7/20/08
Toledo Mudhens @ Pawtucket Pawsox
Got there at 9 for a 1 o'clock game Wade Boggs and Jim Rice were supposed to be there to get inductedinto the IL Hall of Fame and turns out Boggs was a no show Rice was present but didn't see him coming in and good 'ole Rick was all on him after the game. Was looking to finish my Masterson stuff but he got called up this morning to Boston and was not present. Did get Michael Bowden and this guy is going to be a treat was one per, and gave a hack sig on balls, on cards he gave a lengthier sig but still not the full sig he has been giving in Portland. Really nothing big today worked on the team set and picked up the IL All Star set which I was able to also start on. Toledo once again was horrible. Got a no from Almonte pregame, postgame I was turned down by Bazardo, Perez, Almonte and Blane Neal. I was the only one who spotted Neal and called for him 2x postgame while he was carrying bags onto the bus he said he'd get me in a second well 2 hours later I'm typing this. Couldn't even ask Beltran but this is a funny story. I was hanging out for most of the game near the Toledo pen and Beltran is sitting over by a fence in the pen with this latina chick. For 4-5 innings Beltrran and her are just talking, laughing and smiling and he even sneaks her some bags of sun flower seeds through the fence and signs some balls for him. Beltran was really spitting his game, I see her walk away and Beltran is just staring at her ass as she is walking away. I told my friend I garuntee you he told her to wait by the bus after the game. Sure enough she is standing outside the lockeroom and she told the security guys she is waiting for Francis Beltran. Beltran comes out and walks right over to her they talk for a few and I believe he left with her as I didn't see him go onto the bus. I got a kick out of all this, I guess Beltran is going to show her how he pitches. Anyways here are my totals and there are 2 shockers in here:
Pawtucket Redsox
Rich Sauver 1/1
Russ Morman 1/1
Jon Switzer 1/1
Joe Thurston 1/1
Kieth Ginter 3/3
David Pauley 1/1
Eric Hull 1/1
Edgar Martinez 2/3: With how he has been this season I'll take what I can get from the big man.
Michael Bowden 1/1 SS ROMLB, crap sig got it pregame he snuck out postgame. 1st weekend in Pawtucket and he has already learned some tricks. He is going to be tough, for any of you seeing him soon get him while you can.
Hunter Jones 1/1 (MLI)
Chris Carter 1/1
Jeff Corsaletti 1/2: 8x10, he commented one of my 8x10s and I said I had one more he got really excited and said that look'd nice too, I told him he could keep it and he was really pleased about that.
Jon Van Every 1/3: After the game he is the only player who hasn't left yet and there are 10 guys by his car. Now Every made hands down the best catch I've ever seen in person, robbed a homerun honey dip style was an amazing catch even the guys in the Toledo pen went nuts. Anyways Every walks out and me, my bro and my friend are the only one of the 10 who know what he looks like, as I call him the other clowns just haging around with fricking programs and team rosters jump up and and get in front of him he goes "Holy Sh*t....f**k". He signed 1 for each and took off. I was stunned.
Toledo Mudhens
Chris Lambert 4/4
Larry Parish 2/2 (thanks Alex)
Virgil Vazquez 1/1
Brent Clevlen 1/1: He crushed one today , nearly left the park
Leon Durham 1/1: Ignored the few people who called him, including myself coming onto the bus he takes his seat in the front of the bus. This pretty decent looking chick with clevage galore was getting her arms signed by players for kicks and asked who that was and when she did she pointed to Leon sitting on the bus. Leon then points to himself and comes back off and signs for her and a few others before going back on.
Solid graphing day for McCoy standards just have a few left for the set. It was a very entertaining day though to say the least.
Total: 25
Michael Bowden SS ROMLB
IL All Star Set (no one big in it best names are Andrew McCutchen and Reid Brignac) there are 5 Pawsox so that swayed me to pick it up.
