Sunday Night Post and week in review

Well it's Sunday once again, and its time for my weekly update post on this weeks plans. Before I get to those plans I am going to show you a few cards I got in the mail late this week that I didn't get to you the day of.

Dane Fife

Dane Fife was a senior leader of the 2001 Indiana national runner up team that lost to Maryland. He was a defensive specialist who was the shut down guy. He had the heart of a Hoosier, and really helped Indiana get back to a championship game. He is now the coach at IPFW. One of my all time favorite Hoosiers!

Keith Brown

Well this autograph didn't come out great, but I am still happy with the success from the former lackhawk defenseman.

The sunday night portion of this post will be short and sweet. For one I am not really sure what I am going to send out this week. I haven't fully thought about it. If I come up with something then I will update you in the middle of the week. The exciting thing of this week for me is I am going to the Monday Night Football game between the Colts and Texans. This should be a great experience. This will be my second game in the new stadium, but the first competitive game, because the last time the Colts rested there starters for the Playoffs.

Thanks for reading,
Seth

So Far this week....

This week has been a slow one in the mail. Yesterday only brought one card, and today was a big goose egg. Here is a scan of the card I received in the mail Monday.

Kjell Samulesson

Sunday Night Post

Yes its Sunday night already. Another weekend of football complete, and still quite the mess in college football and the NFL. I just actually finished watching the BCS rankings come out for this week, and have started to watch Sunday Night Football. After all this excitement my mind is still on the start of college basketball season that is only a few weeks away. I can honestly say that college basketball is my favorite sport. I can watch any game and almost any team. My heart lies with the Indiana Hoosiers, and I hope they can put together a competitive season.

To autograph business. I have about 20 cards ready to go. Its interesting mix. I have a few NFL players. Brandon Spikes, Eric Decker. Eric Decker played for Minnesota so thats why the interest in his career. He is currently a wide receiver for the Broncos. I also have Rams line backer James Luaranitis. Then I have a few blackhawk players to send to. First former black hawk Lou Angotti who is an older retired player. Then Old Blackhawk who played a key role in their Stanley Cup last year Dustin Byflguie. Then current hawks Jack Skille, Brent Seabrook, Niklas Hjalmarsson, and Brian Campbell. Also Coach Joel Quennivelle. A couple of other coaches I am sending too are Tom Crean, Tony Dungy, and former IU player now IPFW basketball coach Dane Fife. A few IU basketball players will also be receiving attempts from me. Derek Elston, Maurice Creek, and Christian Watford. Below are some pictures of the card I am sending.





The rest you will see when I receive them back hopefully. Thats it for my Sunday Night post. Hopefully tomorrow I will have some cards to show you.

What a great day in the mail!!

Today was one of the best days I have had in the mail in awhile. I received four cards back. Three from the Indianapolis Colts. I was very happy to receive them back. First I received the long snapper for the Colts Justin Snow. Then a Wide receiver from the Colts who played at Michigan St. Blair White. Blair has played some games this year to fill in for the injured wide outs on the Colts. Then Last I took a chance again and sent another card to Peyton Manning, and once again he came through for me. I am happy to add another one to my collection. The last card I received today was from a Brooklyn Dodger great Ed Roebuck. One of the last ones of those to come back. All in all an a great day in the mail

Justin Snow
Long Snapper for the Colts

Blair White
Wide Receiver for the Colts

Ed Roebuck
Brooklyn Dodger Great

PEYTON MANNING
ROUND 2

The past two days mail.

In the past two days I received two cards in the mail. Here they are enjoy....

Scotty Bowman
Legendary Coach




Ken Hodge Jr.

Sunday Night Post...Kinda

Alright so my Sunday night post is a little late. I was out of town for the weekend. Got home late tonight watched Sunday Night Football since my Colts were playing. A good win for them. So in this post I am going to update what I got in the mail Saturday. I received two of my Colts customs back. Two great signers from the Colts came through for me. These scans aren't very good. The color affect for some reason doesn't look that good when scanned, but they do look good in person.

Jeff Saturday


Curtis Painter

Before you say why Curtis Painter let me explain. He is an Indiana guy which I like. He played his football in Vinceness in high school then went to Purdue where he was the starter there. I don't really care to much for Purdue, but like I said he is an Indiana guy.

Now to the Sunday night post section. This week is going to be simple to explain. I have sent 8 more Colts Customs. I have gotten about 15 out I believe. I might send out a few Blackhawks customs later this week. Other than that no big plans. I imagine in a few weeks I am going to have a big mass hockey send out. I have a bunch of 91 score and 90 topps hockey to send out. Thats the plan. Keep reading and I'll be back with tomorrow mail soon.

Friday's mail in color.

So today I am happy to bring you the pictures of today's mail.

First we have a hockey player. Mike Lalor. Who was a good defense man in the league.

Then Michah hoffpauir the Cubs first base prospect. He has been back in forth between the minors and the bigs for the past few seasons. I sent this to Iowa and the next day he was called up. I am happy to see this one come back.


Now your probably thinking where did you get that. The guy through a no hitter in the playoffs. Well I splurged a little to get such a quality autograph but I am happy to add this to my collection.

Update can I please get an update

Well I apologize for the lack of updates. However the truth is there hasn't been much to update. Wednesday I didn't get anything back in the mail. Also today I didn't get a chance to check the mail. Tomorrow however I should be able to get scans and all of the autographs I get back in the mail. I hope that this is the case. So don't feel like I have left you hanging because I haven't. This is definitely the longest I have ever kept a blog. So keep reading and I'll keep writing.

Tuesdays Haul

Today i received two envelopes from the long weekend at the post office

First was Jermey Roenick who signed from the address on his website

Second was Petr Klima. The post office did its best work in trying to make sure they were bent but some how they stayed pretty mint. Happy with both successes. They are nice additions to my hockey collection.

Sunday Evening Post

So this is going to be something new I am going to try and do every Sunday night. Just a post on this weeks plans. Well the main plan of attack is to get some more customs out. I have printed off another sheet of 9. They are all Colts players. I also am sending out a few greats of the game cards. I have been waiting on these because they guys work with hockey teams and since the season is back in . Bobby Smith, Brent Sutter, Phil Esposito, and Rogie Vachon. All are very reliable when you send at the right time. I am at 40/87 right now. I am very close to half way complete. I believe that their are 7 players that sign for a fee. which would take me to 47 plus these four would be 51. Then all thats left are the tough ones. There may be a few easy one that I just didn't get back yet. I hope that I can finally get close to completing a set. Thats all that I have planned for this week. Keep reading and keep following.

I would also like to mention real quickly that I am without a computer for the week. I will post who I receive in the mail, but sorry no pictures.

today's stuff

Today's mail brought one of my purchases. I got a super good deal on this Prince Fielder, and was happy to add the slugger to my collection. Although he plays or now maybe played for the Brewers I still think he is a great player.
The next card is one that I sent out in early August. I am happy to see it find its way back to me as well. I already have on Beckham autograph, but I know this kid is going to be a stud for awhile, and I wanted to get him again before he stopped signing. I really like this one better since its on the Allen and Ginter set.

Childhood favorite

As funny as it might sound one of the first Cub players I really remember wasn't mark grace, Sammy Sosa, or Ryne Sandberg. Although all of them are some of my all time favorite cubs Scott Servais who was a catcher for the cubs in the 90's was the first guy I remember. I want to say I was in second grade and I came home from school on a Friday and of course the Cubs play day games at home on Fridays. I walk in and the Cubs are on. Now I wasn't really watching a lot of games then, but I would always ask my dad if they won. They also weren't really good at the time either. For some reason that day I sat down with my dad and started watching the game. It was the bottom of the 8th inning and I can't recall who the Cubs were playing but they were down by two. Scott Servais comes up to bad with two runners on, and hits a 3 run dong into the right center field bleachers. At the time I think he was batting low .200's nothing special, but that didn't matter to me. I thought he was the best player ever. As I have gotten older and followed the sport more I have realized that Scott really wasn't an all star player When I ran across the card I knew I needed to add him to my collection So here it is..

Also today I added another great Brooklyn Dodger. Is it ironic that the day after Roy Halladay throws only the second no hitter in baseball history during the play offs that I get a Brooklyn dodger back? Here it is Clyde King

Dallas Clark

Today I received two autographs in the mail. One I am very excited about. Dallas Clark signed a 8x10 for me. It was custom made by a friend and I am so happy to get it back.



I also received some hockey autographs from Randy Carlyle

Purchases and today's mail.

These are cards that I have purchased....









This scan is from today's mail.

Today's Custom's Tomorrow's Autographs

Well today I started workign on a custom for a guy and I decided to make some more cards. They area ll Colts players. I have never added that many to my collection even though I am a big Colts fan. Today I made a bunch of them, and I plan on trying to get them all signed.











This is the custom I made for a fellow collector...

My first custom signed.

Greg Maddux

You are probably wondering why this card wasn't the headline of today's post. A future Hall of Famer a 300 game winner. Well I actually bought this card so its still great to have and to show off, but for me the custom that I am going to show you next fills a lot better since I actually made it myself. I still got this card for a great price. I have been looking to add a Maddux for a long time and finally found one that I could afford.

Ryan Diem

This is the first custom that i made to get signed. I haven't sent very many out. I haven't decided if its worth to send to college players or not. For two reasons 1. success rate, 2 It may not have any value to me as far as most of the players. I might send a few to IU football players but that will most likely top it of for my college customs, until basketball season. I have a few more Colts customs I plan on sending out in the future so hopefully a few more like these will show up.

Brett Hull

Today I received Brett Hull Hockey Hall of Famer. Took about two months from his home address. Nice addition to my growing hockey collection. Hopefully tomorrow brings a nice haul in the mail, but I haven't been able to send out much so cross your fingers that I will get some out.