Don August

On September 17, 2020, I wanted to do something different with my TTM requests. I thought it would be fun to mail cards to players with the same last name and see which one comes back first. The players were Don August and Sam August. No relation between the two, as far as I could tell. I called it "An August Race in September."

Don August's address is well known, as he is very fan-friendly. Sam August only played in the minors, so his address isn't listed on autograph sites, so I had to locate it myself and hope that it was right.

Don won the race. Twelve days later my card came back signed. He even included a note.

Don signed a 1989 Score Rising Stars card #83.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/augusdo01.shtml

Bruce Fields

I met him at a Minor League game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the Lakeland Flying Tigers came to play the Clearwater Threshers.
He was there as the Detroit Tigers Minor League hitting coordinator.

Bruce signed a 1989 Score Rising Stars card #43.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fieldbr01.shtml

Torey Lovullo

I met him at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 1999.

Torey signed a 1989 Score Rising Stars card #17.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lovulto01.shtml

Pete Smith

I met him at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1995, when the Cincinnati Reds came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.
I remember this day for a couple of reasons. First, it was a day/night doubleheader. A noon game between the St. Petersburg Cardinals and the Clearwater Phillies of the Florida State League, which I attended, followed by a spring training game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies, which was being broadcast nationally on ESPN.
Second, it was April 19, 1995, the day of the Oklahoma City bombing.

Pete signed a 1989 Score Rising Stars card #74.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithpe02.shtml