Monday, January 19, 2009
Want Yankees Autographs for 84 Cents Each?
Are you a collector of baseball memorabillia and autographs? If you are you need to go over to Zell's Pinstripe Blog and check this out. Apparently you can get some of your favorite baseball players' autographs for just 84 cents each. Some of the bigger players don't sign because they're locked in to contracts with companies like Steiner and Upper Deck, but apparently it's pretty easy to get just about everyone else, especially younger players and retired players to sign just about anything. Here's a sample of some of the autograph Zell was able to pick up through this offer:
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Wow, sounds too good to be true
Yes it does. I'll believe it when I see it.
Well for 84 cents what you don't have anything to lose.
Thanks for the post Greg. This isn't to good to be true, but people don't even realize it exists. People were doing this 50 years ago..haha.
All you need is a letter, some baseball cards, bunch of stamps, and some envelopes and your set. Your not gauranteed a return, but it's very possible...depending on who you send to.
Do you think I made a whole website and photobucket of something that was just made up? haha. No. Sportscollectors.net and Sportsgraphing.com are two sites dedicated to the hobby. You should check it out.
Thanks. Kevin
I can tell you first hand that this absolutely does work with many lesser known players. You simply won't get a Jeter, A-Rod, Mo, etc type player to sign, as they receive way too much mail and have contracts that won't let them sign stuff, but the lesser known players, rookies, prospects, etc will often sign for you.
Send a baseball card to a AAA guy and there's a good chance that you'll get an autograph back.
Part of the key is making your letter (and envelope) stand out. It might sound like a "little kid" thing to do, but if you draw a picture of the player's number on the envelope, put a Yankee sticker on it, that sort of thing, you're more likely to get noticed.
Write the player a letter, and even better make it hand written. Be honest. Don't lavish praise overly on the player, just say you're following them in the minors, and that you wish them lots of luck. It means a lot to the guys in AAA, especially, to know that fans are following them.
So while getting a Teixeira signed baseball is out of the question, if you're a Phil Coke fan, or you want to get in on the Melancon memorbilia before he becomes famous, this will have an incredibly good chance of working. A good friend of mine has collected dozens of autographs this way.
I agree with most of your post. Well...many known players sign. Mariano Rivera actually signs quite often. I have gotten multiple items signed by him through the mail. Wang & Cano sign as well
Mike Mussina, Jamie Moyer, Jeff Francis, Ervin Sanatna, Ian Snell, Garret Anderson, JJ Putz, Johnny Damon, John Maine, Brandown Morrow, Chien Ming Wang, Robbie Cano.
and these are just a few of the many I have obtained. I'm not joking..
check out my TTM site if you don't believe it:
http://www.freewebs.com/zellyanks91/
Kevin
Yeah, I should really correct what I said, Kevin. I didn't mean that the big name players never sign, moreso that you shouldn't depend on it, as the volume of mail they receive is so high that they simply can't sign for everyone. I really have no idea exactly how many he would sign, but when you see those HUGE piles of fanmail that Jeter gets, for example, I imagine he probably can't even read one out of 100 of those messages.
The real point I wanted to make was that fans shouldn't get upset or hold it against a player when they don't sign, because there can be various reasons why the player doesn't return their mail - either due to contractual issues, sheer volume of fan mail, etc.
Thanks for the links - did you have to send several letters to Mo, Wanger, etc or did you get lucky?
I have been perfect on Mariano. I sent to him 3 times..and all 3 were successes. As for Wang....I sent like 4 times..and had two successes.
Kevin
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