Unassisted Triple Play Club - need to add some sigs

[scooter729]

I bought a ball in a recent auction which was signed by two early members of the Unassisted Triple Play Club - Johnny Neun and Ron Hansen.

I would love to add some signatures to this, as there are several living players who have done this. The living members are:

Mickey Morandini
John Valentin
Randy Velarde
Rafael Furcal
Troy Tulowitzki
Asdrubal Cabrera
Eric Bruntlett

I will be able to get Valentin to sign this in the near future, but want to see about any of the others.

Any known signings for anyone else? Or are any known good signers through the mail? I wouldn't want to just blindly send this ball through the mail to any of them, and would want to confirm they would sign it prior to my sending it off to them (since it's obviously not possible to replace Johnny Neun on a ball).

I haven't done TTM in quite a while but this could be a fun project to get it going again - but figured best to check with folks who may know a bit more on the topic than I do these days.

Thanks!

[bjerome]

Do NOT send that ball in TTM. Wait for those guys to do a private signing and send it in that way. Most of those guys are not good TTM signers. You are just begging for that piece to be lost, and its a nice piece.

[sreader3]

Love the UTP ball concept with names and dates. I saw Tulowitzki's UTP in person at Coors field and had a fairly recent TTM success with him at the University of Texas. But I think I got lucky (a lot of recent failures reported) and tend to agree with the private signing approach. Good luck!

[19802008Phillies]

Morandini and Bruntlett are doing a private signing soon. Company is Overtime Promotions.

[scooter729]

Originally Posted by 19802008Phillies

Morandini and Bruntlett are doing a private signing soon. Company is Overtime Promotions.

Thanks!! Perfect timing - happens in a few weeks. Appreciate the info!

[MooseDog]

You might want to research the signatures of the guys you want on that ball. Most of those guys sign in abbreviated scribbles, given the nice Neun and Hansen sigs there.

[scooter729]

Originally Posted by MooseDog

You might want to research the signatures of the guys you want on that ball. Most of those guys sign in abbreviated scribbles, given the nice Neun and Hansen sigs there.

Excellent point. I had thought about that - the first two I'll add (Morandini and Bruntlett) have tolerable signatures, so I'm OK with that. I will get inscriptions with the dates on any signatures I add to the ball, which hopefully can be done in a legible way as well. So, we'll see!

[roarfrom34]

FWIW I met Morandini at a small group event about 4-5 years ago and here is the ball he signed for me: