his brother Al –for the Brooklyn Dodgers– each hit home runs in the same game, joining a select club that includes Aaron and Bret Boone, César and Felipe Crespo, Héctor and José Cruz, Dom and Joe DiMaggio, Graig and Jim Nettles, and Rick and Wes Ferrell. The seven sets of brothers hit their homers playing for opposing teams. Following his playing career, Cuccinello spent some time working as a scout.

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Al Lary
Alfred Allen Lary (September 26, 1928 - July 10, 2001) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He had an outstanding college football career at the University of Alabama, but signed with the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent before the 1951 season. He played for the Cubs in 1954, 1955, and 1962.

Lary made his Major League debut on September 25, 1954 in a start against the Cincinnati Redlegs at Wrigley Field. The opposing pitcher was Art Fowler. Lary pitched six innings and allowed two earned runs, receiving no decision in the 4-2 Cubs victory. He was with the Cubs briefly in 1955 and was used in four games, all as a pinch runner. It would be seven years before he reached the Major League level again.

Lary gave up Willie Mays' 324th career home run, a grand slam, in Candlestick Park on April 28, 1962. His career totals for 29 games (16 as a pitcher) include a record of 0-1, 4 games started, 4 games finished, and an ERA of 6.52. In 40 innings pitched he struck out 22, walked 22, and allowed 45 hits.

Lary died by accidental drowning in his hometown of Northport, Alabama at the age of 72. He was the older brother of All-Star pitcher Frank Lary.

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Tony Cuccinello
Anthony Francis 'Tony' Cuccinello (November 8, 1907 – September 21, 1995) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1930 through 1945 for the Cincinnati Reds (1930–31), Brooklyn Dodgers (1933–35), Boston Bees/Braves (1936–40, 1941–43), New York Giants (1940) and Chicago White Sox (1943–45). Cuccinelo batted and threw right-handed. He was the older brother of Al Cuccinello and uncle of Sam Mele. His surname was pronounced "coo-chi-NELL-oh".

A native of Long Island City, New York, Cuccinello led the National League second basemen in assists and double plays three times and hit .300 or better five times, with a career high .315 in 1931. A three-time All-Star, he was selected to the first All-Star Game, played on July 6, 1933 at Comiskey Park, appearing as a pinch-hitter for Carl Hubbell. He also played in the 1938 and 1945 Games.

During the 1945 season, Cuccinello hit .308 for the Chicago White Sox, and just missed winning the American League batting title, one point behind Snuffy Stirnweiss' .309. Nevertheless, he was released in the offseason.

In a 15-season career, Cuccinello was a .280 hitter with 94 home runs and 884 RBI in 1704 games.

Following his playing retirement, in 1947 Cuccinello managed in the Florida International League for the Tampa team (named the Smokers, after the city's large cigar business), and a year later coached for the Indianapolis Indians of the American Association. He returned to the majors to coach with the Reds (1949–51), Cleveland Indians (1952–56), White Sox (1957–66; 1969) and Detroit Tigers (1967–68). He served under former teammate Al Lopez in Cleveland and Chicago, and was a member of the 1954 and 1959 American League champions and the 1968 World Series champions.

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These are great...I used to TTM back in the 80's as well. Did you use the pink Eckes-Smalling address book?

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Neat stuff!

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Lenny Yochim


Leonard Joseph "Lenny" Yochim (born October 16, 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1951 and 1954 and later served in the organization for almost four decades. Yochim batted and threw left-handed.

Highly touted by the Pittsburgh Pirates, Yochim was a screwball specialist and had a good curve as well, but a sore arm limited him to pitch in only 28.1 innings, ending his major league career with a 1-2 record and a 7.62 ERA in 12 games (three as a starter). His professional career highlight came on December 8, 1955, when he became the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter in a professional game in Venezuela while pitching for the Caracas Lions club. Helped by catcher Earl Battey, Yochim accomplished the feat in the Caracas 3–0 victory over Magallanes. Ray Monzant was the losing pitcher.

Following his playing career, Yochim rejoined the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in 1966 to become the senior member of their baseball operations . He served as an area scout, national crosschecker and major-league scout for the Pirates before moving into the front office in 1994. Yochim also worked as a senior adviser for player personnel since 1997 through 2002, when he decided not to return for another season.



Harold Arthur Trosky, Jr. (born September 29, 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who for the Chicago White Sox during the 1958 season. He threw right-handed.

His father, Hal Trosky, Sr., played 11 seasons in the major leagues.



Luke Sewell
James Luther Sewell (January 5, 1901 – May 14, 1987) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Cleveland Indians (1921–1932, 1939), Washington Senators (1933–1934), Chicago White Sox (1935–1938) and the St. Louis Browns (1942). Sewell batted and threw right-handed. He was regarded as one of the best defensive catchers of his era.

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These are great...I used to TTM back in the 80's as well. Did you use the pink Eckes-Smalling address book?

Ive used many sources with that being one of them. Although I must admit part of my collection(older ones) was handed down to me from a family member that got me started in all of this.

Neat stuff!

Thanks.... TTM'ing is one of the most exciting aspects of this hobby in my opinion.