Comments on: Thanks, Bobby Thomson! Why My Request Letters Include My Hobby Goals https://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2013/04/04/thanks-bobby-thomson-why-my-request-letters-include-my-hobby-goals/ Hand-written memories from those who lived The Game! Thu, 27 Oct 2016 14:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Daniel S. https://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2013/04/04/thanks-bobby-thomson-why-my-request-letters-include-my-hobby-goals/#comment-68089 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 02:47:51 +0000 http://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2013/04/04/thanks-bobby-thomson-why-my-request-letters-include-my-hobby-goals/#comment-68089 When I wrote to him a decade ago, he wrote a short note with what he was thinking as he hit that home run.

I started sending off requests to retired players in 2003 as a way of getting mail while in college. My collection has grown more than ten fold since that point.

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