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Baseball players regularly leave their imprint on baseballs, baseball cards and baseball mitts.

But what happens when fans don't have those items handy? They ask for autographs on some ridiculous objects — or their skin.

Tucson Sidewinders coaches and players recalled fans asking them to autograph cell phones, money, a bowling ball — even luggage.

About 15 years ago, a Baltimore Orioles fan sent Mike Parrott, a former Orioles pitcher and now the Sidewinders pitching coach, a small piece of black luggage, along with prepaid postage and a silver marker. Parrott signed the bag near the handle and returned it.

"I thought, 'This is unusual," Parrott said. "But he said he tries to get unusual things signed by Orioles players."

Players certainly remember the strangest autograph sessions:

Ballplayers sometimes are asked by kids to sign their arms. Other fans are more creative.

A fan once requested Tucson manager Bill Plummer to sign the back of his bald head. Plummer obliged: "He wanted it. Hey, people are crazy."

A young boy first asked pitcher Max Scherzer and other Arizona Diamondbacks players to sign his T-shirt during a winter gathering. But when the pen didn't scribble on the cloth, he begged them to sign his forehead. "His mom was right behind him, so it was kinda funny," Scherzer said.

During spring training, a preteen girl asked shortstop Donnie Kelly to sign her green cell phone.

"I didn't want to do it, but the girl insisted," said Kelly, who penned his name on the phone's flat back.

Parrott participated in a bowling tournament about 20 years ago and another bowler asked if he would sign his multi-colored bowling ball with a black Sharpie.

"I think he was thinking, 'I'm still going to use this ball and it'll rub off two or three times after I bowl anyway,'" Parrott recalled with a laugh.

Fans have asked outfielder Tim Raines Jr. to sign dollar bills, which he declined to do because he doesn't want to ruin their money. A fan once asked Plummer to autograph his check — a blank check, that is. Plummer turned him down.

Fans sometimes reach for whatever they can find. Sidewinders hitting coach Joel Youngblood was once presented with a gum wrapper.

"They're desperate. They're looking for anything," Youngblood said. "They'll pick up anything off the ground."