Eddie 2's Success Thread

[ReedAutos]

congrats on the dallas clark..he's one of my favorites

[SLNoble13]

Congrats on the pick up!

[Eddie_2]

Four TTMs Today!!

- Andy Sonnanstine...1/1 c/o Rays in 82 days. I thought this one might be gone because I sent it two days before he got sent down, but Andy was called back up in September. Signed in black sharpie on 2007 Bowman Heritage.

- Jim Poole...1/1 c/o home in 7 days. Very quick return from the former Oriole and Phillie. Signed in black sharpie on a 1992 Fleer.

- Mariano Duncan...1/1 c/o TN Smokies in 61 days. I didn't think this one was coming back because the minor league season is over, but it did come back! Signed in blue sharpie on a 1993 Leaf. Nice success from a awesome former Phillie and member of 1993 team.

- Johnny Yong Bosch...4/4 c/o PO box addy. Signed four photos for me and also inscribed some of them with the characters he voiced. Great non -sports TTM success for me.

Updating the database with new addys and success.

[SLNoble13]

Yeah I got Andy a about 2 weeks ago and I too thought mine was a goner. Glad he is catching up his mail.

Great job on the pick ups!

[Eddie_2]

[Eddie_2]

Well I had a lot of nice luck today!! First off, I was able to get off from work because I asked my friend to fill in for me today. He came through for me and got me off from work. Awesome!

Next I asked my brother if he could come with me to the event since he's also a big fan of Philly sports and he had McCoy on his fantasy team for the last two seasons. We got their early at 4:00PM on the mark and ONLY five people were ahead of us.

Since this was an hour before the event started, I was a little surprised but I also remembered how the event wasn’t advertised at all, and I myself only found out because I was on this board late at night and Erik posted about the event going down. Well time passed and it was 5:00PM and still there were ONLY 50-60 people in line!!

It was insane how few people where there but we were informed by a spokesperson from FM that McCoy would be running late because of traffic and he should arrive at 5:30PM. No big deal at all, to be honest if you’re not from the area, the traffic can be a nightmare especially on Friday and Monday with the Blvd and ticket lights.

Shady came at 5:20PM and rolled up in his sweet ride. He signed first for some of the workers and for a couple of cops that were watching over the small crowd. I heard from the ticket guy that was handing out passes that 200 people would be guaranteed autographs and he said he had about 120 left. Wow. Also there were a ton of PAL kids there and they all got autographs and each one got a photo with Shady. It took about 15 minutes for all this to go down, but it was really awesome of Shady to take a photo with all the PAL kids.

McCoy was the man. Flat out the man. He was so down to earth and was talking with all the fans that were there. Let me also say though there were a TON of dealers there (I average that out of the 75 people in line 45 were dealers). You could just tell who the fans where and who the dealers where, and it was funny because one dealer came up with this really expense gold football to get signed and he had out a video recorder out and was filming all during Shady signing…Shady didn’t seem too happy about that, can’t say I blame him though.

When my turn came up, I went with my brother and Shady was super cool. Asked us how we were doing, and how long we waited. My brother was talking about how he’s a fantasy beast and McCoy got a huge kick out of that. He was laughing about it and wanted to know my brother's entire team. He then asked what we all wanted signed, so I asked if he could sign a couple of my cards since the line was small, and he said whatever you got I’ll sign. He signed in total for the two of us a mini helmet which came out PERFECT, three trading cards (one bubbled pretty good, but no biggie), and one 8x10. So five autographs for two people and for free. Just flat out awesome and amazing.

He also gave my brother a fist bump because he was wearing his old rookie jersey of #29. Shady is just an awesome dude.

A HUGE thank you to all the guys here on SCF for posting about this event. It was really hush-hush and you could tell because under 120 people where there to get graphs. Thanks guys, BIG time. I'll post a video later showing the graphs.

- Eddie

[buffalobills]

Thats awesome bro! congrats on the great experiance. I find it sort of wierd and sad at the time that it seems as if though there are just way to many dealers out in Philly.

[Eddie_2]

Thats awesome bro! congrats on the great experiance. I find it sort of wierd and sad at the time that it seems as if though there are just way to many dealers out in Philly.

Trust me its A LOT. You can also ask Erik (cyberer). A lot of fans in Philly love having autographs of their favorite players and with the success of all four teams these dealers are making quite a living off these players as stepping stones. They have their own network too, just like we have ours with sharing TTM info and address. While I was in line, the dealers behind me called other dealers to come over. What are you going to do though?

[Eddie_2]

Two TTMs:

- Jameson Taillon...1/1 c/o West Virginia Power but postmarked from Houston, TX in 25 days. Awesome success and exremely happy to get this one back. Blue sharpie.

- Jose Tabata 0/1 c/o Pirates Charities. Got my letter back along with my card and donation and fourm letter saying only Walker and Clint are on the program. Thought this would be coming soon, no biggie since I got back my card.

[Eddie_2]

Newest success.

Shady IP.