General Forum

Ok, so I've been putting together an autographed card collection of the Oakland A's from their '88-'90 seasons and I've run into a roadblock. There's 4 guys I can't find auto's of anywhere: Jeff Shaver, Larry Arndt, Dick Scott and Steve Howard. Obscure, I know. I've looked on ebay, amazon & comc and have found cards for these guys, but nothing signed. Other than the aforementioned sites, does anyone have any ideas on how I can hunt these guys down? It would be much appreciated. Cheers, Matt.

 FOr Dick Scott you could try the TTM option and mail him cards for him to sign. He currently works for the Mets front office in player development.. 

 I've got Larry Arndt on his 1987 Huntsville Stars card.  For some bizarre reason, I TTM'd him way back when he was playing in Tacoma.  No idea what possessed me to TTM a minor league player in 1988, but it worked!  I've also got Steve Howard, also on his 1987 Huntsville card, but am not looking to part with it as he is one of my oddball player collections.  He had a really nice signature.  I'll post a scan on my blog since I haven't done a Steve Howard post in ages.

I'd be glad to trade for the Arndt, though.  If you can hit any single card from my wantlists on my blog, it's yours.

http://clydes-stalecards.blogspot.com

The wantlists are in the upper right of the page.

The only TTM's I've ever done was Walter Payton and Lawrence Taylor when I was a kid. LT sent back a facsimile 8x10 but Sweetness sent my card back signed as well as a signed 8x10. I still smile when I look at that picture. Your wantlists look to be tough nuts to crack, but I'm gonna dig around and see if I can find a Presley or two. If so I will send you a pm and go from there. Thanks for your help.

Mightyox, thanks for the info. I'll try shooting an email to the A's as well on the off chance they can provide any help finding Shaver and Howard. I'm fully expecting to be ignored  but what the hell, I'll give it a shot.