Another day of work, another couple thousand books and a self addressed stamped envelope waiting for me when I got home. The envelope was postmarked Phoenix (Arizona, not Oregon) so I knew it had to be one of the Padres I had sent out. It was the two Edgar Gonzalez cards that I had sent him and a thank you note. These days I am usually able to buy a lot of a certain player when they come out, so I keep a couple at home, ask them to sign a couple and send the rest along for them to keep. I think I sent Edgar about 15 of the Bowman card and 1 Topps card. When I mail the request out I try to make it as easy as possible for the player. I include a stamped self addressed envelope, a Sharpie, and some extra cards for them to keep. Since I started doing that I think David Wells is the only one who hasn't signed for me. It took 8 days for the cards to travel from Portland to San Diego to Peoria and back again.
That's pretty cool. It's not too often that you get thank you notes from that player that is signing the card (or at least I don't).
ReplyDeleteAlso, did you send the card to San Diego?
Zach, I just send them to the address in SD and they make their way quickly to Peoria.
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic. I'm sure ballplayers enjoy a little considerate interaction like this.
ReplyDeleteThis is great stuff here. If only all players were that cool. Of all the sports, though, I'm glad I'm a baseball fan first and foremost. Baseball players treat their fans the best. Keep the TTMs coming!
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ReplyDeleteWow another great success...first Dirk Hayhurst's response, now Edgar's. I still need to send my requests out...Hopefully I'll have some time this weekend.
Keep up the great work Rod! I like the blog, especially hearing stories about the plaers' various responses.
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