Chris Chambliss TTM Success

It’s been too long blog. Sorry about that.

Got a TTM return today that encouraged me to return to this space. Technically, it was a pair of returns. Apparently, I had sent once to Chris Chambliss before I started tracking my sends/returns (2018, maybe?) in Excel. For my purposes below, I'll treat it as a single return.

“If you’re not having fun, you miss the point of everything.”

Sent: 5/14/2019 | Received: 4/20/2020 | 342 days
3/3: 1978 Topps - [Base], 1979 Topps - [Base], 2001 Upper Deck Legends of New York
Address: Home (Alpharetta, GA) from SportsCollectors.Net

Chambliss is best known for his 1976 ALCS Game 5 walk-off homer, for bulldozing a half dozen fans while rounding the bases, and for never actually touching the plate. Mobbed, he did not make an attempt and opted for the safety of the clubhouse. He was later escorted back onto the field to touch home, but by then the plate had been stolen.

Chambliss broke into the majors with Cleveland, winning the AL Rookie of the Year award in 1971. He was traded to the Yankees early in the 1974 season. He spent five seasons in New York, earned an All-Star nod in 1976, a Gold Glove in 1978, and won two World Series rings (1977 & 1978).

He moved onto Atlanta from 1980 through 1986. He would later serve as coach for the Yankees (he’d win four more World Series titles as hitting coach in 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000), Cardinals, Mets, Reds, and Mariners.