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Get that autograph




autograph.jpgIt’s not as easy to get an autograph in person as it was when your dad was your age.

Professional athletes today tend to keep their distance, and some will sign autographs only for money. Still, there is a way to get autographs both from current players and from players who have been retired for years: the U.S. mail.

HERE’S HOW:

• Go through your sports trading cards and identify a player you would like to ask for an autograph. It’s probably best to start with less well-known players, because they’re less likely to receive as many requests.

• Write a polite, friendly letter asking the player to autograph your card. Remember that athletes, like all celebrities, receive many requests from fans. Writing a thoughtful letter is key.

• If the player is still active, simply mail him your request in care of his team. Addresses for all Major League teams can be found at www.mlb.com. For retired players, most libraries will have a book or two containing player addresses. Try Jack Smalling’s “The Baseball Autograph Collector’s Handbook,” available in some libraries or at www.baseballaddresses.com. This book, updated periodically, contains more than 11,000 addresses of players, coaches and umpires.

• Once you have a player’s address, mail the letter and the card with a self-addressed stamped envelope, and be patient. It can sometimes take months to receive a reply. Good idea: Send only cards of which you have duplicates. Some players won’t respond, and you’ll never see the card again.

• When you do get a signed card back, be sure to send a thank you note.

WHAT AUTOGRAPHS DO YOU HAVE?

Tell us which autographs you’ve collected and how you got them in the comments field below.

Comments about “Get that autograph”

  1. tman says:

    I am sendig mine to David Ortiz. aka ”Big Papa”

  2. qewfqew says:

    amazing

  3. Anonymous says:

    I have over 20 Signed basebal cards.
    I just go to a lot of the games and wait for the players to come and sign autos.

  4. bobby da man says:

    how do you find the football player’s address?

  5. jake48154 says:

    That sounds impeccable to do with retired players who could simply be forgotten

  6. sfballa501 says:

    Hoping to get Calvin Johnson, Matt Stafford, Nate Burleson and Ndamukong Suh when they come to play the Raiders

  7. luckyguy23 says:

    I was stuck in the hospital for a while and my dad’s boss sent me a cardinals cardinal care package with an authentic ALBERT PUJOLS AUTOGRAPH he got for me himself.

  8. pedro says:

    I am going to mail a letter to daniel radcliffe who plays harry potter

  9. Cj says:

    I got a Vernon wells card

  10. kewl kid says:

    i got babe ruth signed baseball i got it from my dad he was a big fan
    :>)

  11. ?????? says:

    I got a signature from kenny loften!

  12. cool person says:

    You can also send letters to people in the music industry

  13. Furno88 says:

    try majorleage baseball(: ):

  14. Furno88 says:

    I’ve goten a autograph from a monsterjam person

  15. bb says:

    i think it would be really cool to do this. I bet that baseball and foot ball players don’t get alot of mail during the off season so i will try for david ortiz, and a willie mays even if he doesnt play anymore

  16. MOONMAN200 says:

    I’m so gonna get an autograph from a CELEBRATY!!!!!!!!(i just don’t know who….)(:

  17. M@yfirst says:

    my little brother caught a home run baseball and had the player who hit it sign it, but I forget the player and it was a minor league player

  18. Anonymous says:

    That is so cool

  19. canada eh says:

    sidney crosby rookie cark with game worn jersy signed in person

  20. JDAWG says:

    i sent a drew brees card in 2010 and it still hasn’t come back yet

    • link says:

      I sent in a Aaron rodgers card to green bay in 2010 and haven’t got it back. I guess that you have to see them at a game

  21. lanodn says:

    i got a nolan ryan auto

  22. dj says:

    try with rookies

  23. me says:

    i have 1 of carlos gomezes batting gloves and a baseball signed by miachel cuddyer and punto

  24. SpeedyG006 says:

    I entered a contest in some random magazine and got a BABE RUTH SIGNATURE, A LOU GEHRIC SIGNATURE, MICKEY MANTLE SIGNATURE, AND A REGGIE JACKSON SIGNATURE!!!!!!! THANK YOU MAGAZINE!!!!!!!!!!! (whichever one it was….)

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