With the book on Spring Training long closed, and the window for receiving back cards effectively shut, it's time to look at how I fared for my first spring TTMing.
I've never submitted cards during Spring Training. After winning the Mariners for a 2018 Topps Series 1 case break, I wanted to put those doubles (and triples) to good use. I sent a card to every Mariner featured in Series 1, outside of Robinson Cano and Nelson Cruz, for a total of 7 TTM requests.
When Tweeting about my plans I remarked that I would be happy with even just one return.
thanks! I'll be happy with even 1— The Cardboard Flame (@RTCF_Blog) February 14, 2018
So how did I do?
I received exactly one return.
Taylor Motter signed his card with Cano. He was even kind enough to sign it on his side of the card. Would I love to get Cano to sign his side? Absolutely. Will that ever happen? Probably not.
I also took the time to send out some requests to Mr. Automatic Pat Neshek. Neshek regularly tweets out his current address for TTM requests and I had been meaning to get some cards out to him.
My favorite set of the new millennium is 2008 Topps. This card was a must send to Neshek.
2015 Topps is another one of my recent favorites and this presented an opportunity for my first horizontal TTM return.
Not the most plentiful Spring Training for me but some solid additions nonetheless. If I do this next year I'll do some better advance planning and increase my TTM request range.
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