PITCHER PAT NESHEK IS AN AUTOGRAPH COLLECTOR, TOO. AND HE’S GOT A DEAL FOR YOU.

BY JIM McLAUCHLIN

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Pat Neshek enjoys a lot of different things these days: Spending time with his kids. Playing Fortnite. And weekly trips to his post office box.

“I thought it would have died down by now because I’ve always signed,” the twotime all-star pitcher says. “I mean, who doesn’t have a card signed by me now? But still, every week. I’m kind of shocked. It’s a nonstop flow here at the PO box.”

Neshek, in case you haven’t guessed, is a serious card collector and autograph collector. And he has a simple offer he extends to everyone—send him any autographed card, any sport, and he’ll send you a card autographed by him. In any given week, Neshek does 30 to 70 swaps with fans from all over the world.

It’s great fun for Neshek, and a way to give back. Neshek started collecting baseball autographs through the mail when he was nine years old, after picking up a copy of the old Sport Americana Baseball Address List book.

“Blue Moon Odom, Don Kirkwood, I just sent whatever ’70s cards I had, and I got a lot of them back,” he says. “I remember that feeling when I was a kid, how cool that was to send a letter and get something back.”