ELSKOTTO's 2008 'Graphin

ELSKOTTO · 01-19-2008, 10:08 PM

Went to the D1 Sports Facility in Nashville and got thrown out by RA DICKey. He told us to get out if we didnt attend the clinic or have kids that did. Luckily I talked to Ben Zobrist before trying for Price who was signing a ton of stuff and then stopped to take a picture... and that's when DICKey came after me and the 3 or 4 other guys there trying to get Price. The people at D1 escorted Price out and yelled NO AUTOGRAPHS! What a great experience.....

Ben Zobrist 4/4
David Price 0/7

ringer · 01-19-2008, 10:38 PM

RA DICKey is a great guy. I wish he'd tell the teams that he plays for not to put him in the team set cause I'm tired of his crap when I ask him to sign. That being said David Price is going to be that way. Funny thing is he's been drafted by the D Rays - chances are he'll be washed up before he ever gets started. Maybe we can all get him when he's 34 and still pitching in Montgomery.

Zobrist is a nice guy - he was great at the TX Lg all star game a few years ago - too bad others can't be the class act he is. I'm sure he really was exhausted after signing 4 cards for you and the other 3 people who were there. David Price might have blown out a shoulder if he had to sign for all those people.

Preston · 01-20-2008, 01:12 AM

Yeah I was actually going to post this...Elskotto got shafted today, bad...I got Price on 1 card, he did 1/6 and I gave him two cards...so...

David Price 1/6
Ben Zobrist 8/8

Dickey is a piece of work that's for sure...he was probably mad that nobody was asking for HIS autograph (even though he hates signing), and chances are he's such a reject that the Mariners will return him since he's a rule 5er and he'll be back in AAA Nashville, and I won't be buying any more cards of him. What a douche bag, seriously...I'm pretty sure R.A. told Price not to sign and those kids to make sure he didn't touch a pen the rest of the day.

jmoak · 01-20-2008, 09:33 AM

Price Is 1 Per?????

Yikes!!!!!

Preston · 01-20-2008, 01:01 PM

I don't believe it was his choice whatsoever...he had R.A. trying to tell him not to sign and two punk kids that were with him not wanting him to sign. Price signed 5/5 for me in college and a baseball (all at the same time), and signed a few cards for another board member before R.A. decided it was his duty to be the autograph police.

David's a GREAT guy and a really good signer, we just didn't have that great of luck this time b/c of people who like to complicate things...you know how the autograph nazis are

Bosox044 · 01-20-2008, 01:49 PM

RA DICK ey is the autograph police just like Olden Polynice was known as the autograph cop for the Jazz. I did see Dickey sign in Fenway when he was a Ranger and was actually pretty cool about it

jmoak · 01-20-2008, 02:08 PM

O.k. I thought that Price just signed one and that was before the DICKey experience.

ELSKOTTO · 03-09-2008, 11:14 PM

First two days of Spring Training Results

Marlins coming in and leaving/ Dodgers@Cardinals

Todd Wellemeyer 3/3
Skip Schumaker 1/1
Colby Rasmus 4/4
Chris Perez 3/3
Ryan Ludwick 2/2
Joe Mather 1/1
Kyle McClellan 1/1
Clayton Mortensen 2/2
Jason Motte 6/6
Tony LaRussa 1/1
Adam Kennedy 1/1
Josh Kinney 2/2
Mark Johnson 2/2
D'Angelo Jimenez 2/4
Aaron Miles 2/4
Dewon Brazelton 1/3... yes one lol got my picture with him since he's from my home town and he was cool about that
Tanyon Sturtze 2/2
Tom Martin 1/1
Ramon Martinez 1/2
Andruw Jones 1/1
Mike Easler 1/1
Andre Ethier 2/2
Josh Willingham 1/1
Jorge Piedra 1/1
Justin Miller 2/2
Andrew Miller 2/2, 1/1 SS baseball
Cameron Maybin 1/4
Fredi Gonzalez 1/1
Andy Fox 1/4
Jeremy Hermida 2/2
Matt Kemp 1/2
Al Hrabosky 1/1 SS Baseball writes "The Mad Hungarian" and thats worth a baseball haha my dad really wanted to get him because he used to watch him play.

Sunday:
Red Sox @ Dodgers... more people there then they've EVER had... yes EVER... they announced it was a record breaking crowd... so that being said.. i actually did pretty well.

Jon Broxton 1/3
Blake Dewitt 4/7, 2/2
Scott Elbert 4/4
Charlie Hough 2/2
Garey Ingram 3/3
Greg Jones 2/2
Clayton Kershaw 4/5, 2/2 I hear he's down to two normally now
James Loney 1/1
Esteban Loazia 5/5 what a cool guy
James McDonald 1/1 signature card
Andrew Lambo 2/5
Jonathan Meloan 5/5
Preston Mattingly 1/1
Scott Proctor 4/4
Jim Slaton 2/2
Bryan Morris 15/15 and a picture with because I used to play against him and he's from my hometown.
Delwyn Young 1/2
Nomar Garciaparra 1/1 SP baseball
Devern Hansack 2/2
Jed Lowrie 1/2

.... and the odd ones....

James Vanderbeek 1/1 signature card... he's the actor from Dawsons Creek and Varsity Blues who is being mentored by Jeff Kent in preparation for a baseball movie apparently.

and....

LARRY KING 1/1 SS Baseball... wow... he was INSANELY nice.... looks very frail but appears to get around pretty well and be decently healthy. I was just upset I didnt have the Fans of the Game Larry King baseball card with me haha. He said it was his first time to be at the stadium... which is amazing haha.

127 in 2 days... i gotta step it up to hit 500 by Thursday haha

nashville_stl_graphs · 03-09-2008, 11:56 PM

Preston Dont Lie, I know you will buy more Dickey cards if he comes back. You'll be all over the flea market searching for him

golfcart · 03-10-2008, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by ELSKOTTO

James Vanderbeek 1/1 signature card... he's the actor from Dawsons Creek and Varsity Blues who is being mentored by Jeff Kent in preparation for a baseball movie apparently.

Vanderbeek must not be paying very close attention to his mentor if he was actually signing.

Sorry, couldn't resist. And I love the Larry King ball, I'm jealous.

Preston · 03-10-2008, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by nashville_stl_graphs

Preston Dont Lie, I know you will buy more Dickey cards if he comes back. You'll be all over the flea market searching for him

ha if I find them for a dime a piece I will...might as well get them signed if they're that cheap...however I was very disappointed in how Dickey was acting that particular day.

Preston · 03-10-2008, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by ELSKOTTO

First two days of Spring Training Results

LARRY KING 1/1 SS Baseball... wow... he was INSANELY nice.... looks very frail but appears to get around pretty well and be decently healthy. I was just upset I didnt have the Fans of the Game Larry King baseball card with me haha. He said it was his first time to be at the stadium... which is amazing haha.

aw man if I had only known...lol..I'd have sent you a Larry King card for you to get signed for yourself.

ELSKOTTO · 03-10-2008, 09:21 PM

Tigers @ Nationals/ Nationals Minors

Tigers were pooooor signers....Nationals were pretty good

Ivan Rodriguez 1/2 cards, 1/1 SS baseball
Zach Miner 2/3

thats IT from them... Armando Galaragga signed but I had nothing. Carlos Guillen signed a couple. Magglio Ordonez signed a couple inside the game. Justin Verlander signed one... maybe two... it was ridiculous.

Aaron Boone 1/1
Michael Burgess 5/5
Chad Cordero 4/4, 1/1
Tyler Clippard 4/4
Ofilio Castro 4/4
Matt Chico 4/4
Kory Casto 4/4
Ian Desmond 1/1
Elijah Dukes 3/3
Tim Foli 2/4 this guy has NO personality haha tried to make conversation with him because my uncle knows one of Foli's friends... he said nothing.
Garrett Guzman 1/1
Bob Henley 1/1
Shawn Hill 8/8
Devin Ivany 1/1
Ray King 6/6 I asked him if he remembered the kid from Vero last year that asked him to sign a baseball and didnt have one... he laughed and said yeah.
Randy Knorr 2/2
Ryan Langerhans 1/1
Felipe Lopez 1/2
Chris Marrero 4/4
Justin Maxwell 3/3
Derek Norris 5/5
Randy St. Claire 2/2
Jake Smolinski 8/8
Steven Souza 5/5
Chris Schroder 2/2
Jon Rauch 1/1 was actually pleasant all day... still no personality but a good signer all day.
Saul Rivera 2/2
Odalis Perez 3/3
John Patterson 1/1, 1/1
Mike O'Connor 4/8 all different ones

99 total graphs for the day, 221 in 3 days... almost halfway to my goal of 500. 3 more days to get it. Braves minors and Nationals @ Braves tomorrow.

ELSKOTTO · 03-13-2008, 12:17 AM

3/11 Braves minors & Nationals @ Braves

Damian Moss 1/1, 1/1 Looks like CRAP haha and there were "dealers" getting him on SS balls... someone said they put their cheap crappy signed baseballs on ebay in big lots with maybe 1 or 2 name players and get big money for them.

Kelly Johnson 2/2
Joe Borchard 4/4
Freddie Freeman 6/6
Jon Gilmore 4/4
Javier Guzman 4/4
Manny Acosta 4/4
Matt Diaz 1/3
Quentin Davis 1/1
Javier Dominguez 1/1
Michael Fisher 1/1
Nick Fellman 1/1
Dustin Evans 4/4
Jeff Stevens 1/1
Paul Runge 1/1
Cole Rohrbough 1/1
Chad Rodgers 1/1
Carlos Rivas 1/1
Yohan/Johan Silva 2/2
Chris Anderson 1/1
Derrick Arnold 2/2
Casey Beck 1/1
Phillip Britton 5/5
Brett Butts 1/1
Eric Campbell 2/2
Adam Coe 5/5
Jim Czajkowski 1/1
Jaye Chapman 1/1
Brayan Pena 1/1
Tommy Palica 1/1
Nelson Payano 1/1
Cory Rasmus 4/4 wasnt wearing a jersey but I picked him out
Kris Medlen 1/1
Mikey Mehlich 1/1
Chas Miller 1/1
Ernesto Mejia 1/1
Cole Miles 1/1
Brent Lillibridge 2/4, 1/1, 1/1
Kala Kaaihue 3/3
Brandon Monk 2/2
Jeff Locke 6/6
Josh Morris 2/2
CJ Lee 1/1
Gonzalo Lopez 2/2 his 8th year with the braves minors haha
Sixto Lezcano 2/2
Tim Ladd 1/1
SUNG JUNG 8/8!!!! so happy to get these FINALLY haha
Cody Johnson 9/9
Jason Heyward 8/8
Gorkys Hernandez 5/5
Deunte Heath 1/1
JC Holt 2/2
Tommy Hanson 5/5
Mark Kotsay 2/2
Travis Jones 1/1
Chris Vines 4/4
Steve Shults 1/1
Greg Creek 2/4 only minor leaguer not to sign everything I had
Kyle Cofield 4/4
Buddy Carlyle 1/1
Larry Williams 1/1
Matt Young 4/4
Mike Gonzalez 4/4
Bubba Garcia 1/1
Randy Gress 1/1
Raul Gonzalez 1/1
Cory Gearrin 1/1

Bret Boone 1/1
Willie Harris 1/2
Joel Hanrahan 3/3
Willi Mo Pena 1/1

and..... Phil Niekro 1/1 SS baseball

3/12 Yanks @ Rays then Reds @ Phils ..... got up late due to a late night last night so no pregame stuff in St Pete... just post game

Turned down with only 3 people asking by: Carl Crawford, Jason Bartlett, Johnny Gomes, Matt Garza, James Shields, Iwamura.... so that was fun... but I got:

Rocco Baldelli 1/2 first time ever getting him
Grant Balfour 2/2
JP Howell 8/8 still just as cool as ever
Trever Miller 2/2
Al Reyes 2/3
Scott Kazmir 1/2
Chad Orvella 3/3
Troy Percival 1/2

no yankees autos... there were about 40 people outside trying to get autos(at least 30 dealer thugs) oh well.

Reds@Phils

Steve Schrenk 2/3 gave him a 94 Nashville Sounds card he didnt have. They honored the 07 Clearwater team so he was there.
Jamie Moyer 1/2

Jay Bruce 5/5, 1/1 SS personalized
Alvin Colina 1/1
Andy Green 1/1
Jerry Hairston 2/2, 2/2
Ryan Hanigan 1/1
Andy Phillips 1/2 why the heck is this guy one per?
Corey Patterson 2/2, 1/2
Craig Tatum 1/1 pretty nice before the game, not talkative but signed a lot
Paul Janish 2/2
Bronson Arroyo 1/1
Scott Hatteberg 1/2
Norris Hopper 3/3
Drew Anderson(brewers guy) 4/4

221 + 169 + 51 = 441 in 5 days(436 cards 5 SS balls)... doing the Devil Rays minors tomorrow then coming home. hope to break 500 sigs. Thanks for reading!

ryan92s · 03-13-2008, 04:01 PM

good luck with the rays minors. I will be doing them next week so if they have a roster or anything please pick one up. I'm hoping to to the yankees AA and AAA @ rays AA and AAA but want to make sure Price and Austin Jackson will be there