How did you get into the hobby?

[phillysports345]

im bored and snowed in so i thought id ask how people got into the hobby

[ejkubiak]

Started by going to games and trying to get guys to sign, but I really got into it by going to the baseball HOF in 1993 to see Reggie get inducted.

[nym5]

When I was little and started getting into sports heavily, especially baseball, I tried to go to games to get autographs. Then, I went to the mall to find Todd Zeile doing a free public signing. After that, I found that I really liked the hobby and eventually found the hobby of collecting autographs through the mail as well.

[Floorkiller]

I has only been collecting cards for a couple months- I went to a minor lg game and picked up a team set from the gift shop. As I was milling around, i noticed players signing. I was like "Whoa, I have this guys card right here" and so it began. I remember going home and looking through my sparce MLB card collection and pulling a couple more to get signed later. Good stuff.

[autographhunter]

Been collecting cards since before I remember, but got into TTM when looking at graphing sites.

[The Chad]

I got some autographs at my first few Cubs games a few years ago, then got season tickets to the Rochester red wings last year and started getting some top prospects to sign. It's fun and it brings a sorta thrill that card collecting kinda lacks for me, basically any card u want u can buy but getting the graphs in person is much more fun. Can be a challenge sometimes as well!

[szinkautos1209]

Been collecting cards since before I remember, but got into TTM when looking at graphing sites.

Same here with TTM graphing. When we were little, my brother and I would get baseballs signed with as many players as possible on them. Then when we saw people getting cards signed, we just got really intrigued and started doing it. I think our very first autograph on cards was C.C. Sabathia at a signing at local car dealership.

[The Muffin Man]

my mom told us about how she sent letters to buzz aldrin and Jimmy Carter when she was a kid, i thought it would be cool to send leters asking for autographs too, so i sent some, received some, and then i started to really enjoy the hobby of autographs.

[phillysports345]

i was about 11 or so and heard a guy in a card shop talking about ttm auto so decided to start trying it
got a jim thome and L.T back and have been hooked ever since

[bearfan1]

saw Jack Smallings book on Amazon.com and I wanted to give it a try and I have been hooked since

[Floorkiller]

I don't even remember how I got into TTM. I know my 1st return was Graig Nettles, and I though it was awesome- but I don't remember where I got the addy. I assume it was printed in a magazine or something. TTM for me has was on and off for years. I would literally go years without a request out (Lots of IP took precidence, lol). I've really stepped it up the last 4 years or so.

[Bowzer]

I befriended the legend known as KidK and I decided to wait with him before the Crosstown Classic at Wrigley about two years ago... and that, as they say, is that.

[knobbs008]

I got Ryan Dempster's auto on a card at a Cubs Rockies game in Denver in 2007 and when I got back home I google imaged "Ryan Dempster autographs" and the first choice was a TTM website, I thought it looked fun and I decided tosend 5 requests out that next day. After a week I received my first success, Jon Lieber, c/o the Cubs. After that I told myself I would send out maybe two or three requests a month, that didn't happen. The rest is histoy.....

[kidk]

I befriended the legend known as KidK and I decided to wait with him before the Crosstown Classic at Wrigley about two years ago... and that, as they say, is that.

Its like Mozart and Butch Cassidy, if you mess with Mozart, you'll get a bullet in your brain, courtesy of Butch Cassidy.

[Monkeybeiotch]

I started when the card market took a dump... mid 80's the cards were worthless so what better to do with them then to get them signed!