Mark Steffens

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. Steffens at a company that he was CEO of, so I wrote him a letter and included my card.

Sixteen days later my card came back signed. He even included a note of his own.

Mark signed a 1992 Fleer Pro Cards card #2071.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=steffe001mar

Ty Kovach

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. Kovach, so I wrote him a letter and included my card.

Eleven days later my card came back signed. He also included a note back.

Ty signed a 1991 Classic Best card #309.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=kovach001ty-

Ivan Zweig

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. Zweig, so I wrote him a letter and included my card.

Nine days later my card came back signed.

Ivan signed a 1992 Stadium Club Dome card #200.

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

Bill Abare

In August of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Bill Abare. I discovered that he had an accounting firm in St. Augustine, Florida. I sent him my card and the following letter.

Two days after sending my request, I got an email from Mr. Abare.

Seven days later my card came back signed.

Bill signed a 1991 Classic Best Dunedin Blue Jays Team Set card #15.

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

Dana Kiecker

In August of 2020, an autograph collector on Instagram posted a letter from Dana Kiecker about a scholarship fund that Mr. Kiecker and his wife had created. For a $1 donation, Dana would sign a card. I thought that sounded fair, so I wrote him a letter and sent my card along with a dollar bill.

Ten days later my card came back signed.

Dana signed a 1991 Upper Deck card #507.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kieckda01.shtml

Don Sheppard

On May 8, 2020, I noticed an account on Instagram that liked 2 of my autographs that had been posted 5 years earlier. I didn't recognize the username but when I clicked on the account I saw the person's real name and immediately recognized it and knew it was someone that I had a card of.
I sent a private message to thank him for liking my posts and mentioned that I had a card of his that I would love to get signed. He said "...it ain't worth squat" but I told him that I just do this for the hobby. He gave me his address and then I wrote him the following letter and immediately sent it off.

Nineteen days later my card came back signed. I would've had it earlier if I had written my correct address on my self-addressed stamped envelope. The envelope had a yellow "return to sender" sticker on it, so thankfully it still found its way to me, albeit delayed by a few extra days.

Don signed a 1993 Classic Best Dunedin Blue Jays Team Set card #19.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=sheppa001don

Hsin-Chieh Lin

I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2020.

This would end up being my last in-person autograph for a long time. The threat of COVID-19 in March of 2020, shut down just about everything the following day.

Hsin-Chieh signed a 2019 Williamsport Crosscutters Team Set card #15.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=lin---000hsi

Malvin Matos

I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2020.

Malvin signed a 2019 Lakewood Blueclaws Team Set card #16.

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

McCarthy Tatum

I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2020.

McCarthy signed a 2019 Williamsport Crosscutters Team Set card #29.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=tatum-000mcc

Yerwin Trejo

I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2020.

Yerwin signed a 2019 Lakewood Blueclaws Team Set card #26.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=trejo-000yer

Mike McCarthy

I met him at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2020, when the Minnesota Twins, whom he was the AAA pitching coach for, came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Mike signed a 2014 Portland Sea Dogs Team Set card.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=mccart003mic

Drew Maggi

I met him at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2020, when the Minnesota Twins came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Drew signed a 2010 Topps USA card #USA-32.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maggidr01.shtml

Aaron Boone

I met him at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2020, when the New York Yankees, whom he was managing, came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Aaron signed a 1995 Upper Deck Minor League card #95.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/booneaa01.shtml

Michael King

I met him at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2020, when the New York Yankees came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Michael signed a 2019 Topps Heritage Minor League card #3.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kingmi01.shtml

Erik Kratz

I met him at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2020, when the New York Yankees came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Erik signed a 2013 Topps card #361.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kratzer01.shtml

J.A. Happ

I met him at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2020, when the New York Yankees came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

J.A. signed a 2018 Topps Update Series card #US75.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/happja01.shtml

Brett Netzer

I met him at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2020, when the Boston Red Sox came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Brett signed a 2017 Bowman Draft card #BD-31.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=netzer000bre

Josh Ockimey

I met him at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2020, when the Boston Red Sox came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Josh signed a 2018 Topps Pro Debut card #3.

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Marcus Wilson

I met him at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2020, when the Boston Red Sox came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Marcus signed a 2014 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects card #DP63.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilsoma02.shtml

Tanner Houck

I met him at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2020, when the Boston Red Sox came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Tanner signed a 2018 Topps Heritage Minor League card #19.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/houckta01.shtml

Brett Schulze

I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2020.

Brett signed a 2019 Williamsport Crosscutters Team Set card #24.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=schulz000bre

Tom Sutera

I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2020.

Tom signed a 2019 Williamsport Crosscutters Team Set card #28.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=sutera000tom

Hunter Markwardt

I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2020.

Hunter signed a 2019 Williamsport Crosscutters Team Set card #19.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=markwa000hun

Róbinson Martinez

I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2020.

Róbinson signed a 2019 Lakewood Blueclaws Team Set card #15.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=martin023rob

Leonel Aponte

I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2020.

Leonel signed a 2019 Williamsport Crosscutters Team Set card #02.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=aponte000leo

Juan Aparicio

I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2020.

Juan signed a 2019 Williamsport Crosscutters Team Set card #01.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=aparic000jua

Andrew Schultz

I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2020.

Andrew signed a 2019 Bowman Draft card #BD-120.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=schult003and

Carlos De La Cruz

I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2020.

He was there watching his son, Carlos play in a simulated game. I had seen him there quite frequently over the years watching his son, and for the longest time, I wasn't aware that he was a former player. When I was made aware of his playing career, I immediately sought out a card but my source for minor league cards was sold out. Two years later, I found a new source and to my surprise, he had a card in stock.
Since it had been over a year since the last time that I saw Carlos in attendance, I wanted to be absolutely sure that it was him. When the younger Carlos was finished with the game, he walked amongst the crowd to get to the locker room. I stopped him and asked if that was his dad in attendance. He said "yes" and then I said, "oh, good, I have a card of his." He smiled and then caught up with his dad. I stayed behind and gave them a moment for themselves but I saw Carlos point to me as he told his dad that I had his baseball card. His dad had the biggest smile as I approached him. I said to him, "Carlos, can I have your autograph?" He took my card and pen and then gave me a big hug. He was so thrilled to be asked and he thanked me multiple times. It was a really cool experience.

Carlos signed a 1996 Best Fayetteville Generals Team Set card #11.

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Dave Hudgens

I met him at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2020, when the Toronto Blue Jays, whom he was the bench coach for, came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Dave signed a 1979 TCMA card #0518, which incorrectly spells his last name.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hudgeda01.shtml

Randal Grichuk

I met him at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2020, when the Toronto Blue Jays came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Randal signed a 2018 Topps Allen & Ginter card #61.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grichra01.shtml