by silver » Sat May 28, 2011 2:32 pm
On Jan. 22, 2011, I wrote to one of my all-time favorite players, Will Clark, sending a long hand-written letter, a Bart Giamatti-model Rawlings Official National League Baseball, and a SASE c/o Mr. Clark at the College Baseball Foundation. I had seen other successes online at this address and decided to try it. A couple of months later, I hadn't received a reply, and I grew impatient after seeing other recent successes c/o the San Francisco Giants, so I decided to send another old NL ball along with an identical LOR and another SASE, this time on March 30, 2011, and this time c/o the Giants.
On May 15, 2011, I received two envelopes in the mail. I opened the first one and found this:
Then I opened the other one, and this was in it:
He apparently was going through a few months worth of mail and got to both of my letters on the same day, and may have recognized the identical letters I sent! I love that he not only signed and returned both balls, but the extra little joke that he threw in on the second one is really great! My favorite success since I started collecting again a few months ago - thank you so much Mr. Clark!!!
Addresses used:
Will Clark
c/o College Baseball Foundation
P.O. Box 6507
Lubbock, TX 79493-6507
and
Will Clark
c/o San Francisco Giants
24 Willie Mays Plaza
San Francisco, CA 94107
(On an unrelated note, this is my first post on the board in a couple of months, and I just realized that all of my success posts from January through April of this year are gone. Any idea why???)
On Jan. 22, 2011, I wrote to one of my all-time favorite players, Will Clark, sending a long hand-written letter, a Bart Giamatti-model Rawlings Official National League Baseball, and a SASE c/o Mr. Clark at the College Baseball Foundation. I had seen other successes online at this address and decided to try it. A couple of months later, I hadn't received a reply, and I grew impatient after seeing other recent successes c/o the San Francisco Giants, so I decided to send another old NL ball along with an identical LOR and another SASE, this time on March 30, 2011, and this time c/o the Giants.
On May 15, 2011, I received two envelopes in the mail. I opened the first one and found this:
[img]http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a1db09b3127ccefd6d9eaad11d00000030O08CaOGbVq1Zg9vPhQ/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/[/img]
Then I opened the other one, and this was in it:
[img]http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a1db09b3127ccefd6cfd4a302800000030O08CaOGbVq1Zg9vPhQ/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/[/img]
He apparently was going through a few months worth of mail and got to both of my letters on the same day, and may have recognized the identical letters I sent! I love that he not only signed and returned both balls, but the extra little joke that he threw in on the second one is really great! My favorite success since I started collecting again a few months ago - thank you so much Mr. Clark!!!
Addresses used:
Will Clark
c/o College Baseball Foundation
P.O. Box 6507
Lubbock, TX 79493-6507
and
Will Clark
c/o San Francisco Giants
24 Willie Mays Plaza
San Francisco, CA 94107
(On an unrelated note, this is my first post on the board in a couple of months, and I just realized that all of my success posts from January through April of this year are gone. Any idea why???)
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