Bonding with my Boy w/ TTM Autograph Requests at Spring Training

[Clark7781]

Hello fellow Forumites! I just wanted to pass on a tradition I started with my son shortly after my wife died in 2010. My son, Ewan, was five when his mom passed away. I have always been an avid baseball card collector and autograph hound and my son and I now share a yearly tradition that I hope continues for many, many years. When Topps releases its newest product in late January, we buy a couple of boxes, put the set together and keep the duplicates.

When it is a week before pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training, we take an hour, each day, to organize our duplicates and send out cards and autograph request letters to the players in Spring Training. Our time together naturally turns to talking about the players and about the upcoming season. He's nine now and tonight was the first night that we started writing letters. It is a great time of year for me that lasts almost two months. Next we will work on the other positions when they report to spring training in hopes to get some returns in the coming weeks.

Does anyone else do anything like this? I just wanted to share.