Like I said in my previous post, I have a bunch of these. After my oldest son's birthday in January, I decided to gather up some more cards to send. This time, I also included a few football cards I had laying around. In this bunch I sent the following cards:
1989 Score Aundray Bruce RC
1994 Topps Finest Dave Staton
1974 Topps Jerry Tagge RC
1980 Topps Steve Pisarkiewicz RC
1969 Topps High # Ted Sizemore/Bill Sudakis RC
1974 Topps Barry Foote/Tom Lundstedt/Charlie Moore/Sergio Robles RC
1975 Topps Steve Swisher RC
Out of all of these players, the only ones I am still waiting on (or have no hopes for) are Aundray Bruce and Dave Staton. The rest all signed stuff for me. So, this batch of cards were sent out on 1/17/2025. After 10 days, I saw a return in my mailbox. It was from Barry Foote! Mr. Foote also answered the questions I had for him. Thanks Barry! Then, a few days later, I received an envelope back stating that I had the wrong address. When I opened the envelope, I noticed that it was for Ted Sizemore. So, I did a little bit of internet research and realize that Mr. Sizemore had relocated a few years ago. Looks like the autograph book that I was using is a little bit outdated. So, I repacked another envelope and shot Ted Sizemore's request back out on 1/29/2025. On 2/10/2025, my wife came in my office and threw and envelope at me and said, "Looks like this one is yours." It was a little bit thick, so I opened it and noted that not only had Steve Pisarkiewicz signed the card I sent him, but he also wrote me a handwritten letter back! This was by far the coolest return I have received to date! The next return came from Teddy Sizemore. After I had researched his new address, he sent the thing back really fast! Sizemore's return came on 2/12/2025. However, he would not respond to any of the questions I asked him. He only signed the card I sent him...bummer. On Valentines Day, there was a bunch of junk mail, and I was about to throw it out when I felt something a little bit stiff in the mail pile. There was a return! This one was from Steve Swisher. Swisher however, only signed the card I sent. He did not answer any of my questions. It's ok though, I got over it pretty fast. The last return came from Jerry Tagge on 3/24/2025. This Jerry Tagge card was given to me for free in one of the Sportlots packages I received. It was used as filler because it had the letters "VX" written in blue pen on the back. I think I repurposed it well. Mr. Tagge also responded to the questions I asked him. All in all, a good batch of returns. Let's check them out below!
Barry Foote:
Mr. Foote has a pretty awesome signature. I may research the rest of the guys on the card to see if I can get them all to sign it. That sounds like a cool idea. I've seen people do it, but can I do it? That is the question.
Foote's Letter:
I thought it was pretty cool that Foote watched some Canadiens games when he was playing with the Expos. Also, stellar game day meal of Eggplant Parm. I like this guy. Thanks Barry!
Steve Pisarkiewicz:
His penmanship is unmatched to me. I may write to him again, we'll see.
Pisarkiewicz's handwritten note:
Pisarkiewicz played in cold weather in his days in the CFL. He also noted that dark chocolate was his favorite pre-game snack and that he flew to NYC on his draft day. His favorite teammate was WR Pat Tilley during his time with the Cardinals. Pretty neat! Thank you so much Steve!
Ted Sizemore:
Ted Sizemore has a decent signature. I'm happy with how it came out - even if it cost me an extra stamp.
Steve Swisher:
Looks like Swisher's autograph has changed a little bit since 1975, eh?
Finally...
Jerry Tagge:
Tagge's Letter:
So, a little bit about question 5: How many apartment buildings did you sell? Jerry said 6. The reason I asked this particular question is when I researched Tagge, it was noted that when he moved to St. Louis, he sold apartment buildings. This was after he had retired from football in 1979 due to a knee injury. After his career in real estate, he eventually settled down to start his own financial service in Omaha, NE. Pretty cool!
I still have 1 more post because I did buy 2 books of stamps and they needed to be used. I hope you enjoyed checking out my returns!
Thanks for reading!
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