dabigticket

Yes they are, and I finished your stuff only to find you didn't include an SASE, so you better get one out to me.

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Alejandromyfriend

Noah......you are slacking again! I hope you didn't forget because you were doing whip-its! LOL

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dabigticket

Oh I got another story about our buddy Lincoln Holdzkom. I'm over by the Pawtucket pen cause I was taking shots of Buchholz and Holdzkom walks in. All these little kids rush over and ask him to throw a ball over. Holdzkom picks one up and tosses it and it falls just short and drops back down in the pen. Lincoln laughs and he repeatedly did this, had to have been 7 or 8 times where he purposely threw it short after I couple of them he'd laugh or pump his fist. One of the kids mother shouts " You know sir that is very mean they are just children" and Lincoln put up little devil's horns with his fingers and laughed as he went to sit down in the pen. As a bystander in all this I couldn't help myself from laughing.

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Pawtucket Pawsox vs. Syracuse Skychiefs

Had my best day numbers wise today, got to Pawtucket at around 1 and Jed Lowrie was the only guy in already. Did well outside with both teams pregame and inside was alright. Didn't get to many guys inside though and Kevin Mellilo, Chip Cannon, Kevin Mench told me they'd get me after BP but never did. I was given front row seats for the game so I stuck around and saw Davis Romero charting for 'Cuse along with Mike Macdonald and Sean Stidfole sitting 4 seats over. Only had stuff for Romero and he was very nice and signed. I saw Edgar Martinez and Devern Hansack charting for Pawtucket a few rows up and I went over and asked and they smiled and said sure when some peice of work security guy darts over from nowhere and tells me to back off and leave the players alone and if I continued to disrupt them I'd be kicked out of the park. Besides that indecent it was a very good outing and set my new career high in total graphs. Here are my results

Pawtucket Redsox
Dusty Brown 8/8 ( 5 for MLI)
Hunter Jones 1/2: why?
Jeff Bailey 2/3 (1 JBsouth)
Gil Velazquez 1/1
Jon Switzer 2/2
Sean Danielson 1/1 (JBsouth), 1/1 (help)
Bobby Kielty 1/2 (JB south), 1/1 (help)
David Pauley 6/6 ( 3 MLI)
Eric Hull 2/2
Charlie Zink 4/4: Starting pitcher, tossed a complete game 2 hitter and fanned 8

'Cuse Skychiefs
Jordan De Jong 2/2 (1 2ndbase)
Russ Adams 7/7 ( 3 me, 4 50/50s)
Jonah Bayliss 3/3
Curtis Thigpen 2/2 (1 50/50), 1/1 (help)
Hector Luna 4/4 (2 me, 2 50/50): Really nice sig and a nice guy for a former big leaguer
Danny Sandoval 3/3 ( 1 50/50): Very friendly
Davis Romero 3/3 (2 50/50), 2/2 (charting in stands, 1 50/50): Also very nice

Total: 57

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Toledo Mudhens @ Pawtucket Pawsox

Got to the stadium a little after 1pm and stayed till 11. Today turned out to be easily the worst outing I've ever had. I missed Mastersn coming in by 10-15 minutes. And most of Pawtucket recieved the red carpet treatment as Rick (for those of you aren't familiar with Rick he is one of the secuirty guards and he is also the kindof person who takes his job way to seriously) would escort their players from their cars onto his little golf cart right to the side lockeroom entrace doors making it impossible to get autographs. Ortiz was impossible to get and had the whole security staff members of the Pawsox up his ass. I wasn't expecting Ortiz to sign but the treatment he got was unreal. Ortiz did belt a homerun right into the Toldeo bullpen where I happended to be over by. Francis Beltran picked it up and pretended to throw it to some fans then threw it back onto the field, it was kinda funny. Toldeo was tough too, Bazardo, Beltan, Perez, Parrish, Clete Thomas, Erik Almonte among others gave me the silent treatment not only outside but inside, could not believe it. This place is just flat out horrible to try and graph and I had a rough day. 10 hours in 90-95 degree weather and the best pickup was getting my Pawsox team set which was just realsed. Looks pretty nice, anyone needs one pm me. Here are my results:

Jose Vaquedano 2/2 ( 1 50/50), 1/1
George Kottaras 1/3-routine
Chris Carter 1/2-must have missed the other one
Gil Velazquez 1/1
Joe Thurston 1/1
Charlie Zink 2/2
Brent Clevlen 1/1 very nice guy, carried his bags in for him cause the staff was to busy riding Big Papi and not doing their jobs.

Total-10





Also picked up my Travis Snider 8x10 from a 50/50 I did with the infamous Bobby

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sigman101

Sorry to hear of your tough day graphing at McCoy there. I could imagine how chaotic it must be with Ortiz in town. How crowded was it inside McCoy for pregame autos???

dabigticket

Inside was worse than outside, there had to be at least 50 milk cartons and buckets combined being hung over the dugout so many people try'n to fish it was like the freak'n Bass Master Classic. Place was out of control can only imagine what it is going to be like for Friday and Saturday night.

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sprtsstar4ever

There is really no such thing.

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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.

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allsportskards1iv6

that beltran story is funny because im pretty sure he is married or has girlfriend because she always drops him off at the park here in toledo

dabigticket

That chick may be an old friend they were speaking to each other in spanish and all but from the way they were both acting it didn't seem like their were aquintances.

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NickHanson

It's weird to see how much of an a-hole Jon Van Every seems to be. You would think the guy would be nicer, given this is his second chance at succeeding.

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Miss you already, Charlotte County Redfish :(

Hoffy814

That Bowden sig is whack, he had a much better sig on everything just 4 days ago!

dabigticket

He signed all balls like that today, he also refused to sign the inscription (I aksed for 05 1st rd). On cards his sig was a bit closer to his full sig it was like M Bow.

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Hoffy814

Yeah, I heard he pulled the cell phone trick the other day. Wednesday in NH he pulled it out but he still ended up signing