TTM success thread

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by dgo71

I don't think that applies to today's players and their million dollar egos. Buehrle in particular was exceptionally grumpy towards collectors last year in Spring Training. He also categorically refused to add any Perfect Game inscriptions.

I think A LOT of the bigger modern players put too much thought into people just turning around and selling the items. So they may do subtle things to drive down the value of what they're signing, like not signing on the sweet spot, or insisting on personalizations, or refusing certain inscriptions.. They'll save the sweet spot, inscriptions and non-personalized items for when they're being paid for it..

[isaac2004]

Originally Posted by novakjr

I think A LOT of the bigger modern players put too much thought into people just turning around and selling the items. So they may do subtle things to drive down the value of what they're signing, like not signing on the sweet spot, or insisting on personalizations, or refusing certain inscriptions.. They'll save the sweet spot, inscriptions and non-personalized items for when they're being paid for it..

The issue have is I would gladly take a personalization, but if I specifically ask for an inscription, and instead personalize it to me, you tell me that you read my letter enough to know my name, but you don't care about the actual request. I know it is noones job to fulfill my request to the t. But to not do it and do something competly different is odd to me.

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by isaac2004

The issue have is I would gladly take a personalization, but if I specifically ask for an inscription, and instead personalize it to me, you tell me that you read my letter enough to know my name, but you don't care about the actual request. I know it is noones job to fulfill my request to the t. But to not do it and do something competly different is odd to me.

Something that I've found some success doing... When I am trying to be specific with what I am asking for, I will not only ask for it in the letter, I will also include a yellow sticky note with the same instructions on the index card or ball. If they don't want to read a 1-2 page letter, fine.. Here's one sentence.

[isaac2004]

Originally Posted by mschwade

Something that I've found some success doing... When I am trying to be specific with what I am asking for, I will not only ask for it in the letter, I will also include a yellow sticky note with the same instructions on the index card or ball. If they don't want to read a 1-2 page letter, fine.. Here's one sentence.

Thats what I did, added a sticky on the ball asking specifically for his Perfect Game date... oh well :/

[39special]

Got a couple more Exhibits in the last week.

[almostdone]

In adding some imput on asking players questions. The question I always ask and love to get answered is "What is something you remember about your carrer that most people don't". I've gotten anything from Denny Walling being in the century club (at least 100 Pinch hits), to Mark Gubizca telling me his 1st, 20th and 100th career wins were all shutouts, to Greg Gagne telling me a story when a rat came all the way across the outfield in Cleveland right up to him and then just sat there.

One of the greatest answers to a question I asked though came from Joe Morgan (the early 90's Red Sox manager not the HOF 2nd baseman). I asked who was the great all around player he ever got to witness play. His response was when he was 9 years old he went and saw a game and got to see Jimmy Foxx play. Pretty cool.

Drew