Huffington Post – Baseball by The Letters https://www.baseballbytheletters.com Hand-written memories from those who lived The Game! Thu, 27 Oct 2016 14:07:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 22759191 A New Chase Utley Form Letter? https://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2013/09/16/a-new-chase-utley-form-letter/ https://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2013/09/16/a-new-chase-utley-form-letter/#respond Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:58:00 +0000 http://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2013/09/16/a-new-chase-utley-form-letter/ Read more]]> This 2001 Bowman
facsimile autograph
may have been a
foreshadowing that
Utley would never
embrace signing.

Chase Utley made the Huffington Post.

Without being charged with a crime or indulging in a scandal?

The second baseman’s interaction with It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia evokes special irony for collectors. Since 2006, Utley fan mail in care of the Phillies brings a form letter. Amazingly, the stock reply to fans reflects his TV version! He tells of how he’s too busy playing baseball to sign an autograph.

Although a postcard-sized photo gets included, collectors have sighed for years that the “autograph” is a likely preprint.

I guess the hobby can take small comfort in Utley having similar reactions to real-life collectors and fictional TV characters.

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