Milwaukee Brewers at San Francisco Giants
July 19, 2008
Robb Nen 1/1
Today before the game the Giants contined their celebration of their 50th Anniversary season by inviting all their pitchers and catchers back for a special introduction before the game. We brought the whole family because today is my birthday so, at the last minute, I decided not to bring any of my autograph stuff except one ball because we were going to arrive less then one hour before the game.
Little did I know that all the Giants Legends would be occupying a club suite. I happened to have club level tickets for this game. I left my ball with the rest of my family when I took my son down to the first level to ride the Coke slide. I just happened to share an elevator with Gaylord Perry and his wife who were leaving early. Just the four of us and I had nothing for him to sign - wanted to bang my head against the wall! He was really nice though.
I had also happened to see one of my all-time favorite Giants, Rob Nenn, just outside the suite as well. After the slide episode I went back to out seats and grabbed my ball and headed back to the Giants Legends suite. I was able to pretty easily sneak inside. I got Nen on a ROMLB which I am really happy about. Guys like Dave Dravecky, Kirk Reuter, Atlee Hammaker and others were just hanging out in the room and I had nothing for them to sign. Kinda frustrating but at least I know the drill the next time the Giants have one of these things!
