Welcome
Welcome to Alex's Autographs!
Thank you for visiting. This site is based on the great hobby of autograph collecting. I personally enjoy collecting autographed rookie cards of players current and retired. On this site, you will find my updates, some hints and tips, pictures of my autographs, awesome links and so much more. My goal for this site is to help those in the autograph collecting community.
New Today
5/9/08:
Pat Hentgen-signed 2/2 in 135 days c/o his home address.
Successful addresses:
Hentgen, Pat-14451 Knightbridge Drive, Utica, MI 48315
Recently I purchased a lot of 40 homemade signed baseball cards. Over the next few days, I will post scans of the lot:
Part 1:
Justin Baum
Brock Bond
Corey Brown
Everth Cabrera
Fabio Castillo
Edilio Colina
Andrew Davis
Carlos De La Rosa
Matthew Downs
Joseph Dunigan
Part 2:
Michael Ambort
Garret Baker
Jared Cranston
Tim Egart
Scott Hodsdon
Darin Holcomb
Jeremiah Luster
Matt Mangini
Ryan McGrath
David Mixon
Monthly News: Updated as of May 5
-NEW! I have a new contest up. Congrats to Matt from New York on winning last month's contest.
-NEW! I have a new Autograph of the Month up. Last month, 56% of you agreed with me that John Maine was the right choice for AOTM, 25% thought it should have been Delwyn Young, 13% thought it should have been Ruddy Lugo and 6% thought it should have been Tony Chance.
-I have a new poll up. According to last month's poll, 36% of you do most of your autograph collecting in-person, while 62% of you do most of your autograph collecting through the mail. A whopping 1% of you claim that you do not collect autographs.
Monthly Contest
Quinton McCracken
Just answer these questions correctly to have the chance to win:
1) How many bases did Quinton McCracken steal in 1997?
2) What high school did Quinton McCracken attend?
3) Aside from Quinton McCracken, three other players made their big league debuts on September 17, 1995. Who were those other three players?
Submit your answers and address to alexsautographs@yahoo.com.
Autograph of the Month
Month: April
Jay Bruce
The 2007 Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year, Jay Bruce hit .319 with 26 home runs and 89 RBI in the minors last season. Not only that, he hit 46 doubles and the year before he showed flashes of speed by swiping 19 bases as well. He was also a minor league All-Star in both 2006 and 2007.
Normally, I am very skeptical about prospects. I'm one of those guys who thinks, show me what they can in the majors, then I'll think they're worth looking at. But Bruce is the rare exception. I honestly believe that he is going to be a star.
Sure, he strikes out a lot. But he is still an amazingly talented ballplayer. And it's not like this is all a big surprise or anything - the Reds took him 12th overall in the 2005 draft for a reason.
Former Reds general manager Wayne Krivsky once said, "you just can't say enough good things about Jay Bruce," and aint it the truth? Because he is such a big prospect right now and because of his vast potential, I name Jay Bruce the Autograph of the Month.
