Showing posts with label 1993 Fleer Pro Cards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1993 Fleer Pro Cards. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Matt Allen


In March of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Matt Allen. I found an address and sent him my card and a letter.


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


Matt signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards West Palm Beach Expos Team Set card #1342.

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

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Tim Pugh


In March of 2021, I was looking for cards to mail out and I saw on the back of Tim Pugh's card that his birthday was less than a week away (March 14th), so I decided to look him up and I found his address and sent him my card and the following letter.


Twenty days later my card came back signed.

Tim signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards Batavia Clippers Team Set card #3144.

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

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Tom Vilet


In March of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Tom Vilet. I found an address and sent him my card and a letter.


Nine days later my card came back signed.

Tom signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards Clearwater Phillies Team Set card #2698.

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

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Bryan Wiegandt


In March of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Bryan Wiegandt. I had seen many players from this set play in Clearwater, Florida during spring training and or Instructional League but I didn't recall ever seeing him in person. So, nearly 30 years later, I discovered that he was a mortgage lender in Kentucky, so I wrote him a letter.


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


Bryan signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards Martinsville Phillies Team Set card #3486.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=wiegan001bry

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Jay Maldonado


In October of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Jay Maldonado. I sent him my card and the following letter.


Sixteen days later my card came back signed.

Jay signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards card #3970.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=maldon001j--

Sunday, November 7, 2021

Nilson Robledo


I met him at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2018, when the Washington Nationals, whom he was a bullpen catcher for, came to play the Tampa Bay Rays.

This was my most sought after autograph ever. Don't believe me? Hours after I got it, I wrote a detailed story on how important getting his autograph was to me. You can read that at keystothebattersbox.blogspot.com/2018/06/my-most-sought-out-autograph-ever.html.

Nilson signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards FSL All-Star Team Set card #FSL-24.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=robled001nil

Saturday, May 1, 2021

Orlando Munoz


I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2018.

Orlando signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards card #78.

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

Monday, February 22, 2021

Michael Hardge


On January 23, 2018, Tyrone Horne posted the following on his Twitter account:


I recognized Mike Hardge's name right away and knew that I had a card of him, so that same week I looked up the radio station's address and sent him an autograph request.


14 days later my card came back signed and he also included a letter of his own.


Michael signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards card #1347.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hardge001mic

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Ramon Zapata


I met him at a Minor League game at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex in Clearwater, Florida in 2017, when the GCL Tigers East, whom he was the hitting coach for, came to play the GCL Phillies.

Ramon signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards card #1556.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=zapata001ram

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Roly DeArmas


I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2015.

Roly signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards card #2700.

Two days later, I had Darold Knowles sign the card while signing autographs for free at the Tampa Bay Rays Fan Fest at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.



It was actually my second time getting Darold's autograph. I just wanted it to complete the card.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=dearma001rol

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/knowlda01.shtml

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Edwin Hurtado

I met him at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2001.

Edwin signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards card #3969.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hurtaed01.shtml

Friday, February 24, 2017

Brian Looney

I met him at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2000.

Brian signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards card #1335.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/loonebr01.shtml

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Alan Dunn

I met him at a Minor League game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1997, when the Daytona Cubs, whom he was the pitching coach for, came to play the Clearwater Phillies.

Alan signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards card #3194.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=dunn--001ala

Monday, October 31, 2016

John Shoemaker

I met him at a Minor League game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1997, when the Vero Beach Dodgers, whom he was managing, came to play the Clearwater Phillies.

John signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards card #3901.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=shoema002joh

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Darren Balsley

I met him at a Minor League Dunedin Blue Jays game at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field in Dunedin, Florida in 1997, when he was the pitching coach for the Dunedin Blue Jays.

Darren signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards card #1896.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=balsle001dar

Friday, March 4, 2016

Lorenzo De La Cruz

I met him at a Minor League spring training game at Carpenter Complex in Clearwater, Florida in 1996, when the Toronto Blue Jays came to play the Philadelphia Phillies.

Lorenzo signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards card #3749.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=delacr001lor

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Brian Boehringer


I met him at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field in Dunedin, Florida in 1996, when the New York Yankees came to play the Toronto Blue Jays in a spring training game.

Brian signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards FSL All-Star Team Set card #FSL-21.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/boehrbr01.shtml

Saturday, January 2, 2016

Kenny Robinson

I met him at a celebrity golf tournament at Lansbrook Golf Course in Palm Harbor, Florida in 1996.

Kenny signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards card #1879.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/robinke01.shtml

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Omar Malave

I met him at Englebert Complex in Dunedin, Florida in 1995, while he was a Toronto Blue Jays instructor during the Florida Instructional League.

Omar signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards card #3752.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=malave001oma

Friday, September 25, 2015

Dave Gandolph

I met him at a Minor League game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1995, when the Kissimmee Cobras came to play the Clearwater Phillies.

Dave signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards card #1933.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=gandol001dav