My main stakeout point was always right next to the visitors dugout, since the crowd was about 25% of the crowd surrounding the home team's dugout. With the occasional exception, you could usually depend on at least a few players stopping by after they finished warming up. Now, it ended up being a crapshoot as far as if your position was in the player's path down the line, but the odds were in your favor of usually getting at least one.
I tried my best to bring one card of each player on the visiting team, but just in case I either didn't have a card of the player, or I couldn't identify the player in time to access his card, I brought a few baseballs along. Here's a quick look at the autographed baseballs I obtained in person at baseball games over the years.
Billy Wagner
Jose Cruz
Brandon Puffer
Luis Gonzalez & Scott Servais (front)
Luis Gonzalez & Scott Servais (back)
John Hudek
Bobby Hill
Shane Andrews & Darren Fletcher
It is kind of funny how as a kid, I always thought it was much cooler to get a card autographed than a baseball. I guess being able to pull autographs out of packs and being able to purchase them so cheaply on-line has dampened that a little bit, as 20 years later, I am now MUCH more interested in getting a baseball signed in person than a card. That being said, here are the cards I was able to get signed before various games.
Mark Grace
Sammy Sosa
Luis Gonzalez
Cliff Floyd
Darrin Fletcher
Moises Alou
Bob Tewksbury
Sawyer Carroll
Justin Erasmus
C.J. Retherford
Petey Paramore
Nic Jackson
These are some IP cards that I didn't get signed myself, but obtained through trades:
Mark Grace
Jerome Walton
Greg Maddux
Dick Tidrow
That's it as far as what I have so far, but trust me, though, there will be a lot more to come.
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