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