CLRyan5's New Success Thread

[clryan5]

Those Brees 8s or 11s? The women's Olympic project coming along nicely.

Just 8s..haven't tried sending 11s yet...and thanks! I'm really pleased with how well it's coming along. It's been a fun project to work on

1428 Elm Street Springwood, Ohio.

Ha!

hook, line and sinker. Well done.

HAHAHA!

[w3st34]

Hmmm idk I don't really have a strategy for baseball. I just go down to the dugout and yell the player's name while trying to look pretty doing it lol jk. And Candace Parker is still dominating as a pro all while juggling raising a daughter. Pretty amazing. And yeah they're just photo prints. Pretty obvious they're not canvas

I said I couldn't really tell? Sorry to be a burden.

[Royals-R-US]

Nice job with the hochevars, he is for some reason my favorite royals player, he is having a great year out of the pen, I have only gotten him to stop twice this year though

[clryan5]

Well I just got back from vacation today and finally had the patience to sit down and upload all the pictures of my recent autographs. Apparently my Photobucket account got deleted so I'm giving Blogspot another shot.

So first I will recap my few recent TTMs

Brandon Barnes: 5/5
Out: 7/12 In: 7/25
Super fast and awesome return from my favorite Astro. Happy to see he is back to being great at responding to fan mail this year!

Justin Gominsky: 3/3
Out: 7/26 In: 8/10
I promised him copies of customs way back in February at the Gopher Alumni game here in Minneapolis. We'd messaged back and forth on Facebook and he sent me a message asking about them towards the beginning of August. I sent the cards out to the major league spring training address so he gave me the minor league address and I finally got him the cards plus he signed some more for me. He is such a great guy. I'm hoping to see him back on the field soon after a season spent rehabbing an injury in Florida. Thanks Brian for working with me on these cards!

Then, my mom brought my mail to vacation and I had these 2 returns
Austin Rivers: 2/2
Out: February 2012 In: Summer 2013
Never expected to see these back since I sent them out in the last couple months of his time at Duke. Didn't turn out the best but I can't complain

And finally one I completely forgot about. I honestly can't remember when this was sent out. It was around the time Kesler's ESPN Body Issue image came out.

Ryan Kesler: 1/2
I also sent his Body Issue image since I like collecting those but he kept it. But I am not at all disappointed with the photo he did decide to sign :)

And now for IP...
First WNBA:
I went to the Lynx-Mercury day game on July 24th and it was a disappointment. No Taurasi, Griner, or Taylor for Phoenix :(
Alexis Hornbuckle: 2/2

Dewanna Bonner: 3/3

Candice Dupree: 2/2

Maya Moore: 1/1 11x14

Team Poster: Got just about everyone on this poster I got waiting for the doors to open

Added Lynette Kizer to WNBA floorboard

And now MLB IP...
Brian Dozier: 2/2 11x14s, 1/1 Bowman RC

Royals:
Wasn't able to print anything but had things left over from their first series here

Greg Holland: 1/1
He signed in an awful spot but it looks ok

Lorenzo Cain: 2/2

Bruce Chen: 2/2

Billy Butler: 2/2

Ervin Santana: 1/1

James Shields: 1/1

Elliot Johnson: 2/2

Alcides Escobar: 1/1

Jeremy Guthrie: 1/1
Personalized but I removed it right after he left

David Lough: 2/2

Chris Getz: 2/2

And my Astros weekend was so amazing I'll save it for a separate post on its own :)

[r0yals2012]

Nice royals graphs again. I traveled from KC and went to the Thursday game. Nice ballpark. I only graphed during royals batting practice and got hosmer and santana, who never signs in KC

[Royals-R-US]

WOW, you got almost the whole royals team. The royals have been pretty bad signers in KC this year, so glad to see they know how to still sign

[clryan5]

Thanks! Yeah they are really nice. Some of them are switching their habits like going down to 1 per and stuff like that but they're still really nice. I'm always impressed with how nice Moustakas is

[clryan5]

Well the Astros' came to town last weekend and it was the highlight of my year!! I had that date circled on my calendar since the Twins schedule came out! I met, and got autographs from, every single player and coach! It was amazing

Team Sheet: Wesley Wright, Jose Cisnero, Jimmy Paredes, Doug Brocail, Brett Oberholtzer, Josh Fields, Dennis Martinez, Chia Jen Lo, Jake Elmore, Travis Blackley, Marc Krauss, John Mallee, LJ Hoes

Got pictures with Jake Elmore, LJ Hoes, and Doug Brocail

Bo Porter: 3/3
2 8x10s, 1 custom card, I really like what he's brought to this Astros team. It's been a rough year but I hope we keep him

Erik Bedard: 4/4
I got 1 8x10 and 3 cards all signed Friday morning along with getting a picture with him. Incredibly nice guy

Travis Blackley: 2/2
2 8x10s plus pic with. Another super nice guy. Chatted with him for a bit. Sad to see he was DFA'd today

Jose Cisnero: 1/1

Jarred Cosart: 7/7 cards, 6/6 8x10s
I cannot say enough nice things about this guy! 1 of the top 5 nicest athletes I've met. We talked about his first start, Texans football, and his trip to Mall of America whenever he signed. He was 4 per. Awesome awesome guy

Josh Fields: 1/1
Personalized but removed after he left

Lucas Harrell: 4/4 8x10s, 3/3 cards
He's not a hotel guy but super nice at the stadium

Dallas Keuchel: 14/14, 1/1 MLB debut ticket, 9/9 cards. 4/4 8x10s
Super nice! Signed both days at hotel and inside stadium

Jordan Lyles: 5/5, 3/3 8x10s, 2/2 cards
He was a little tougher but I still got him 2 days at the hotel

Brett Oberholtzer: 4/4, 2/2 8x10s, 2/2 cards
Super nice guy! Also got a picture with him

Josh Zeid: 13/13
He was called up early in the week when they were supposed to come here. So I frantically ordered a big lot of cards for him. He teased me as I kept asking him but he was really nice!!

Jason Castro: 9/9, 3/3 8x10s, 6/6 cards
Really nice guy! Signed twice at hotel and signed inside at both of the games I went to. Unfortunately I forgot to ask for a picture. He's a 2 per guy. He holds the distinction of being the Astros' 1st AL All Star

Jose Altuve: 2/2, 1/1 8x10, 1/1 11x14
Not impressed with him. I'm not a huge fan of him and this trip made me even less of one. He's a 1 per guy and didn't sign inside either game. Not signing after telling everyone you would is less than impressive. And being a 1 per guy in just your 2nd full pro season with the Houston Astros no less is not impressive either

Matt Dominguez: 3/3, 1/1 card, 2/2 8x10s
Not going to pretend to say he's a nice guy. He's not and I'll leave it at that since this is a public forum

Jonathan Villar: 12/12 cards
He signed 8 for me the first day at the hotel since I was the only one left waiting. Really nice guy

Brett Wallace: 2/2 8x10s
He only signed at the hotel the first day but I was happy to get my 2 photos signed since these are 2 of my favorite images I had of him

Chris Carter: 6/6, 2/2 8x10s, 4/4 cards

Robbie Grossman: 9/9, 6/6 cards, 3/3 8x10s
Super nice guy. Happy to see him playing better in his 2nd trip up with the Astros

Marc Krauss: 1/1 card

Brandon Barnes: 30/30, 2/2 11x14s, 9/9 8x10s, 1/1 Souvenir Helmet, 18/18 cards
Barnes is my favorite player and I am an even bigger fan after this past weekend. He signed every time I asked him and he was really nice to chat with! I also had some help from friends getting all of my cards signed since they didn't have much for him since he only has 2 cards out

Lastly, I was walking to Target Field on Saturday for the game and Geoff Blum was in the plaza doing some pregame stuff. He is now a play by play guy for Houston. I got him on a card and got a picture with him. He was so nice! He was one of my favorites
Geoff Blum: 1/1 card

[Royals-R-US]

WOW, you racked on the Astros. The sad thing is you have to be a fan of them when they come in town. I went for the parking lot when they were in town. And the only people we could figure out were Jose Altuve and Carlos Pena, but one question if I send about 4 cards to barnes for TTM, would he sign all of them in a decent time?

[gojacks]

Sick Astros stuff! I am incredibly jealous!