Monday, May 20, 2024

Wenceel Perez


I met him at a Minor League game at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida in 2021, when the Lakeland Flying Tigers came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Wenceel signed a 2019 West Michigan Whitecaps Team Set card #19.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/perezwe01.shtml

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Eric De La Rosa


I met him at a Minor League game at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida in 2021, when the Lakeland Flying Tigers came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Eric signed a 2018 Connecticut Tigers Team Set card #10.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=delaro000eri

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Nick Quintana


I met him at a Minor League game at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida in 2021, when the Lakeland Flying Tigers came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Nick signed a 2019 Bowman Draft card #BD-105.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=quinta000nic

Friday, May 17, 2024

Isrrael De La Cruz


I met him at a Minor League game at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida in 2021, when the Lakeland Flying Tigers came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Isrrael signed a 2018 Connecticut Tigers Team Set card #09.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=delacr000isr

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Jose De La Cruz


I met him at a Minor League game at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida in 2021, when the Lakeland Flying Tigers came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Jose signed a 2019 Bowman Chrome Prospects card #BCP-149.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=delacr012jos

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Adam Wolf


I met him at a Minor League game at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida in 2021, when the Lakeland Flying Tigers came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Adam signed a 2018 Bowman Draft card #BD-185.

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

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Cooper Johnson


I met him at a Minor League game at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida in 2021, when the Lakeland Flying Tigers came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Cooper signed a 2019 Bowman Draft card #BD-200.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=johnso000coo

Monday, May 13, 2024

Jose King


I met him at a Minor League game at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida in 2021, when the Lakeland Flying Tigers came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Jose signed a 2019 West Michigan Whitecaps Team Set card #14.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=king--004jos

Sunday, May 12, 2024

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

Saturday, May 11, 2024

Doug Cronk


In February of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Doug Cronk. I found an address and sent him my card and a letter.


83 days later my card came back signed.

Doug signed a 1989 Star card #135.

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

Friday, May 10, 2024

Gordon Amerson


In April of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Gordon Amerson. I discovered that he was the superintendent of a school district in California, so I sent him my card and the following letter.


27 days later my card came back signed and he included a signed business card.


Gordon signed a 1994 Signature Rookies Draft Picks card #73.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=amerso001gor

Thursday, May 9, 2024

Maximo Aleys


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


39 days later my card came back signed and he wrote a note back.


Maximo signed a 1989 Star card #187.

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

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Doug Barner


In February of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Doug Barner. I found an address and sent him my card and a letter.


Unfortunately, it turned out that the address was incorrect. 30 days later I got a "return to sender" notice.


I found what looked to be his updated address, so I changed the date on my original letter and re-sent it.


51 days later my card came back signed and he wrote back a really funny note.


Doug signed a 1996 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Team Set card.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=barner001dou

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Beau Allred


In April of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Beau Allred. I discovered that he had his own insurance agency in Arizona, so I sent him my card and the following letter.


29 days later my card came back signed.

Beau signed a 1991 Upper Deck card #784.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/allrebe01.shtml

Monday, May 6, 2024

Jim Acker


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


Unfortunately, it turned out that the address was incorrect. Eleven days later I got a "return to sender" notice.


I found a different address, changed the date on my letter, and re-sent it.


Fifteen days later my card came back signed.

Jim signed a 1991 Upper Deck card #670.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/ackerji01.shtml

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Dave Hostetler


In March of 2021, I was looking for cards to mail out and I saw on the back of Dave Hostetler's card that his birthday was less than a week away (March 27th), so I decided to look him up and I found his address and sent him my card and the following letter.


31 days later my card came back signed and he included a signed Texas Rangers alumni card.


Dave signed a 1984 Topps card #62.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hosteda01.shtml

Saturday, May 4, 2024

Scott Miller


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


52 days later my card came back signed.

Scott signed a 1992 Front Row Draft Picks card #47.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=miller006sco

Friday, May 3, 2024

Tyler Bain


In February of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Tyler Bain. I found an address and sent him my card and a letter.


70 days later my card came back signed.

Tyler signed a 1996 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Team Set card.

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

Thursday, May 2, 2024

Craig Aikin


In March of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Craig Aikin. I discovered that he was an assistant sales manager at a car dealership in Texas, so I wrote him a letter.


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


Craig signed a 2016 Peoria Chiefs Team Set card #03.

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

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Derek Wachter


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


219 days later my card came back signed.

Derek signed a 1994 Fleer Excel card #89.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=wachte001der

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