Daily Autograph

Friday, February 6, 2026

Wyatt Hudepohl

I met him at a Minor League game at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida in 2024, when the St. Lucie Mets came to play the Dunedin Blue Jays.

When I presented him the card, he refused to rotate it, so he signed it upside down.

Wyatt signed a 2023 Bowman Draft card #BD-147.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hudepo000wya

Thursday, February 5, 2026

Jack Wenninger

I met him at a Minor League game at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida in 2024, when the St. Lucie Mets came to play the Dunedin Blue Jays.

Jack signed a 2023 Bowman Draft Chrome card #BDC-68.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=wennin002jac

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Jesus Baez

I met him at a Minor League game at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida in 2024, when the St. Lucie Mets came to play the Dunedin Blue Jays.

Jesus signed a 2023 Bowman Chrome Prospects Mojo Refractor card #BCP-12.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=baez--003jes

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Kellum Clark

I met him at a Minor League game at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida in 2024, when the St. Lucie Mets came to play the Dunedin Blue Jays.

Kellum signed a 2021 Onyx Vintage Extended card #VEKC.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=clark-002kel

Monday, February 2, 2026

Colin Houck

I met him at a Minor League game at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida in 2024, when the St. Lucie Mets came to play the Dunedin Blue Jays.

Colin signed a 2023 Bowman Draft Transformative Talent card #TT-14.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=houck-001col

Sunday, February 1, 2026

Jeremy Cologna

I met him at a Minor League game at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida in 2024, when the St. Lucie Mets, whom he was the bench coach for, came to play the Dunedin Blue Jays.

Jeremy signed a 2023 Binghamton Rumble Ponies Team Set card #36.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=cologn000jer

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Clyde Best

I met him at an autograph signing at a Tampa Bay Rowdies game at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2024.

Clyde signed a Tampa Bay Rowdies team photo card.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Best

Friday, January 30, 2026

On April 30, 2024, I went to see the Tampa Tarpons play the Dunedin Blue Jays in Dunedin, Florida. I had a few cards of the Tarpons players that I was hoping to get signed, including their manager, James Cooper. When I saw Mr. Cooper approaching, I held out my card and asked for an autograph. He stopped, looked at the card in my hand, shook his head, and said, "That's not me."

Now, when I ordered this card, I knew that there were two James Cooper's who were roughly the same age and played around the same time frame. There was a James Cooper who came up in the Yankees organization and spent time playing at their Tampa affiliate, and the other James Cooper came up with the Astros. Not knowing a single thing about James Cooper, I felt the odds were in my favor to get a card of the guy who came up with the Yankees.

Even Google's A.I. search engine, Gemini, mistakes the two James Cooper's.

When Mr. Cooper told me that it wasn't him, I jokingly replied, "Doesn't it make sense that a guy who once played for Tampa would come back to manage them?" He said, "I came from the Astros but I do know the guy." I held out the card again and said, "Want to send it to him?" He laughed and said, "I don't know him like that."

The next day I ordered a card of the James Cooper that I had spoken to.

Having this Yankees card of James Cooper, I decided to see if I could find an address for him to request his autograph. With such a common name, it was challenging but I felt confident with one particular address I found so I sent him my card and the following letter.

19 days later my card came back signed and he included a nice note.

James signed a 2007 Tampa Yankees Team Set card.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=cooper007jam