Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Joey Vierra
In November of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Joey Vierra. I sent him my card and the following letter.
Joey signed a 1989 Star card #189.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=vierra001jos
Monday, January 15, 2024
Orv Franchuk
I met him at the Pro Ball Baseball Clinic at Pirate City in Bradenton, Florida in 2020.Orv signed a 1991 ProCards card #3901.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=franch001orv
Sunday, January 14, 2024
Eddie Dixon
In November of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Eddie Dixon. I sent him my card and the following letter.
Eddie signed a 1991 Line Drive AAA Pre-Rookie card #182.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=dixon-002wil
Saturday, January 13, 2024
Ed Yacopino
In October of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Ed Yacopino. I sent him my card and the following letter.
Ed signed a 1991 Line Drive AA Pre-Rookie card #122.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=yacopi001edw
Friday, January 12, 2024
Tom Green
On October 26, 2020, I came up with another TTM challenge for myself. This one I called "The Color Wheel Challenge." I sent cards to five random baseball players with colorful last names.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=green-003tho
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Miguel Cabrera
I met him at the Braden River Little League in Bradenton, Florida in 2020. He was there watching his son play in a tournament that my nephew was also participating in.Miguel signed a 2016 Topps card #250.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cabremi01.shtml
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Tom Price
In October of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Tom Price. I sent him my card and the following letter.
Tom signed a 1994 Sport Pro Great Falls Dodgers Team Set card #25.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=price-002tho
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.
Jay signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards card #3970.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=maldon001j--
Monday, January 8, 2024
Bryan Brown
On October 26, 2020, I came up with another TTM challenge for myself. This one I called "The Color Wheel Challenge." I sent cards to five random baseball players with colorful last names.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=brown-001bry
Sunday, January 7, 2024
Tim Pyznarski
In October of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Tim Pyznarski. I sent him my card and the following letter.
Tim signed a 1987 Topps card #429.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pyznati01.shtml
Saturday, January 6, 2024
Rick Barry
I met him at the Clint Hurdle Celebrity Sport Golf Scramble at The Legacy Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida in 2020.
Rick signed a 1992 Courtside Flashback 4-card promotional uncut sheet featuring Chris Mullin, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and David Robinson.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/barryri01.html
Friday, January 5, 2024
Stan Hough
In October of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Stan Hough. I sent him my card and the following letter.
A little over two years after receiving this autographed card, Mr. Hough sent me a letter and business card, promoting his podcast.
Stan signed a 1991 Line Drive AAA Pre-Rookie card #325.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hough-001sta
Thursday, January 4, 2024
Billy Blythe
In October of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Billy Blythe. I sent him my card and the following letter.
Billy signed a 1994 Topps Stadium Club Draft Picks card #44.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=blythe001wil
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Mike White
On October 26, 2020, I came up with another TTM challenge for myself. This one I called "The Color Wheel Challenge." I sent cards to five random baseball players with colorful last names.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=white-007tho
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Aubrey Waggoner
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. Waggoner, so I wrote him a letter and included my card.https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=waggon001aub
Monday, January 1, 2024
Charlie Hough
In October of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Charlie Hough. I sent him my card and the following letter.
Charlie signed a 1993 Fleer Ultra card #379.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/houghch01.shtml
Sunday, December 31, 2023
Jon Matlack
In October of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Jon Matlack. He shared a card with Tony Torchia and I was able to locate his address as well but I didn't want to risk having it lost in the mail, so I sent 2 cards to Mr. Matlack and the following letter.
Jon signed a 1973 Topps card #55 and a 1991 Line Drive AAA Pre-Rookie card #300, which I immediately sent out to Mr. Torchia the very next day. As of this posting, it has been 1,152 days since I sent my card to Mr. Torchia. Unfortunately, it was never returned to me.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/matlajo01.shtml
Saturday, December 30, 2023
Mike Proly
In October of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Mike Proly. My aunt used to work with him at his brother Pete's law firm. She told me that she would get me his autograph. I honestly don't remember if she ever got it for me. So, decades later, I decided to try on my own.
Mike signed a 1984 Topps card #437.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/prolymi01.shtml
Friday, December 29, 2023
Keith Black
On October 26, 2020, I came up with another TTM challenge for myself. This one I called "The Color Wheel Challenge." I sent cards to five random baseball players with colorful last names.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=black-001gre
Thursday, December 28, 2023
Blair Gavin
I met him at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2020, when Phoenix Rising, whom he was an assistant coach for, came to play the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the USL Championship Final.
This was my first in-person autograph in 7 months after COVID-19 virtually shut everything down in 2020. Ironically, the match ended up being canceled the day after I got this autograph after numerous Rowdies coaches and players tested positive for the virus.
Blair signed a 2011 Upper Deck Major League Soccer card #12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair_Gavin
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Michael Warner
In October of 2020, I decided to seek out an address for Michael Warner. I found one and sent him my card and the following letter.
Michael signed a 1992 Front Row Draft Picks card #71.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=warner001mic















































