Steve Hazlett

In January of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Steve Hazlett. I discovered that he was a professional hunting guide. I found the address of the company that he guides for and sent him my card and the following letter.

Eighteen days later I got a "return to sender" because there was no mail receptacle at that address.

After a little more than a month, I tried again with another address that I had found. I scratched out the date on my original letter and replaced it with the date that I re-sent it on.

Sadly, that address didn't work for me either. 53 days later I got another RTS notice.

A fellow autograph collector on Twitter, @pintandrew, had success with Mr. Hazlett and gave me the address that he had sent to. So, once again, I scribbled out the previous date, wrote the current date, and sent it out for hopefully the third and final time.

Seven days later my card came back signed.

Steve signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #66.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hazlet001ste

Jeff Schmidt

In February of 2021, I was looking for cards to mail out and I saw on the back of Jeff Schmidt's card that his birthday was less than a week away (February 21st), so I decided to look him up and I found his address and sent him my card and the following letter.

Seventeen days later my card came back signed.

Jeff signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold Gold card #99.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schmije01.shtml

Jack Kimel

In December of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Jack Kimel. I sent him my card and the following letter.

Fourteen days later my card came back signed.

Jack signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #30.

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

Louis Maberry

On September 10, 2020, I decided to go through these 2 alphabetical boxes of baseball cards and pull random cards out. I would then look to see if I could find a mailing address online to send a card to.

I ended up writing and mailing out 11 letters that day. All addresses that I looked up myself, not listed on an autograph database, as far as I could tell.

I found what looked to be a legitimate address for Mr. Maberry, so I wrote him a letter and included my card.

Eighteen days later my card came back signed. He even included a note back.

Louis signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #192.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=maberr002lou

Kennie Steenstra

I met him at a Florida Instructional League game at the Bobby Mattick Training Center at Englebert Complex in Dunedin, Florida in 2016, when the Baltimore Orioles, whom he was coaching, came to play the Toronto Blue Jays.

Kennie signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #131.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/steenke01.shtml

Marty Malloy

I met him at a Minor League game at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the GCL Astros, whom he was managing, came to play the GCL Phillies.

Marty signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #114.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/malloma01.shtml

Chad Mottola

I met him at a Minor League game at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium in Dunedin, Florida in 2015, when the Charlotte Stone Crabs, whom he was there as the Tampa Bay Rays hitting coordinator, came to play the Dunedin Blue Jays.

Chad signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #196.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mottoch01.shtml

Scott Eyre

I met him at the Philadelphia Phillies fantasy camp at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015.

Scott signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #29.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/eyresc01.shtml

Billy Owens

I met him at a Minor League game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1997, when the Kissimmee Cobras came to play the Clearwater Phillies.

Billy signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #7.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=owens-002wil

Marc Barcelo

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

Marc signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #183.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=barcel001mar

Jeremy Lee

I met him at a Minor League game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1996, when the Dunedin Blue Jays came to play the Clearwater Phillies.

Jeremy signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #69.

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

Kelcey Mucker

I met him at a Minor League game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1996, when the Fort Myers Miracle came to play the Clearwater Phillies.

Kelcey signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #81.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=mucker001kel

Tom Wilson

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

Tom signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #198.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilsoto02.shtml

Kendall Rhine

I met him during the Toronto Blue Jays Florida Instructional League at Englebert Complex in Dunedin, Florida in 1995.

Kendall signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #17.

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

Tim Cooper

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

Tim signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #148.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=cooper001tim

Trot Nixon

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

Trot signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #3.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nixontr01.shtml

Justin Thompson

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

Justin signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #111.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thompju02.shtml

Edwin Diaz

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

Edwin signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #79.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/diazed03.shtml

Anthony Manahan

I met him at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 1995.

I met his brother, Austin, two years earlier.

Anthony signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #23.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=manaha001ant

Dennis Slininger

I met him at a Florida Instructional League game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1994, when the St. Louis Cardinals came to play the Philadelphia Phillies.

Dennis signed a 1994 Classic Best Gold card #26.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=slinin001den