TTM #75- One More Indian!

Hey guys, Drew back here. Things are slowly started to come back to life here on the blog, and I love being back. Sure, I have plenty of plans coming up, but the amount of free time for me increased by so much of late. My summer goal is to clean the countless tubs, binders, and boxes, and get some lots sold on eBay to clear space in the collection, so I don't overflow my house. If anyone has any good experience selling things on eBay, please comment based on how your experience has been with the site. I've bought a countless amount of things off of there but I haven't sold anything before.

Anyway, I got a TTM back the other day, and here it is for all of you to see:

The third and final Cleveland Indian I sent to was their ace, Justin Masterson! Masterson may only be their number 2 pitcher this year to Fausto Carmona in terms of order, but in terms of performance, nobody has topped Masterson for the Tribe this year. He's had some rough starts of late, but currently he's sporting a 5-6 record with a 2.98 ERA in 16 starts. He's slowed down along with the rest of the Indians squad, but I still could see him as a solid 4 or 5 guy in any team's rotation. 

Masterson signed 2 cards for me, the first being a custom, and the second being a 2009 Topps 206 base card. The custom actually looks decent for a change, without much damage at all, and it was signed nicely with his "Phil 4:13" Bible inscription. However, my favorite was the other card because it came out sweet! His autograph is different, and I gotta say I'm a fan of it.

Thanks Mr. Masterson! See Ya!

TTM #'s 71 & 72- Cleveland Indian Style!

Hey guys, Drew back here! This week I got overloaded in... yep.. once again, damaged custom cards. I have been using my new glue, which has been working perfectly, but the customs have been getting uglier and uglier as they arrive home in my mailbox. Without a clue of what to do, I'm pretty much going to end the non Yankees or Hall of Fame custom sets, at least for the time being, until I can figure out what's going wrong. Without further adieu, lets show off some of the recent successes I've gotten, this being the Cleveland edition:

The first was one of their once hot pitchers this season, Josh Tomlin. Tomlin started the year on an absolute tear, even earning a spot on my fantasy baseball pitching staff. Sadly, he's struggled big time with his command lately, pushing his ERA from a 2.41 on May 21st to a now 4.14. I still think Mr. Tomlin has a good future, and these last 4 starts have just been a bit of a flunk.

Tomlin signed 2 cards for me, a custom, and a 2011 Topps base card. He inscribed his number on each card, to go with his incredibly small signature. Both his and the next guys cards returned signed in 18 days. Just for that, here's success number 2:

None other than their closer, Chris Perez! Perez not only is a very good closer, notching 16 saves for the 2nd place Indians, but he is also well renowned in the card hobby, after purchasing the famed booklet card featuring all of the 1927 Yankees starting lineup, as a gift to himself after a new contract! Perez is having what will be a career year, unless barred by struggle or injury (knock on wood). He may not have the most famous beard in the closing world, but he earns a close second. 

This card came out more damaged than the Tomlin, as you can see by the gray and black marks around the left side of his body. There is certainly worse to come, so I'm fortunate these came back semi-ok. 

Any ideas about all the damage? I don't know where to go from here.

See Ya!