September 9, 2008- Local Card Store
This year like in years past my local card store had two NFL first round picks signing for free. I got both Vernon Gholston and Kenny Phillips on authentic 8x10s.
August 30, 2008- Brooklyn vs Hudson Valley
Hudson Valley- On cards, (a couple with help) Jake Jefferies, Frank De Los Santos, Jason Corder, Mike Sheridan, Tyree Hayes, Tyler Hauschild, John Mollicone, Jeff Carroll, Shane Dyer, Matt Gorgen, Rafael Montalvo and Dustin Biell. And TIM BECKHAM SS ROMLB! I did not see Nick Barnese, Glenn Gibson or Kyle Lobstein.
Brooklyn- On cards (silver sharpie) Eric Campbell, Jimmy Johnson, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Cesar Cordido and Ike Davis. On blank 3x5s Erik Turgeon and J.R. Voyles. And Reese Havens SS ROMLB with 08 1st Rd Pick inscription. Great day at the park!
August 22, 2008- Lowell v Brooklyn
Lowell- Tom Goodwin 1/1 cards, Tim Federowicz 5/5 cards, Derrik Gibson 2/2 cics, Kyle Weiland 1/1 cics. On blank 3x5s I got Drake Britton, Yeiper Castillo, Alex Hale, Robert Romero, Hunter Strickland, Ronald Bermudez, Mitch Dening and Luis Sumoza x2.
Brooklyn- Got help from somebody, all on and ice cream helmet. Seth Williams, Matt Smith and Stephen Clyne.
5 days and 5 games, does not get much better then that. Did all the games pregame and in 4 of them got help from a buddy who just likes getting autos and then gives them to me. Heres how I did.
August 1, 2008- Chatham v Orleans
Just got a few guys on Orleans that I had not gotten yet, all of the are on 3x5s, Isaac Morales x2, Travis Tartamella x2 and Elliot Glynn x2.
This was a great week of graphing, if anyone wants pics let me know and I'll get them up
August 1, 2008- Wareham v Brewster
Nobody on Brewster and on Wareham I got all these guys on 3x5s as well as a sheet of paper with Wareham's stats and roster that they gave out at Brewster. Josh Slaats, Jake Lemmerman, Brett Eibner, Blake Dean, Cole Leonida, Tom Stack-Babich, Ryan Pineda, Zach Brewster, Raynor Campbell, Matt Bashore, Kipp Schutz and Matt Way.
July 31, 2008- Wareham v Orleans
On 3x5s I got Blake Dean, Brandon Workman x2, Zach Brewster x2, Jimmy Saris, Robby Broach and Austin Graham. On 3x5s on Orleans I got Matt Thompson, Alex Hassan, Martin Viramontes, Tim Wheeler, Angelo Songco, Nate Freiman, Matt Bowman, Brad Gemberling and Shaun Kort. I also got Adam Wilk x2 on pictures I took, he inscribed one with an all- star inscription as requested, Nate Freiman also signed a pic I took.
July 29, 2008- Orleans v Chatham
Wasn't expecting to go to this game, but I got Kyle Blair, Justin Marks and Grant Green on blank index cards, (3x5 and 4x6 each) and I got Matt Harvey SS ROMLB.
July 28, 2008- Brewster v Orleans
It seems Brewster has a no signing pre game policy but I did manage to get Rob Gilliam, Wade Broyles and #16 on a team sheet. On an Orleans team sheet I got Rich Poythress, Brad Gemberling, Nate Freiman, Angelo Songco, Brad Stillings, Tim Wheeler, Matt Bowman, Mike Murphy, Gary Brown, Quinn Hasselhorst, Kyle Spraker and Mike Weldon (not 100% sure about that). On an all-star roster I got Poythress and Justin Earls (that was an accident, he wasn't and all-star).
7/14/08- MLB All-Star Fan Fest
Went to Fan Fest, heres the story. I got Rollie Fingers and Andre Dawson on cards. Paul Molitor on an ice cream helmet with HOF inscription. I was going to go back in line and found out it was a 6 hour wait so I left the line and went downstairs. There I got Justin Tuck on a 3x5 and on a T-Shirt. On 3x5s I got Evan Roberts, Joe Benigno, Alan Colmes, Darryl Hamilton and Jack McDowell. I also got Jeff Nelson on a postcard and Todd McFarlane on a picture. Security guards wouldn't let Winfield or Carew sign, and a guy asks for a pic and Winfield stops and poses with him. Why couldn't they have just signed?? Anyway, overall fun experience, my only complaints are the lines and the security guards.
7/8/08- Rays Hotel
First off the failures, I got rejected by Percival, Pena and Garza. On cards I got Shawn Riggans, Andy Sonnanstine (really nice guy), and Grant Balfour. I got Dave Martinez, Gary Glover (who I though was Gabe Gross), Jonny Gomes and J.P. Howell on a team roster. I also got Dan Wheeler on a Devil Rays authentic batting practice hat and I got Dioner Navarro on a mini helmet. Scans/pics will be up later.
5/17/08- Card Show
Bert Campaneris was signing for free, I got him on card.
3/29/08- Nets vs Suns
Did the Suns at shoot around and did much better then I thought I would. I got D.J. Strawberry, Brian Skinner, Boris Diaw and Steve Nash on cards! Strawberry and Skinner both signed a ton. Nash signed my card upside down but I am just happy he signed for me. I also got Sean Marks on an index card. Stoudemire signed a lot, just in odd places so I could not get him.
3/29/08- Card Show
First In Person success of the year. I got former Yankee Oscar Gamble on a card and a custom 8.5/11, the 8.5/11 will not be scanned.
12/30/07- Knicks
Waited outside MSG a couple hours before the game, got some help from the fam. Heres how I did. Renaldo Balkman x3, Jamal Crawford x3, Eddy Curry x2, Mardy Collins x2, David Lee x3,Quentin Richardson x3, Nate Robison x2, Herb Williams x2, Jerome James x2 and Stephon Marbury x2. I missed Randolph, he was in a rush, did not try for Randolph Morris but heard he turned someone down and I didn't recognize Fred Jones, he was standing right in front of me and nobody there even reacted. But great day! Scans will be up in groups:
October 6, 2007- Card Show
Got Johnny Podres on an 8x10 and on a card, nice guy and a nice sig to add to my collection.
September 4, 2007- Local Card Store
My local card store had another free signing for Darrelle Revis and Aaron Ross. I got them both twice, I got Revis on a mini nfl autograph football and on an 8x10 with Ross. I got Ross on the 8x10 and on a custon 8.5x11. Both were really nice guys and I wish them the best of luck!
August 14, 2007- New York Penn League All Star Game
Went in with a bunch of goals, pretty much got them all except for getting Tyler Henson on cards and getting Brett Cecil on a cic (got him on a ball)
National League- Colton Willems x2, Glenn Gibson x3, Austin McClune x2, Collin DeLome x2, Tyler Mach x3, Dylan Owen x2, Torre Langley x3, Bill Rhinehart x2, Chance Chapman x2,, Drew Naylor x2, Adrian Alaniz x2, Josh Dew x2, Nicholas Stillwagon x3, Steve Brown x2, Jess Todd x2, Justin Bylar x3, Ryan Anetsberger x2, Hector Berrios x2, Matt Hunter x2 (the trainer, really nice sig), Andrew Brown x2, Edgar Alfonzo x2, Jacob Eigsti x2, Guadalupe Jabalera x1, Aaron Seuss x2, Matthew Cusick x2, Garrett Parcell x2, Keanon Simon x2, Brandon Kawal x2, Jason Dominguez x2, Matthew Bouchard x2, Will Morgan x2 and 1 mystery sig. All the players are on an all star sheet, a ball or cics. They had the whole team (cept Willems) lined up to sign than you got back on line for the American league. I did not get American league players on the line so I waited for them to walk in the clubhouse or on the field.
American League- Jason Ragan x1, Brett Cecil x1, Todd Martin (ball blue sharpie on a panel, put all my stuff away when he came by), Justin Snyder x1, Emeel Salem x2 (reallly nice), Maiko Loyola x1.
July 26, 2007
Local card store has connections with the NBA and got Corey Brewer and Joakim Noah to sign for free. Got both of them on a street and smiths page already signed by Horford and got them on 8x10s. When I get my pictures back I will put them up.
July 16, 2007 Vermont Lake Monsters vs Staten Island Yankees
Good day overall, I got two of my goals in Colton Willems and Taylor Holiday. I did not get Dellin Betances though, I didn't even see him in the dugout. Willems is a great signer but not very talkative. Bill Rhinehart and Justin Snyder were really nice as well.
Vermont- Colton Willems x2, Bill Rhinehart (Sweet Spot of an OLB), Craig Stinson, Anthony Benner, Ricky Caouto, Aaron Seuss, Ryan Delaughter, Jorge De La Cruz, Mark Gildea, Ryan Buchter, Luke Pisker and Darnell Coles signed a team ball.
Staten Island- On a team bat, James Lasala, Christopher Carrara, Justin Snyder, Taylor Holiday, Adam Olbrychowski, Jason Kiley, Nick Chigges, Ryan Pope and what I think is D.J. Hollingsworth.
June 28, 2007 Falmouth Commodores vs Orleans Cardinals
All I had left for this game was blank 3x5 index cards. Just went for players on Falmouth which was the hardest team to get to sign. I ended up getting Conor Gillaspie, Christian Friedich, Matt Hague, Andrew Giobbi, Brett Graffy, Erik Bird, Kevin Dubler, David Adams and Aaron Shafer. One player said that he would not sign blank cards. David Adams asked if I had anything else to sign, he ended up signing anyway. Talked to Shafer for a while, was really nice but asked what I was going to do with the autographs. Great trip for autographing!
June 26, 2007 Hyannis Mets vs Orleans Cardinals
Got an official Cape Cod League t-shirt and went to get it signed by Cardinals players. Got there an hour before game time and most of the Cardinals team was sitting on this deck outside the field. Got the shirt signed by a couple guys and got to talking with Nate Freiman. He is the nicest player I have ever met at a game. He got my shirt passed around to every player that was around. It ended up getting signed by Chris D'Arnaud, Dennis Raben, Jon Gaston, Will Atwood, Freiman, Mark Sobolewski, Brandon Crawford, Tignor Hampton, Marcus Jones, Travis Tartamella, Eric Reese, Eric Surkamp, Jose Jimenez, Jason Novak and Sam Brown.
June 25, 2007 Bourne Braves vs. Brewster Whitecaps
Brewster- Ryan Babineau, Willy Fox, Danny Lima, Keith Shinaberry and Stephen Porlier (I think) on a program.
Bourne- Brian Pruitt, got him talking to Danny Lima outside the field. These games are so laid back that I went into the Bourne dugout and got Brett Basham, Kevin Hoeff, Jordan Flasher and D.J. Mitchell on the ball.
Got Felix Millan 2/2 on a homemade 8.5/11 and an authentic 8/10 (not going to scan)
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