Lee Smith

 I mailed this 8x10 on April 8, 2021 and received it back signed on April 17, 2021 for a 9 day turn around!

Very pleased to add this pitching legend, and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer into my collection! I remember in the early 90's during Spring Training in Florida, when he was the closer for the St. Louis Cardinals, he was a tough autograph to get. Glad to finally be able to check him off the list!

Bill Mazeroski

I mailed these two 8x10 pictures of Hall of Famer, Bill Mazeroski to his home on March 19, 2021 and received them back signed and personalized 20 days later on April 8, 2021! Mr. Mazeroski was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001. The picture he signed for my son, shows him hitting a walk off home run to beat the New York Yankees in the 1960 World Series! He was the first player in Major League history to accomplish that!

 

Dave Parker

On March 25, 2021 I mailed 2 8x10 pictures to the legendary "Cobra", Dave Parker. I added a sticky note requesting each picture to be personalized, one for my son and the other for me.

The 8x10 photo of Mr. Parker smoking was supposed to be for me as I didn't want my 9 year old son to have that particular picture hanging on his bedroom wall. When I received the autographs in the mail on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, I quickly discovered the mix up... On December 8, 2024 Mr. Parker was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Classic Baseball Era Committee. It's a long overdue honor. But thankfully, a decades long overlook has finally been corrected. 

 

Bernie Williams

I met Bernie Williams outside of the Bilheimer Capitol Theatre in Clearwater, Florida shortly after 10pm on Saturday April 3, 2021. Bernie had just finished performing a musical concert and was kind enough to sign a 1991 Upper Deck baseball card! I unfortunately was not able to see him perform as I only learned of the concert the day before, but was able to catch him outside of the venue as he was leaving. I also discovered what the letters, "SDG" meant which he signed below his signature by doing some online investigating. Bernie says on his website, www.bernie51.com "One of the most common questions I have been asked for years is what are the three letters I write under my name when I sign an autograph. Well, in approximately my second year or so in professional baseball, I began adding the letters SDG to anything I signed for someone, and have done it ever since. It stands for "Solo a Dios la Gloria"... which in Spanish means, 'Only to God the Glory'."
 

Ferguson Jenkins

I mailed these two 8x10 pictures to 1991 Hall of Fame inductee Ferguson Jenkins on March 25, 2021 and received them signed and personalized 8 days later, on April 2, 2021. We are beyond thrilled to add this legend into our collections! 

 

Jim Palmer

 I mailed this 8x10 picture to Baltimore Orioles legend and Baseball Hall of Famer, Jim Palmer on February 13, 2021. He signed it and I received it back in the mail nine days later on February 22, 2021! Mr. Palmer's legendary career included eight 20 plus win seasons, three Cy Young Awards and a Hall of Fame induction in 1990! I am very pleased to have added him into my autograph collection!

Alfonso Soriano

 This is a prime example of why I carry my baseball cards with me most of the time when I'm out and about. This evening, January 28, 2021, my son and I drove to Play It Again Sports so that I could look to buy him a catchers glove. The young man behind the counter says to us, "You just missed Alfonso Soriano!" He then added, "I think his Rolls Royce is still in the parking lot". I thanked the guy and immediately walked to my truck with my son to get our cards. My son and I waited in the parking lot, about 100 feet or so away from where his car was parked, just outside of Play It Again Sports and a Sushi restaurant, which I assumed is where he was. Around 7:30pm, he walked out! I called out his name and asked for an autograph. He waived my son and I over to him and we quickly put our masks on and approached him sitting in his car. He signed my 2008 Upper Deck baseball card and a 2009 Upper Deck card for my son and we were on our way!