Carlos Garcia, Doug Drabek and Troy O' Leary are now part of my autograph collection.
Garcia, former big league infielder played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Toronto Blue Jays, Anaheim Angels and the San Diego Padres.
In 1992, Garcia was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirate team that lost to the Atlanta Braves in the 1992 National League Championship Series.
In 1994, Garcia was named to the National League All-Star team.
Currently Garcia is the manager of the Bradenton Marauders, a minor league affiliate of the Pirates. It took 56 days to receive his autograph.
Drabek is a former teammate of Garcia and an All-Star pitcher and Cy Young winner that began his career with the New York Yankees. He went on to play for the Pirates, Houston Astros, White Sox, and Baltimore Orioles.
He made it to the playoffs with the Pirates three times but never the World Series.
In 1990, Drabek won the Cy Young Award and in 1994 he was named to the All-Star team as a member of the Astros.
Today he is the pitching coach for the Visalia Rawhide, an affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
His signed card if the first one I have received that includes my name in the signature.
It took 37 days to receive his autograph.
O'Leary, a former Boston Red Sox and a quick responder as I received his autograph in just 12 days.
O'Leary began his career with the Milwaukee Brewers before going to the Red Sox where he played from 1995-2001.
He then played for the Montreal Expos and the Chicago Cubs before retiring.
He made it to the playoffs two times with the Red Sox and once with the Cubs but never the World Series.
O'Leary finished his career with 127 home runs and 591 runs batted in.
Today O'Leary resides in Phoenix and hopes to develop a reality baseball show.
Other players that I have sent requests to are: Latroy Hawkins, Tony Pena, Omar Vizquel, Tim Wakefield, Tommy John, Steve Garvey, Ron Gant, Bryan Harvey, Tommy Lasorda, Ray Fontenot, Jason Thompson, Leon Durham, Dave Winfield, Jay Tibbs, Mike Scioscia, Ken Howell, Eric Davis, Randy Milligan, Jay Bell, Danny Tartabull, Joe Magrane, Roger McDowell, Rick Aguilera, Nick Esasky, Kevin Seitzer, Dave Burba, Chris Sabo, Charlie Hayes, Tommy Gregg, Junior Ortiz, Mariano Duncan, Mo Vaughn, Andy Hawkins, Howard Johnson, Matt Nokes, Julio Franco, Jim Eisenreich, Rick Rhoden, Rafael Palmiero, Curt Wilkerson, Tim Laudner, Mike Mason, Craig Reynolds, Kevin Bass, Wade Boggs, Nolan Ryan, Mark Gardner, Kevin Appier, Greg Walker, Ron Roenicke, Gary Gaetti, Glenallen Hill, Armando Benitz, Tim Hudson, Dan Peltier, Bob Tewksbury, Scot Radinsky, and Gerald Perry.
Published by Marie Lowe
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4 Comments
Post a CommentThis is awesome and I hope that you receive many more in 2012!
That is quite an impressive collection you have there! Very cool! ")
Great article as usual. I'll bet you'll have one of the most comprehensive collections when you're finished. I'll be waiting to see you on "Pawn Stars" telling about it! LOL
I think that my new hobby is keeping up with the articles about your hobby.