Good Ginter Morning, Everyone!
A friend suggested I post a live (as live as possible at least) countdown of what I still need in the hopes that someone might be able to help - so here we are!
Almost 2 years ago I posted this blog detailing the quest!
There are 295 subjects that, at the time, could be included in such a set. Did I care enough to get that started? The answer came quickly - hells yes. Thus, the Unofficial Framed Auto Set was born.
The mission has been simple - subject signs an A&G back mini (pictured below!), I sacrifice a common relic frame (the mini is donated to my daughters collection) by cutting open the top of the frame and tweezing out the old card right before inserting the new one. Voila, a new impossible set is born. And a new way to enjoy and expand the obsession.
I have 56 subjects remaining (Below) and, as expected, these last ones will be the toughest. Some of them are folks who just don't sign and live in relative obscurity after their playing days. Some of them are huge stars who won't take the time to sign TTM or through private signings and a few others, the worst kind, charge exorbitant fees for their autographs. So, I wait and work and make connections and hope that one day I can get it done. As with most of this stuff, that's the best part.
4 Vernon Wells |
18 Angel Berroa |
31 Mark Buehrle |
34 Ronnie Belliard |
36 Mike Jacobs (RC) |
40 Jeff Kent |
45 Danny Haren SP |
48 Khalil Greene |
63 Jack Wilson |
65 Jon Lieber SP |
66 Dan Johnson |
68 Rickie Weeks |
69 Chris Ray (RC) |
70 Chris Shelton |
74 Justin Verlander (RC) |
76 Magglio Ordonez |
77 Brandon Inge |
80 Jason Bay |
96 Casey Kotchman |
117 Felipe Lopez |
119 Akinori Otsuka |
121 Danys Baez |
126 Carlos Beltran |
133 Randy Winn |
136 Chad Orvella |
142 John Patterson |
151 Ryan Langerhans SP |
158 Adam Dunn SP |
159 Cliff Lee SP |
163 Brad Ausmus |
166 Chris Capuano |
170 Zach Duke |
180 Jose Guillen |
182 Raul Ibanez |
187 Emil Brown |
194 Carlos Zambrano |
201 Brian Roberts |
210 Jeremy Reed |
216 Rod Barajas |
218 Lyle Overbay |
219 Troy Glaus |
223 Carl Crawford |
226 Kelvim Escobar |
227 Corey Patterson |
231 Tadahito Iguchi |
235 Shawn Chacon SP |
238 Carlos Lee |
241 Bob Wickman |
242 Jon Garland |
245 Matt Holliday SP |
257 John Koronka (RC) |
260 Hanley Ramirez (RC) |
263 Anderson Hernandez (RC) |
291 Bobby Cox MG |
322 Nick Markakis (RC) |
325 John Lackey SP |
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