Do players still do TTM's anymore?

[egri]

I've noticed players seem to become better signers once they retire. Not everybody, and a lot go from being 'not at all' to 'hit or miss', but it happens. Sportscardforum.com is another source for addresses I've used in the past.

[Blackie]

Thank you Scott and Mike. I am going to begin my journey again with this. I did really enjoy it a lot. Would love to reach out to a few players. I especially love talking with Players that also served in the military.

[scmavl]

About 6-7 years ago, I started sending cards at the beginning of Spring Training to a handful of players. Most years I'd get a couple of returns. But the last two years ('18-19) I got nothing back. I haven't sent any since then.

[Case12]

Earlier this year, using sportscard.forum I sent ball to Ryne Sandberg. Got it back in 1 week with HOF inscription. Also sent a ball and got same timing for Andre Dawson. I suspect many were bored during COVID?

[canjond]

Somewhat related to the above, I am a huge professional cycling fan. I have a set of cards from 1996 that featured 235 of the greatest cyclists of that time in it. Today, about 227 of the 235 cyclists are still living (the vast majority are in Europe of course). As a COVID project, I embarked on trying to track down as many of them as possible to ask them to sign their cards. I m 18 months in, and I've found and received back about 145 of the cyclist. It's been a ton of work (especially because I'm trying to research addresses in foreign countries and then using google translate to translate correspondence), but a ton of fun.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by canjond

Somewhat related to the above, I am a huge professional cycling fan. I have a set of cards from 1996 that featured 235 of the greatest cyclists of that time in it. Today, about 227 of the 235 cyclists are still living (the vast majority are in Europe of course). As a COVID project, I embarked on trying to track down as many of them as possible to ask them to sign their cards. I m 18 months in, and I've found and received back about 145 of the cyclist. It's been a ton of work (especially because I'm trying to research addresses in foreign countries and then using google translate to translate correspondence), but a ton of fun.

You could try contacting Brett Horton. He has a huge collection, and knows many of the old riders. I'm not sure if he'd help as he has a business selling cycling memorabilia, but when i saw him speak at an event he seemed pretty cool.

https://www.hortoncollection.com/

Another angle might be joining the classicrendezvous google group. It's more focused on the bikes, but there are lots of members worldwide.

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/

A couple facebook groups I'm on also have some of the 80's-90's riders as members.
Yesterdays Velodromes
The UCIs Bandit Bikes.

[canjond]

Thanks Steve. I'm lucky enough to be friends with a few current and former pros who have helped immensely in tracking down the others so far.