I don't visit this forum very much, so I have a lot of catching up to do:

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01/02/08:
Start of a new year means more autographing. This year I will at least give you guys one picture or scan of the highlights of each game/event.

Rudy was at a restaurant about 15 minutes away from me, so I decided to head over there. This guy is always late by at least 30 minutes, today it was 1.5 hours. I was able to get him on 2 Time Magazines as he went in, he used someone else's black sharpie and gave me a short signature. Then after it was all done, I was able to get him on 2 baseballs going out. Nice full signatures.

Rudy Giuliani 2/2 Time Magazines, 2/2 ss omlb


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01/03/08

I did McCain on Thursday. It was pretty crowded as he was the only guy in NH on Iowa Caucus night. He wasn't very good, but I was able to get a few items done.

John McCain 1/2 8x10's, 1/1 01 WS Flag
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01/04/08

I don't have time for scans as I have to get ready for tomorrow, but I promise I will get scans up as soon as possible.
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I went very early this morning to Hillary and Bill at the airport. I didn't get anything of Bill as I was seeing him the event after, but I did get a few Hillary items done. She signed 3 books, and 1 ball (One of the books was Bill's already signed by him).

Hillary Clinton 3/3 Books, 1/1 ss omlb
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Next up was Bill. He was late all around and he didn't have a lot of time to sign, but I was still able to get 3 books done.

Bill Clinton 3/3 books
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After Bill we hustled over to Huckabee and Chuck Norris. I got Huckabee on one ball as he got into the event. After the event was over I completely crushed him and was able to get 5 baseballs done, and one magazine (Although the magazine was somehow done in Ball Point). Chuck Norris only signed for about 2 minutes and quickly left the event with his wife. He did sign my 8x10 though which was good.

Mike Huckabee 5 Balls and One Magazine
Chuck Norris 1/1 8x10

I must say after actually listening to this guy, I was quite amazed at how boring Mike and Chuck were. This was the first time I actually payed attention to his speech, and I was not very impressed, and to be quite honest I have no idea how he won in Iowa.
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The final event of the day was Mitt Romney. This event was very crowded as we got into it late. I was only able to get 2 Time Magazines done, and his handler kept on saying he can't sign anymore, but he continued to sign all the way down the line.

Mitt Romney 2/2, 0/1

Totals:
16 Autographs

Even though I wasn't happy with the finish, I did pretty well overall today.

Next up:
Hillary, Bill, Romney, possibly someothers... who knows right now
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I covered Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton today. I went to an early Bill event, and I was able to pass my books up to Bill. Well they came back unsigned. So that sucked.

The next event was Hillary Clinton's debate party. I was able to get Hillary to sign 2 baseballs. Surprisingly Bill was there, so Bill signed one of Hillary's freshly signed balls as well.

Now here comes the problem. Bill's handler rushes over to us and grabs the stuff we had for Bill and says Bill will sign it out back. So we are waiting around after the event, and Bill just left. We can't find out stuff. This happened to a few of my friends at an earlier Bill event this weekend. Well, come to find out the guy threw the stuff out back on some podium so it never got touched by Bill at all.

The problem we have is we don't care if it gets back unsigned, we just want it back. Now that this is a recurring theme, it has gotten way out of hand. All the handler has to do is tell us Bill has signed enough for you guys and just not take the stuff out back at all.

As for stuff getting unsigned, the handler hands the stuff off to someone else and then tells them to put it in pile a to be signed or pile b to be unsigned if he has seen you get stuff before. Which is fine, but at least give us the stuff back.

Anyways here were the totals:
Hillary Clinton 2/2 ss omlb (LETTER PERFECT. Even though they are Black Sharpie I got absolute BEAUTIFUL BASEBALLS DONE by her.)
Bill Clinton 1/1 sp omlb (With Hillary already on it)

Next up:
Obama, Hillary, Romney, Paul, maybe someone else tomorrow
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01/08/07

One night that will go down in history. We went to Hillary's party actually not expecting her to win, and figured she would be in a bad mood. Well I had a good feeling about it, and what a night it turned out to be. It was quite exciting and energetic to be there and basically watch history unfolding right in front of you. Once CNN had announced she had won, the place erupted.

Hillary came out and right when she walked on stage before speaking, she glanced over and saw us and gave us a big wave and thank you. Same with after the speech, she thanked us all. Quite nice and definitely a great moment.

Anyway she came right over and signed, and she's like why not for old times sake. She did 2/2 ss omlb for me (One I asked her to date it; although she dated it wrong) and Bill came around as well and I got him to sign one of them. I didn't want to push that any further.

Anyways, so ends a long journey that started back last January getting Obama on a book. I must say it was one incredible experience, and being into politics helped a lot going after the signatures.

Hillary Clinton 2/2 ss omlb (One dated wrong; she dated other pieces wrong too)
Bill Clinton 1/1 sp omlb (With Hillary already on it)
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Some Scans of the Hillary Stuff:

01/10/08:
Did some baseball autographing. Not too happy with the overall results for the day (About average).

Justin Masterson 3/6 cards, 2/2 ss omlb
Bubba Bell 6/zillion
Aaron Bates 9/9
Dustin Richardson 6/6
Jed Lowrie 1/1 ss omlb
Michael Bowden 1/1 ss omlb
Dusty Brown 2/2 baseballs
Devern Hansack 1/1



Totals:
31

Next up:
NH Fishercats Dinner

NH Fishercats Dinner 01/11/2008

Well this went way better than expected. It was chaotic as always at these events, but I cleaned house. The only person I didn't finish cards of was Fuld and that's because he had to leave with his family pretty quickly. He was super cool about it. I will divide up the cards so everyone at least gets something back signed of him, as I have a bunch and don't care how many I get back signed. Litsch surprised me at how cool he was. Same with Carpenter. No scans tonight as I have to prepare for Jillians tomorrow.

Chris Carpenter 1/1 ss omlb (NL CY 05), 1/1 ss omlb (NL CY 05), 2/2 ss omlb (NL CY 05), 1/1 ss omlb (NL CY 05)
Jesse Litsch 50/50
Sam Fuld 45/65
Ryan Patterson 27/27
Jim Beattie 18/18
Rich Gedman 6/6
Jim Rice 1/1 ss omlb (Wasn't too friendly as usual)
Johnny Pesky 1/1 8x10
Pat Hentgen 2/2 ss omlb AL CY 96, 1/1 ss omlb AL CY 06
Rico Petrocelli 2/4
Jeff Locke 35/35

Totals:
193

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01/12/08:
Jillians today sucked. Ended up being a bunch of people stopping you from getting in, couldn't really get the players as they arrived as they were rushed in. We hung around a bit then went over to the hotel to try and get them, figuring they would rush them out and that is sort of what happened.

Michael Bowden 1/1 ss omlb
Jed Lowrie 1/1 ss omlb

Not really what I wanted, as I don't really care for these 2 anymore, but it is what it is.

Total:
2

Next up:
Monday Sox signing, Snow won't stop me this time.

Red Sox Minor League Players 01/16/07

I got a few of these guys earlier, so my totals include that. When we bought out tickets for the signing, the lady that was dealing with it said you could buy as many tickets as you wanted, as long as you cycled through the line doing one per player, and waited your turn for the rest at the back of the line. So of course I bought as many as I could at the time, 6. Well, needless to say, the Red Sox found someway to screw it up. Not only were they not doing SS, but Buchholz refused to sign for me. On our third time through, some guy started yelling at us saying how it was one per person, no matter how many tickets you bought. After many thoughts and consultations, I have come to the conclusion that guy was either Clay's agent, or some other type of representation from him. None of the other players had any problems with us going through as many times as we wanted. Jed Lowrie was the first player in the line, and he commented "Back again guys," and I said Of Course, it's for charity ya know. And he said yea I love it, come through as many times as you want. A few of the other players like Van Every and Bowden weren't too pleased, but they had no problems signing.

So I get up to Buchholz. I had gotten him 2 times before, and this was the third ticket I paid for. Buchholz goes, I know what you are doing with these and I'm not gonna sign for you. And I then told him, Clay it's for Charity I paid for the ticket and I'm expecting to get your autograph as apart of that. Clay goes I know it's for charity and I'm not going to sign. So I said alright, and continued with the rest of the players. Now, he only singled me out. A bunch of Boston dealers went through 3-4 times and got him each time no problems.

After that another lady who was "running it" (Running it in quotations because this was the most poorly executed signing I have ever been to) told me that I could not go through the line anymore even though I had paid for more tickets. So I quickly got my refund and just left.

Now look, I can understand if Clay doesn't want to sign. However, this was a paid signing, for charity. I think it was very poor taste by Clay to do this, and all I have to say is success goes quickly to their heads. We waited our turn each time, not cutting anyone, not giving the players more than one (at least I didn't) and there should've been no problems.

This was poorly executed by the Red Sox as if they are going to say you could only buy one ticket, then that should've been noted first off. Not only that, the no SS rule should've been posted. We expected no SS from Clay, but not of Hunter Jones.

So that's how that charity "signing" went. Anyways, here are the totals from each player.

Clay Buchholz: 2 (Refused a third even though I paid for it)
Justin Masterson: 3
Jed Lowrie: 4
Chris Carter: 1
Dusty Brown: 1
Devern Hansack: 3 (Very pleased to get him on my 2 Portland Championship 8x10's which will never be finished, but I like to tell myself some day I will get them all)
Michael Bowden: 4
Dustin Richardson: 3
Hunter Jones: 1
Aaron Bates: 4
Bubba Bell: 3
Jon Van Every: 1

Totals: 30

Next up:
Portland Dinner Friday.. still undecided if I feel like going to the Writers Dinner tonight in Boston
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Portland Seadogs Dinner 01/18/08

I'm sure all of these guys are sick of seeing me, but all were very gracious and signed a bunch. As far as 50/50's go, I was unable to start on people's Bubba Bell's, as he didn't sign as much as anticipated. If everyone would like me to hold onto them, I will get them in April. All Aaron Bates 50/50's are complete.

Dustin Richardson 9/9, 9/9, 3/3 ss omlb
Aaron Bates 27/27, 2/2 ss omlb
Bubba Bell 9/9, 4/9, 5/9, 2/2 ss omlb
Jay Johnson 3/3
Hunter Jones 1/1
Mike Hazen 1/1 (Ticket stub from the dinner)

Totals:
75

Next up:
Pawtucket Hot Stove tomorrow
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01/19/08:
Pawsox Hot Stove

Not really long lines today, just guys that I've seen all week, so not really a big day quantity wise. I will say, Lowrie has been very cool this entire week. I was hearing the horror stories about his miserable time in AFL, and he was nothing but a great guy this entire week. I should've asked him for another one at the end as he would've done 2 at the end of the line, but whatever.

Jed Lowrie 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 bat, 1/1 bat
Michael Bowden 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 ss omlb
Dusty Brown 1/1
Justin Masterson 2/3 cards, 1/1 8x10, 2/2 ss omlb (help) 1/1 jersey
John Van Every 2/4 cards, 2/2 cards

Totals:
19

Next up:
NJ Writers Dinner
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NJ Writers Dinner
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We thought about pulling double duty and doing the NY one tonight, but timing we would've gotten home too late, and it just didn't work out well to be able to do both.

Anyways, this dinner was a lot messier than most we were used to. No formal signings, and not exactly a good place as far as getting autos were concerned.

Craig Biggio 1/1 ss omlb, 0/1 card (Going in. He actually denied me at first, but then I walked with him and he did it. Signed after leaving, but was kind of picking and choosing people's stuff.)
Billy Wagner 1/1 05 Topps, 1/1 ss omlb (Signed Going in and Going out. First one to leave)
Todd Frazier 18/18 cards, 2/2 ss omlb
Kevin Mulvey 2/2 8x10's, 3/9 cards, 3/6 cards, 3/5 cards, 1/2 ss omlb (Not a very good signer, and he made a joking comment about me going up to him a bunch. I did ask him if he wouldn't mind finishing the cards on the last page, but he told me he couldn't. Strange. Was a pretty decent signer with the B-Mets so I don't really get it.
Leon Washington 1/1 program (Wish I had a nice photo, mini helmet, or cards of him. He was signing house.)
Darrell Reeves 1/1 program (Also very nice, and signed whatever you had)
John Farrell 1/1 07 WS ball (Signed it twice. Once on a random SP, and once on the SS. I don't really know how it happened haha.)
Ron Darling 0/12 (No showed. Don't really know what happened there.)

Wasn't really a great day. However, I have been wanting Biggio for a long time, so it was nice to get him finally. Wagner was also good to knock off for the set.

Totals:
38

Super Tuesday in NYC.

Hillary was having her election party last night in NYC. Three of us went, and had a nice time as usual. When she first go on stage to give her speech she was thanking people in the crowd, and we were front row center. She saw us and immediately gave us a thank you and waved at us. Then she quickly motioned signing in the air and laughed. That was a pretty cool gesture.

Anyways, Bill was leading Hillary, and Bill's handler noticed us, and told Bill not to sign for us. So Bill acts stupid and ignores us, and continues on.

Hillary then comes, and takes out her sharpie and starts signing for the three of us. She signed 11 total pieces for us, three for myself. I was able to get the inside of the Time Magazine we were in, its a full spread, and we were front row on the other side, so I got her to sign the side that she was on. I also got two baseballs done, not letter perfect as I got about 5 times before, but about a 90% signature, not full, but pretty good.

Anyways, as she was signing for us, she continued to thank us for the support. She also said which I thought was cool something to the effect of us knowing her, and knowing she is a nice person, versus what the media and everyone else portrays her, which I thought was cool and something that really is genuine.







Oh, I also got Chelsea Clinton on the SS of an omlb, however she signed it so small and smudged, I didn't feel like taking a picture.


Bill Clinton 0/1
Hillary Clinton 3/3
Chelsea Clinton 1/1


Totals:
4

LA Dodgers:
Today was my first ST experience, and I have to say, I loved it. I missed a few key set guys I really wanted, but I thought it was a decent day all around. I would rate the day a B/B+.

My main goal today was Joe Torre on my Rudy Giuliani 8x10's already signed by Rudy. Those got done, so I am very happy right now. Torre just sat there at one point, and signed for an hour. If I wasn't concerned with everyone else, I could've easily gotten 20+ things done.

Joe Torre 2/2, 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 ss omlb
Tommy Lasorda 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 ss omlb (Miserable guy)
Matt Kemp 2/2 cards, 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 ss omlb (Outstanding guy)
Andy LaRoche 1/1 ss omlb
Jon Broxton 1/4 (Guy seems to be rough)
Hong-Chih Kuo 1/2, 1/1
Esteban Loaiza 2/3, 1/1 (Gave one to his brother because I guess he had never seen it before)
Derek Lowe 1/2
Jon Meloan 25/25 (Very genuine, and nice. Said he would get me after he hit, and came right over after.)
Justin Orenduff 1/1 (Also very nice)
Scott Proctor 3/3
Chin-lung Hu 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1, 1/1
Andre Ethier 1/1 ss omlb, 0/1 (He was a jerk)
Chan Ho Park 1/2 (Nice scribble signature...a bunch of circles lol)
Tanyon Sturtze 2/8
John-Ford Griffin 1/1
Bill Mueller 5/5

Guys who denied me, but signed at certain spots when I was getting others:
Billingsley (He is a jerk)
Kuroda
Penny
Saito
Schmidt
Martin


Guys who weren't there:
Mattingly (Showing up tomorrow according to Torre, and a few others)
Nomar
Furcal
Jones
Kershaw
Pierre
Lombard (Shocked on that one, considering he was a nri)
Kent
Loney
Sweeney



Totals:
64


Next up:
Braves/Astros Double Header tomorrow
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02/18/08:
We pulled double duty today with the Braves and Astros. Astros sucked. Not many signed, and it was just crazy. Braves was great, mainly because of two HOF'ers. I will be doing the Braves again as we decided not to do the Stros again.

Braves:
Tom Glavine 2/2 ss omlb, 2/2 ss omlb (With Cy 91+98 on 2 of them, and 300 wins on one of the cy balls)
Chipper Jones 1/1 ss omlb (with nl mvp), 1/1 ss omlb with nl mvp, 1/1, 1/1, 1/1
Matt Diaz 1/1
Brandon Jones 2/2
Brayan Pena 1/1
Kelly Johnson 2/2
Chris Chambliss 1/1 ss omlb
Jeff Francoeur 2/2 (SI and 8x10)


Astros:
Hunter Pence 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 black bat (Personalizing ss balls, bats, 8x10's) Glad he signed, but he had a real sense of entitlement to him, and kept on telling everyone that he had signed for them, when some of us had just got there)
Brandon Backe 1/1
Ryan Houston 1/1
Felipe Paulino 4/4 (Very nice guy)
Jose Valverde 1/1
Woody Williams 2/5 (Surprised because he usually does everything)
Brad Ausmus 1/1
JR House 2/2
Kaz Matsui 1/1
Mike Bourn 3/6
J.R. Towles 4/4 (Very nice guy. Did everything you handed him.)
Brad Ausmus 1/2, 1/1
Jose Cruz JR 1/1 (Big one for my set lol)
Cecil cooper 1/1 ss omlb

Totals:
44

Not a great quantity day, but two hof locks on multiple items, is a very good quality day.

Next up:
Tigers
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I did the Tigers today. It turned out to be a half way decent day, but it sucked starting out. Of course a lot the minor leaguers were there, and I didn't have any of my stuff for them.

Al Kaline 1/1 ss omlb
Ivan Rodriguez 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 set card (one of the three I need signed)
Rick Porcello 1/4 set cards, 1/1 ss omlb with 07 Tigers #1 Pick Inscription, 1/1 ss omlb (Sucks that he hasn't played one professional game and he is already 1 per)
Jeff Larish 1/1
Todd Jones 1/1, 1/1
Curtis Granderson 1/1 8x10, 1/1
Brent Clevlen 1/2, 1/1
Miguel Cabrera 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 set card, 1/1 ss omlb
Chris Lambert 3/a million, 2/a million
Scott Sizemore 1/1
Vance Wilson 1/1
Marcus Thames 1/1
Brandon Inge 2/2
Nate Robertson 1/1, 1/1
Jordan Tata 1/1
Aquilino Lopez 1/1
Virgil Vasquez 1/1
Kyle Sleeth 1/1
Dave Dombrowski 1/1
Jason Grilli 1/1

Totals:
34

Next up:
Braves
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Atlanta Braves Day 2....

This much harder than the first day, because Disney wouldn't let us in until late, and by that time Glavine had already gotten in. Texieira signed a bunch down, but just stood there so you couldn't maneuver well enough to get anything unless you were right there.

Chuck James 2/2 8x10s (Coming off the field)
Brian McCann 1/1 8x10, 1/1 8x10, 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 card
Yunel Escobar 1/2
Kelly Johnson 1/1
Jeff Francoeur (Told everyone to just have one thing out and he would give his best autograph. He gave one letter perfect to a lady with a photo, I got a mid level, a lot better than his usual JF 7 graph) 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 8x10, 1/1 8x10, 1/1 card
Brandon Jones 1/1
Jordan Schafer 5/5, 2/2 ss omlb

Totals:
20

Next up:
Marlins/Cardinals
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Marlins/Cardinals


The access for the Marlins was incredible. I don't think you could get much better, until I found out one place later in the trip. Rain prevented us from doing the Cardinals, and ruined a few key items I had of key players.

Hanley Ramirez 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 card, 0/1 bat, 1/1 ss omlb (Signed for everyone coming off the field, however he didn't sign my bat. So I told him he had skipped me, and Hanley said he can't sign bats. So I then asked him if he would do a ball real quick for me, and he did it. I have never seen him sign as much as he did.)
Andrew Miller 2/2 ss omlb, 2/2 8x10's
Cameron Maybin 1/1 bat, 1/1 8x10 photo (Photo got ruined a little by the rain)
Anibal Sanchez 1/1 ss omlb (Asked for No-Hitter inscription, did not receive it)
Josh Johnson 3/6
Logan Kensing 1/1
Matt Lindstrom 1/1
Rick VandenHurk 2/2
Mike Rabelo 4/4
Mike Jacobs 4/4
Dallas McPherson 3/3
Dan Uggla 1/1 ss omlb (Almost paneled it)
Jeremy Hermida 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 cards
Jai Miller 1/1
Josh Willingham 5/5
Brett Sinkbeil 4/12 (In a hurry)
Chris Volstad 9/9, 2/2 ss omlb, 12/12, 4/4 8x10s (Outstanding guy, and an outstanding signer)
Doug Waechter 2/2
Jorge Cantu 1/4, 1/1
Chris Coghlan 3/3
Luis Gonzalez 1/1, 1/1
Alejandro De Aza 1/2
Tony Perez 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 ss omlb
Andre Dawson 1/1 ss omlb

Totals:
82
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Dodgers Day 2:

Too many people getting autographs, prevented what could have been a knock out day. I did very well, but it is so much work with the crowds. I was literally up against the railings by the clubhouse three or four times for different players. It worked to my advantage for one, but I missed Torre because I couldn't move after getting Mattingly.

Tommy Lasorda 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 ss omlb (Has a handler now I guess..ones for Cpurv of course)
Don Mattingly 1/1 8x10, 1/1 ss omlb
Andruw Jones 1/1 card, 1/1 card
Matt Kemp 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 card
George Lombard 2/2
Hiroki Kuroda 1/1 sp omlb, 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 ss omlb
Takashi Saito 1/1 ss omlb
Tony Abreu 1/2
Chin-lung Hu 2/2, 1/1 ss omlb
Andy LaRoche 1/1
Juan Pierre 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1, 1/1
Maury Wills 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 ss omlb with NL MVP 62, 1/1 ss omlb with NL MVP 62
Clayton Kershaw 3/6 8x10s, 2/2 ss omlb (Couldn't get to my cards as he had to go)
Esteban Loaiza 1/1

I missed a lot of guys I needed for my set, including Nomar who signed with one dead black sharpie for a good couple of minutes.

Totals:
33
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Washington Nationals

This place was unbelievably easy. Got everyone I needed on my set cards, so I was very pleased with this day.

Ryan Zimmerman 2/2 cards, 2/2 8x10s, 1/1 ss omlb personalized To Nick, 2/2 sp omlb
Jose Rijo 1/1 ss omlb
Tyler Clippard 5/5 8x10s (One with MLB Debut Inscription)
Joel Hanrahan 9/9
Johnny Estrada 2/3
Paul Lo Duca 1/1 set card, 1/1 ss omlb
Ronnie Belliard 1/1, 1/1
Kory Casto 2/4
Aaron Boone 1/1 ss omlb, 0/1 (Remembered everyone who got him in the morning) (Did a three Boone trio on one ball)
Brett Boone 1/1 omlb, 1/1 omlb (Did a three Boone trio on one ball)
Bob Boone 1/1 omlb, 1/1 omlb (Did a three Boone trio on one ball)
Cristian Guzman 3/3
Nick Johnson 4/4
Felipe Lopez 1/5, 1/1

Dmitri Young 1/1
Elijah Dukes 3/3 cards, 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 ss omlb
Willie Harris 1/1
Austin Kearns 1/2, 1/1
Ryan Langerhans 3/3
Rob Mackowiak 2/2
Justin Maxwell 2/2, 2/2 ss omlb
Lastings Milledge 2/3 cards, 1/1 ss omlb, 1/1 ss omlb
Willy Mo Pena 1/1, 1/1
Mike Bacsik 2/2 ss omlb with 756 and the date
Collin Balester 1/1
Josh Smoker 4/4
Jordan Zimmerman 4/4
Shairon Martis 23/25 (Gave him 2)

Totals:
97
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It just so happened that the University of South Carolina was having a game last night. We were able to catch the last few innings, and get one of the top College players in the nation, Justin Smoak on some items. We missed their other top player, James Darnell.

Justin Smoak 4/4, 6/6

Totals:
10
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Did Bill Clinton today in Rhode Island. Had a feeling it was going to go bad, but at least I ended up with 2 things signed. I was able to get a hardcover My Life book, and a 4x6 ticket thing signed on the back. I'll probably just turn that into a cut, and mat it with an 8x10 and make it look nice.

Bill Clinton 0/1, 1/1, 1/1


Next up:
Obama maybe on Saturday, but probably not.
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A few Spring Training scans, not even close to all I wanna get up, so be patient over the weekend.

Matt Kemp:


Chin-lung Hu


Chipper Jones with NL MVP Inscription:


Glavine with 300 wins and CY Young Inscriptions:

Jeff Francoeur:



Hiroki Kuroda:


Hunter Pence:

JR Towles

Boone Trio:


Chris Chambliss:


Dan Uggla:


Eli Dukes:

Hanley Ramirez


Justin Maxwell:


Al Kaline:


Tommy Lasorda:

Maury Wills with NL MVP Inscription

Miguel Cabrera:

Paul Lo Duca:


Rick Porcello with Tigers First Pick Inscription:


Pudge:


Justin Smoak:


Tony Perez:


Joe Torre:


Ryan Zimmerman:


Andrew Miller:

Chris Volstad:


Clayton Kershaw:


Andy LaRoche:

McCain returned to NH for a town hall "thank you" meeting. He wasn't bad today, and was in a lot cheerier mood. He even did one baseball for someone. I was able to get a book done, tried for a photo after but he wasn't doing it.



John McCain 1/1, 0/1

Congrats - very nice indeed!

Wow, you've got some amazing stuff! It'd be a lot of fun to do what you're doing.

All I can say is WOW!!!

Very Nice