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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Back in the 80's I sent out tons of requests to ballplayers...all of them addressed to the stadiums. My favorite team was the Red Sox and I NEVER got one single card back signed or unsigned from them. I sent most of my requests to the stars of the day and most came back obviously autopenned. Darryl Strawberry signed on the back of the card, but it's a legitimate signature and it was in ballpoint pen. Pete Rose sent back the card signed (auto) and an order form for his new book he was coming out with. My favorite player was Pete O'Brien and I sent all three of his 84 rookie cards for him to sign and he only signed one of them and put the others back in unsigned...I guess he thought I was going to sell the other two for big bucks or something