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As many of you know, I have a collection of Mets autographs -- over 1,000 of the 1,111 Mets and counting, plus another sixty or so field-adjacent folks like managers and whatnot. I've been mailing cards to players since I was a kid; many get lost along the way, but I've gotten dozens of responses over the years. Usually they just sign and return the card, I stick it in my binder, and check them off my list.
I figured almost-Met Wilbur Huckle would be a fun guy to add to the collection; his address was in the database I use, so I created a simple custom card, wrote a little note, and sent it off a few months ago. You never know with the older guys, because, well, you just never know. Huckle is 83, according to the internet.
So I was *very* pleasantly surprised to get a SASE in my mailbox yesterday with a neatly-written "Wilbur Huckle" return address in the corner. But when I opened the envelope, not only was my card signed and returned, but he had hand-written an AWESOME letter in return!
His letter assumed I was a kid, which says something about the hobby, my handwriting, or both, but it absolutely made my day nonetheless.
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