Nashtymavsfan13's IP Success Thread

[AutographMaster]

Hang on to that Lars Anderson bat, that will be a huge item when he gets to the bigs.

[sharksfan]

How do you GU Bats in SJ?

[nashtymavsfan13]

Thanks for the comments guys, I appreciate it.

[nashtymavsfan13]

Eric Byrnes is rehabbing with Visalia all series against my hometown SJ Giants.

6/19 San Jose Giants vs. Visalia Oaks

Oaks:

Eric Byrnes 1/1 SS ROMLB (pregame), 3/3 cards (after) My brother got: 1/1 SS RMLB (pregame) 2/2 cards (after)
Wes Roemer 2/2 cards
Ceaser Valdez 1/1 ticket stub

Giants:

Elio Sarmiento 3/3 cards (helped my friend w/2)
Pablo Sandoval 1/1 card
Juan Trinidad 1/1 card
Craig Whitaker 1/1 card
Sharlon Schoop 1/1 card
Kevin Pucetas 1/1 card
Juan Ciriaco 1/1 card
Joe Patterson 1/1 card
Henry Sosa 1/1 card

Weak day quantity wise, but I pretty much had nothing to get signed. Ed Easley was the guy I had the most cards for on the Oaks, and he was sick today and not with the team. Byrnes was an awesome success though.

Totals: 16 cards, 1 ball, 1 ticket stub
2008 IP Total: 828 autographs

[spokanehound]

Great to see all these successes on here coming out of Muni... I miss that place and how easy it is!

[nashtymavsfan13]

Awesome night tonight, got to see Byrnes again and SJ is back to their winning ways.

6/20 San Jose Giants vs. Visalia Oaks

Oaks:

Ed Easley 9/9 cards, 9/9 cards (w/help), 9/9 cards (says he's feeling better and will be back playing soon, he's a great guy that has no problem signing)
Eric Byrnes 1/1 8x10, 2/2 cards (help), 1/2 cards (help) and my brother got 1/1 8x10. Thought we were going to miss him today as he came out really late and then looked to be running back into the dugout. Stopped to talk to family/friends real quick so was able to get some stuff done. He was in a real rush after the game, half running for some reason. I heard he only signed for one person afterwards.

Giants:

Clayton Tanner 2/2 8x10s (Continues to be my favorite player on the team. Had him sign and personalize two photos for me, and I gave him two photos to keep. Said they were sick shots and he might give one to his mom. He's always a class act.)

Mike McBryde 1/1 8x10, 1/1 GU bat (Gave him a copy to keep as well. He was very grateful, and thanked me multiple times. His girlfriend liked the photo a lot too. He broke a bat during the game and he signed it and handed it to me without me even asking. Great guy, and great gesture by him.)

Steve Edlefsen 1/1 card
Mike Musgrave 1/1 card
Nathan Alleyne 1/1 card (clubhouse manager)
Daniel Otero 1/1 card
Kevin Pucetas 1/1 RMLB (getting the 6 Giants starters on it)
Jesse English 1/1 RMLB (on my Giants pitchers ball)

Totals: 34 cards, 1 ball, 4 8x10s, 1 GU bat
2008 IP Total: 869 autographs

[nashtymavsfan13]

Today was pretty good/kinda sucked. I had work so couldn't go to the game, but my brother went and did very well.

7/6 San Jose Giants vs. Rancho Cucamonga Quakes

Quakes:
Peter Bourjos 1/1 card, 1/1 08 BA prospect book
David Herndon 1/1 card
Mark Trumbo 1/1 card, 1/1 08 BA prospect book
Sean O'Sullivan 4/4 cards, 1/1 08 BA prospect book
Drew Toussaint 4/4 cards
Hank Conger 2/2 cards, 1/1 08 BA prospect book
PJ Phillips 1/1 08 BA prospect book
Ryan Mount 1/1 08 BA prospect book
Jeremy Haynes 1/1 08 BA prospect book
Tommy Mendoza 2/9 cards, 1/3 cards (From what my brother said about him he sounds like a real jerk, the only guy we've had trouble with all year. My brother is a young kid and always is polite, so he was a little taken aback. Tommy was charting, so my brother asked him between innings, once in the 1st and once in the 8th. When he asked him the second time Tommy sighed heavily, slammed his book down, signed 1/3 quickly and shoved the book back into my brother's hands. Maybe he's just pissed because of his ERA?)

Giants:
Jackson Williams 9/9 cards, 1/1 08 BA prospect book (pregame), 9/9 cards (postgame)
Brett Pill 9/9 cards
Tim Alderson 6/6 cards, 1/1 SS RMLB pitchers ball
Dayton Buller 2/2 cards
Dan Ortmeier 2/2 cards (he was there for rehab)

and Lee Smith was there today (he helps out with the Giants) My brother got him on 6/9 cards (very nice guy)

Totals: 59 cards, 1 ball, 8 guys in my prospect book
2008 IP Total: 937 autographs

[nashtymavsfan13]

Finally got to go to a game after 2.5 weeks.

7/8 San Jose Giants vs. Visalia Oaks

Oaks:
Joey Side 1/1 card
Greg Thomson 1/1 card
Ed Easley 9/9 cards, 5/5 cards

Giants:
Clayton Tanner 1/1 RMLB pitchers ball
Henry Sosa 1/1 RMLB pitchers ball, 1/1 card
Chris Begg 1/1 card
Pat Rice 2/2 cards
Andy D'Alessio 2/2 cards
Jackson Williams 9/9 cards (pregame), 3/3 cards (pregame), 9/9 cards (postgame)
Brett Pill 7/7 cards
Lee Smith 6/6 cards, (my brother got 1/1 SS RMLB)

Totals: 56 cards, 2 balls
2008 IP Total: 996 autographs

[nashtymavsfan13]

7/10 San Jose Giants vs. Visalia Oaks

Oaks:

Brett Butler 1/1 SS RMLB w/ 2375 Hits inscription, 9/9 cards (w/help), 6/6 cards, (my brother got him on a SS RMLB w/ same inscription)

Giants:

Clayton Tanner 9/9 cards, 6/9 cards (gave 3 to his Mom)
Chris Begg 1/1 card
Henry Sosa 9/9 cards
Kevin Pucetas 2/2 cards
Tyler Latorre 2/2 cards
Jesse English 4/4 cards
Mike Mooney 4/4 cards
Lee Smith 2/3 cards, 1/1 SS ROMLB w/ 478 Saves
Brian Harper 3/3 cards, 3/4 cards (his limit appears to be 3, and he inscribes different Bible verses on each card)
Gary Davenport 2/2 cards

Totals: 62 cards, 3 balls
2008 IP Total: 1061 autographs

[nashtymavsfan13]

First time that I've ever seriously graphed at a stadium other than the San Jose Giants' own, Municipal Stadium. Right now I'm visiting family in Lancaster, so we decided to hit up a couple games while we're down here. There was hardly anyone graphing (I only saw 2 other people that had cards, and one that had a mini bat. The rest were just kids with sharpies and badly GU balls).

7/14 Lancaster Jethawks vs. Inland Empire 66ers

Jethawks:
Lars Anderson 6/6 (pregame), 4/4 (postgame)
Jon Still 4/6 cards
Carlos Febles 6/9 cards (was in a rush)
Josh Reddick 3/3 cards, 1/1 SS replica OMLB
Chin-Sien Chiang 1/1 card
KaBoom 1/1 card (mascot)
Josh Papelbon 1/1 card

66ers:
Javy Guerra 4/4 cards
John Valentin 2/3 cards (Seems like he never does them all. It was just me, him, and one other guy.)
Jerome Williams 4/4 cards, 3/3 cards (Very nice guy, chatted with him for a bit. I think my brother and I were the only guys to ask him for an autograph.)
Austin Gallagher 4/4 cards
Charlie Hough 7/7 cards (signed a stack of 20-25 for the guy before me, he's always very nice)
Carlos Santana 1/1 card
Trayvon Robinson 1/1 card (pregame), 1/1 card (postgame)
Scott Van Slyke 1/1 card
David Pfeiffer 1/1 card

Totals: 55 cards, 1 ball
2008 IP Total: 1117 autographs

[nashtymavsfan13]

Got to see my team play on the road since we were down there anyway.

7/16 San Jose Giants @ Lancaster Jethawks

Giants:

Travis Denker 1/1 card, 1/1 SS replica OMLB, 1/1 08 BA Prospect Book
Steve Decker 3/3 cards (he was not in a good mood at all)

Jethawks:

Bryce Cox 1/1 08 BA Prospect Book
Jon Still 2/2 cards
Carlos Febles 3/3 cards
Josh Reddick 1/1 SS replica OMLB

Totals: 9 cards, 2 balls, 2 guys in my prospect book
2008 IP Total: 1130 autographs

[patsfan9381]

Is one of the Jon Still auto cards a Red Sox Tristar Projection

[nashtymavsfan13]

Originally Posted by patsfan9381

Is one of the Jon Still auto cards a Red Sox Tristar Projection

I don't think it was, but I'll double check. I might have one that I could trade later in the year.

[nashtymavsfan13]

7/24 San Jose Giants vs. Bakersfield Blaze

Blaze:

Omar Poveda 5/5 cards, 3/3 cards
John Whittleman 6/6 cards, 6/6 cards, 1/1 card (as always, he was a real cool guy)
Damon Berryhill 4/4 cards, 4/4 cards
Evan Reed 1/1 card
Kasey Kiker 1/1 card
Zach Phillips 2/2 cards, 2/2 cards

Giants:

Steve Decker 1/1 card
Darren Ford 1/2 cards, 1/1 08 BA Prospect Book (very nice guy, but I think his agent is telling him to not sign multiples of his 08 Bowman card. Gave him 2 to sign and his response was "Sorry man, I'm only allowed to sign one.")
Clayton Tanner 3/3 8x10s (one w/ "Giants #12 Prospect" inscription), 2/2 newspapers, 6/6 cards (he's always awesome, great guy. I gave him 2 8x10s and a newspaper.)
Jackson Williams 5/5 cards
Henry Sosa 6/6 cards, 6/6 cards

Totals: 60 cards, 3 8x10s, 2 newspapers, 1 guy in my 08 Prospect Book
2008 IP Total: 1196 autographs

[nashtymavsfan13]

Went down to Stanford for the second day in a row in hopes of getting Michael Phelps' autograph (the US swim team had a training camp there for the last week or so). Got shutout the first day because Phelps ended up not being there. Today was TONS better.

7/25 US Olympic Team Practice at Stanford University

Katie Huff 2/2
Garrett Weber-Gale 3/3 (1-henwo)
Cullen Jones 3/3 (1-henwo)
Aaron Peirsol 1/1 practice used swim cap (tossed it to me after practice, without me having to ask)
Michael Phelps!! 2/2 magazines, 2/2 magazines (1-henwo), 2/2 magazine and mini poster (had help, he was a nice guy and signed for the 20 people there)

Totals: 15 autographs
2008 IP Total: 1211 autographs