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

Hugh Walker

In February of 2021, I was looking for cards to mail out and I saw on the back of Hugh Walker's card that his birthday was less than a week away (February 9th), so I decided to look him up and I found his address and sent him my card and the following letter.

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

Hugh signed a 1993 Classic Best Gold card #84.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=walker006ver

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

Rob Adkins

In January of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Rob Adkins. I sent him my card and the following letter.

21 days later my card came back signed.

Rob signed a 1993 Classic Best Gold card #176.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=adkins001rob

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

Andy Pettitte

I met him at the Lou Piniella Celebrity Golf Classic at Carrollwood Country Club in Tampa, Florida in 2020.

Andy signed a 1993 Classic Best Gold card #117.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pettian01.shtml

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

Rafael Chaves

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

Rafael signed a 1993 Classic Best Gold card #56.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=chaves001raf

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

Joe Pomierski

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

Joe signed a 1993 Classic Best Gold card #145.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=pomier001jos

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

Albie Lopez

I met him at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1996, when the Cleveland Indians came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Albie signed a 1993 Classic Best Gold card #12.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lopezal02.shtml

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

Joe Lis, Jr.

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

Joe signed a 1993 Classic Best Gold card #129.

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