By "IP", I mean "in-person". By "in-person", I mean "someone who wasn't me asked nicely". Most of these are from the hard work of other people, who then sold them for dirt cheap.
About a third are TTM though, and those were indeed by me.
I
like these much much better than the soulless corporate autographs, especially the sticker autos. These were out in the wild, man. Not
soaking underneath fluorescent lights in some dreary cubicle. I, of
course, am a hapless hypocrite, as I have plenty 'official' autos too.
Here's the current collection, last name B. Two notes: 1) Fret not about the lack of Johnny Bench, I have him covered with a 'corporate' auto and 2) For the eagle-eyed among you, my name is not Butch.
Also, B is the 2nd most popular surname starting letter, behind S, so I have a bunch. A bombastic bunch. A bubbly, bombastic, bedrabbled, bombshell bunch of ballers. B-yootiful.
Auto count: 139
Unique Reds: 62
Biggest name (player): Ewell Blackwell
Biggest name (manager): Dusty Baker
Current roster: None
Oldest: Ed Bailey (1959 Topps)
Quantity champ: Alex Blandino (11), runner-up Todd Benzinger (9)
Certified Cowboy: Jeff Brantley
Keepin' it in the Family: Bob/Bret/Aaron Boone, Buddy/David Bell
Missing autos I want the most: Dante Bichette, Chase Burns
Go Redlegs.
Your collection of Reds IP autographs is really impressive. Thanks to the generosity of several bloggers and a good friend, I have an entire binder dedicated to IP/TTM autographs. My buddy Mike was really into going to the stadium and getting players and coaches to sign cards. So most of my IP autos were obtained by him. The autographs I have received from other people could be either IP or TTM, since I never asked how they were originally obtained.
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