Two Letters Returned from Minnesota...

Two weeks ago I received a letter from Joe Mauer of the Minnesota Twins. In the letter, Mr. Mauer was very kind and answered all of my questions that I asked him in my letter sent to him back in September. He did not autograph my card because he likes to meet his fans in person when signing autographs. Thank you Mr. Mauer for taking the time to answer all of my questions.

Earlier this week I received an autographed card from phase two of my experiment. With the help from Mr. Morse, the Player Relations Director of the Minnesota Twins, Josh Willingham autographed my card. Thank you Mr. Morse and Mr. Willingham.

So far I have received 6 autographs: Josh Willingham of the Minnesota Twins, Jim Johnson of the Baltimore Orioles, Joe Nathan of the Texas Rangers, Jedd Gyorko of the San Diego Padres, Max Scherzer of the Detroit Tigers, and Hisashi Iwakuma of the Seattle Mariners. Hopefully more are on their way...

Second Phase 2 Letter Returned...

Last week I received a letter back from the Tampa Bay Rays from phase 2 of my experiment. Enclosed in the Rays envelope was a player card of Evan Longoria, a 2014 Rays schedule, and a letter from the Rays. In the letter, the Rays gave me some facts about their organization. I would like to thank Suzanne Luecke, the community relations director of the Rays, for answering my letter.

Phase 2 Surprise...

 Last week I received a box from the NY Mets! I sent a letter to the Player Relations Director of the Mets asking for Matt Harvey to autograph my baseball card and instead of receiving an autograph I received a box of Mets souvenirs!   The box contained a Mets winter hat, Mets playing cards, Mets sunglasses, Mets headphones, Mets garden gnome, David Wright bobblehead, John Franco bobblehead, All-Star Game media guide, a couple of Mets plastic cups,  and an MLB Fan Cave t-shirt. I would like to thank the Player Relations Director of the NY Mets, Jay Horwitz, for answering my letter and sending me Mets souvenirs.

Two Autographs Returned...

A couple weeks ago, I received 2 autographed cards from Jim Johnson of the Baltimore Orioles and Max Scherzer of the Detroit Tigers! These were my third and forth autographed cards out of five letters returned. Thank you, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Scherzer! Back in July, I received a letter from the Tigers that said Scherzer was a part of the Detroit Tigers Foundation and he would autograph my card if I sent the card back with a $10 donation to the Detroit Tigers Foundation. I made a donation to the Detroit Tigers Foundation and sure enough Max Scherzer sent back an autographed card.

First Phase 2 Autograph...

Yesterday I received an autographed player card from Hisashi Iwakuma of the Seattle Mariners! This was my first autograph I received from phase 2 of my experiment.  I would like to thank the Player Relations Director of the Mariners, Ms. Rebecca Hale for answering my letter! In the letter, Ms. Hale stated that she was not allowed to ask the players for autographs but she sent me an autographed player card that Mr. Iwakuma signed at the beginning of the season. Hopefully as the off-season approaches more autographs will come in.

First Phase 2 Letter Returned...

Last week I received a letter back from the Philadelphia Phillies from phase 2 of my experiment. Enclosed was a hand written letter from Scott Palmer, the player relations director of the Phillies. In the letter, Mr. Palmer explained that he was not allowed to ask the players for autographs. The Phillies are the only team that did not send any autographs back but were quick to respond. So far, the Phillies are the only team that answered my letters in both phases.

Second Autograph...

After a long wait, today I received an autographed card from Joe Nathan of the Texas Rangers! This was my second autographed card out of four letters returned. Thank you, Mr. Nathan!

Phase 2...

Since I have only heard from 3 players, I have decided to begin phase 2 of my experiment. I will be sending out a letter and a baseball card to each Player Relations or Player Personnel Director of each team asking for autographs. Each Player Personnel Director will receive an envelope addressed to them and a baseball card of one of the player on the team. Hopefully, the Player Relations or Player Personnel Director will get the player to sign the baseball card and send it back to me. Below are the baseball cards that I am sending out to each Player Personnel Director to get autographed:

Atlanta - Craig Kimbrel                    Baltimore - Adam Jones                      
Miami -  Giancarlo Stanton               Boston - Jon Lester
NY Mets - Matt Harvey                     NY Yankees - Curtis Granderson
Philadelphia - Domonic Brown         Tampa Bay - Evan Longoria
Washington - Jordan Zimmermann   Toronto - RA Dickey

Chicago Cubs - Starlin Castro           Chicago White Sox - Chris Sale
Cincinnati - Jay Bruce                        Cleveland - Jason Kipnis
St.Louis - Allen Craig                        Detroit - Tori Hunter
Milwaukee - Aramis Ramirez            Kansas City - Billy Butler         
Pittsburgh - Justin Morneau               Minnesota - Josh Willingham   

Arizona - Paul Goldschmidt               LA Angels - Albert Pujols       
Colorado - Wilin Rosario                    Houston - Jose Altuve
LA Dodgers - Clayton Kershaw         Seattle - Hisashi Iwakuma                  
San Diego - Chase Headley                Texas - Adrian Beltre         
San Francisco - Pablo Sandoval          Oakland - Yoenis Cespedes

First Autograph...

Yesterday I received an autographed card from Jedd Gyorko of the San Diego Padres! Unlike the previous returned envelopes, there was nothing inside the envelope besides the autographed card. This was my first autographed card out of three letters returned. Thank you, Mr. Gyorko!

Forth Mailing...

Today I sent out the final 7 letters to Jedd Gyorko of the San Diego Padres, Brett Lawrie of the Toronto Blue Jays, Adam Dunn of the Chicago White Sox, Josh Donaldson of the Oakland Athletics, Joe Nathan of the Texas Rangers, Kyle Seager of the Seattle Mariners, and Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Now I will wait for responses...

Two Letters Returned...

Today I received 2 letters in the mail from Jonathan Papelbon of the Philadelphia Phillies and Max Scherzer of the Detroit Tigers. Both sent back my cards unsigned. The Phillies sent me a player card of Papelbon with a pre-printed autograph on it but said that their schedule was too busy for autographs. The letter I received from the Tigers said that Scherzer is a part of the Detroit Tigers Foundation and he will autograph my card if I send the card back with a $10 donation to the Detroit Tigers Foundation.     

Third Mailing...

Today I mailed out 11 more letters to Placido Polanco of the Miami Marlins, David Wright of the New York Mets, Carlos Beltran of the St. Louis Cardnals, Shin Soo Choo of the Cincinnati Reds, Jean Segura of the Milwaukee Brewers, Hanley Ramirez of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Miguel Montero of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Desmond Jennings of the Tampa Bay Rays, Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees, Mike Moustakas of the Kansas City Royals, and Jason Castro of the Houston Astros. 7 more letters to go...

How to mail cards to the players

I found this video online that explains how I am mailing baseball cards out to the players. Feel free to try it yourself and comment your results.

Second Mailing...

Today I mailed 4 more letters to Starling Marte of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Michael Cuddyer of the Colorado Rockies, Anthony Rizzo of the Chicage Cubs, and Jonathan Papelbon of the Philadelphia Phillies. I have heard that the Phillies are not good at signing autographs at request. We will see! 12 letters down, 18 letters to go...

First Mailing...

Yesterday I mailed 8 letters to 8 different teams and players. I sent letters to Carlos Santana of the Cleveland Indians, Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves, Gio Gonzalez of the Washington Nationals, Dustin Pedroia of the Boston Red Sox, Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants, Jim Johnson of the Baltimore Orioles, Max Scherzer of the Detroit Tigers, and Joe Mauer of the Minnesota Twins who I heard is very good at signing autographs at request. While I wait for responses I will continue writing letters.