r0yals2012 ttm successes

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Tony Mandarich 2/2 in 23 daysAeneas Williams 2/2 in 23 daysTrae Waynes 2/2 in 1 month 28 daysWalker Buehler 4/4 in 5 months Brandon Scherff 3/3 in 1 month 23 days=8 points Billy Ray Smith 2/2 in 9 days Steve Bono 4/4 in 8 days Keith Millard 2/2 in 9 daysJan Stenerud 3/3 in 9 days Cardale Jones 3/3 in 1 month Jake Smolinski 3/3 in 2 months Jeff Janis 2/2 in 12 days Chandler Jones 3/3 in 27 days

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First TTM of 2018 is in! Fred Arbanas 2/2 in 7 days

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From Yesterday:
Ed Budde in 8 days
James Lofton in 8 days
Eric Weddle in 75 days

Today:3 more in today!
John Offerdahl in 9 days (I do not know one of the inscriptions but I did ask for DROY so he must meant to put that instead of TROY)
Johnny Robinson in 9 days
Dermontti Dawson in 9 days

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Steve Owens in 8 days

Travis Jankowski in 4 months

I also received a ttm with no postmark so no idea where it came from completely sealed with nothing in it. This was before I started putting their initials on my return envelope.

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Good start to 2018 for you! Did you send a donation for Dawson?

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Yes I believe $10


Royals Fan Fest. Had a blast. Got 24 total autos I believe.
Day 1
Ned on my seat back

Added Paulo

Ian Kennedy 13x19 on my picture
Unknown gloves. Gonna have to match them. These are most tattered I could find and stinky which I love lol








Day 2








Jake Junis was very impressed with my photo I took

$10 for this stadium banner

TTMS Past 2 Weeks

Mike Vrabel in 15 days

Joe Schmidt in 24 days

Dick LeBeau in 18 days

Brandon Stokley in 19 days

Dan Fouts in 43 days

Jim Lynch in 17 days

Harry Carson in 25 days

Scott Schebler in 5 months 25 days

I also got back a Brian Mundell which I sent in April which the Post Office completely bent in half. They like to bend my pictures. Unsure if I should start putting cardboard in it because my mailman just likes to force things into my mailbox anyway

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Past couple days


Also got Benjamin Watson yesterday in over a year which has been already been put up
I found Nimmo in 5 months 21 days

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John Cappelletti in 7 Days
Don Mosebar in 7 Days
Paul Coffman in 7 Days
Mark Zagunis in 6 months 12 days

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Another one in today taking 12 days

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I made my first trip to Spring Training. Needless to say I want to go again every year haha.

Day 1:
Well I had set my alarm to go off at 9:30 so I could get to the practice at 11:00. That didn't turn out as I slept an hour past and woke up at 10:30. We didn't get to bed until 2:00 am as we arrived late and had to drive 45 min to the hotel. The hotel we stayed at was called Grand Canyon University Hotel. I don't know if I would recommend it. It was in a sketch part of town but it had a gated entry with a security guard. They also had a restaurant which I didn't eat at. The restaurant is run by their culinary students. The hotel is run by the hotel management students.

So since I got a late start, I only got in 20 minutes of practice.
Got a Nick Pratto on my ROMLB. Very nice kid

Inside the stadium I got a few more
Photo cards are Jack Lopez, Erick Mejia, and Ned Yost. Almost got Whit but he stopped right when I was going to get it. Salvy also signed but stopped not too far from me because the game started. I overslept a whole hour so that stunk. Also almost got Duffy but I wasn’t fast enough. I also got a foul ball, which was hit by Dee Gordon off of Wily Peralta for the first pitch of the day. Fun day though



Day 2
I made sure I set 3 alarms to get up in time. Luckily I did. I got 2 autos during practice, as well as a ball. I did better today as far as autographs go. I got more inside before the game started and a few after the game ended. I tried to go to Rangers practice but they were gone by the time I got there.

Cam Gallagher on his debut ticket. Just missed Cody Asche and Jorge Soler. Kennedy on photo card. Had cards for him but couldn’t get them fast enough.


The 2 balls I got were a Phil Gosselin foul ball and a ball they toss around before the inning starts.

Day 3
Great day. Arrived at 9:15 at Padres camp and hung out there before going to the Royals vs Mariners game. I ended up with 28 today. Could have gotten more but I don’t know all the Padres names and Numbers until it is too late. Missed out on Jacob Nix, Luis Torrens, and Austin Hedges. I think I did very well. After that I went to autograph alley inside Peoria Stadium. Autograph Alley is pretty awesome. The players walked by a fence area and a lot of them signed. Had very good luck with the Mariners there. Of course I left my cards in the car and could have gotten a lot of cards done but since it is just a narrow holes I just went with photo cards and balls instead of my notebook. Missed Seager and Dee Gordon because the rude people were hogging all the space and couldn’t get there. Missed out on Mondesi for my WS ball because I spent too long looking for the ball.

Padres team card is Eric Lauer

Matt Hague, Casey Lawrence, Erick Mejia, Braden Bishop, Blake Hunt, Ryan O’Hearn
Mitch Maier and Jorge Soler. Soler Side paneled so I will make it into a team ball.
A Mariners coach, Matt Festa, James Paxton
John Andreoli
Andrew Moore

Added Rob Whalen

Jack Anderson
Seth Elledge
Wyatt Mills
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And the 2 biggies
Big Mac


And my favorite player, Eric Hosmer!


Day 4 was a travel day. I tried to go to Tempe to try and get some more autographs but they were already done by the time I got there so I got a picture of the stadium and then went to downtown Phoenix to the food truck place that they have across the street from ASU campus. They had a few food trucks. I tried something called Fry Bread Cha Cha A La Mode which was the Fry Bread with chocolate drizzle and ice cream on top and powdered sugar. Tasted kind of like a donut but I liked this better. Then I tried a Mustache Pretzel. Apparently they are a top 50 food truck in the US. It was pretty tasty and not too expensive.

Fry bread with ice cream

Mustache Pretzel