Today...

[houbb]

I mailed this out in early June 2008, and they came back home, signed, today...

Wilbur Wood 2/2 2 years 3 months (1970 & 1976 Topps)
c/o home

 

[The G]

Congrats.

 

[CYmarlins]

congrats to you!

 

[SLNoble13]

Congrats on your success!

 

[rangersfan1982]

Wow, nice one Jim. Gotta love those long waits coming back. Times like these you need a scanner

 

[houbb]

Wow, nice one Jim. Gotta love those long waits coming back. Times like these you need a scanner

Thanks, Andrew! One of these days I'm going to have to get around to hooking this thing up & downloading the software for it.

Wood was the last of the real workhorses in baseball. As a reliever in the '60's, he set the record for games pitched, that was ultimately broken by Wayne Granger and Mike Marshall. As a starter, he was one of the most dominant pitchers in the game from 1971-1974. The knuckleballer once won two games in one day, and also was the last to start both games of a doubleheader. Wood's days as a dominant starter in the AL came to a close when a Ron LeFlore line drive shattered his kneecap in a game early in the '76 campaign. Wood returned and pitched for a couple of more seasons but was never the same.

 

[yank23rulz]

nice pick up ..I love getting back the ones u write off

 

[chieftazmisty]

Congrats
Nice pick ups
Job well done
Chief

 

[thehalk]

Wow that is forever, nice pickup

 

[CW13]

nice job, Jim...Wood had quite a run there in the 70s. Great return

 

[stlcardtrader]

congrats..

 

[mr.js36]

Congrats!!!!!

 

[supershriner]

Great success on a long wait!!!

 

[Tankp]

Patience is a virtue as we are taught.