On Saturday I went to the Royals/A’s game (and post-game fundraising event at the Pyramid Brewery in Berkeley) with guys from my fraternity I hadn’t seen in years.
2002 AL Cy Young Award Winner Barry Zito was the guest at the fundraiser. After he did his radio gig, I was able to get his autograph on two photos I took of him pitching earlier this season.
I framed both of the photos – brought one in to my cube at work and have one at home. It is pretty cool (at least for me) to have autographed photos that I took myself.
I may try sending out some prints of other good photos I’ve taken to players and see if I get any returned with autographs. Anyone out there have experience with this? I’m guessing I’d send to the player c/o the team’s PR office or something.
I used to mail out a ton of baseball cards as a kid. enclosed a letter of how big a fan I was and a SASE. always sent to the player in care of the team’s offices and had pretty good response rates. don’t send anything you don’t mind getting bent or not returned at all though. do you think the players would appreciate a copy of your original work for themselves?
I think I’ll give it a shot when I get some time. I’ve considered including 2 prints (one to get back and one as a gift), but I thought they might have more photos of themselves than they need already. I’ll see if I can find out one way or another before I send stuff off.