yanks39 2014 IP thread

[yanks39]

The IMSA/Tudor Challenge Series guys are in town this weekend, and I had another chance to catch up with Patrick Dempsey. I remain extremely flattered that he remembers me, as he gave me a hearty greeting and showed the rest of his team the movie stills from 1988 that I brought to get signed, which produced a lot of yuks from them. As far as A-listers, Patrick is the best.


Patrick Dempsey- 3/3. Signed 3 8x10s for me.

[yanks39]

From July 1st Norfolk @ Rochester:

Pre game:

Mike Griffin- 1/1.
Brett Wallace- 2/2.
Xavier Paul- 1/1.
Julio Borbon- 1/1.

Post game:

Sean Gilmartin- 3/3.
Francisco Peguero- 1/1.
Randy Wolf- 2/2.
Steve Lombardozzi- 1/1.
Quintin Berry- 1/1.
Chris Colabello- 1/1.

[yanks39]

Did the Bert Blyleven signing in Rochester last night at the Red Wings game vs. Indianapolis. Made it through his line 2x and got a couple set cards done.

Bert Blyleven- 1/1. 1/1. (87T) (78T)

Bert was very friendly and chatted with everyone. No inscriptions however, and would not sign HOF postcards.

Pre Game:
Wasn't there long, as Bert's line was huge and I needed to be back in it if I was going to get through twice.

Robert Andino- 3/3.

During the game Dave Concepcion was spotted behind home plate, and signed a few in between innings.

Dave Concepcion- 1/1. ROMLB SS. Pretty nice surprise.

Post game:
Everyone glomming on Gerrit Cole. He signed about 6 on his way to the bus. He got pretty irritated because people were pushing. The locals said he was pretty tough all series. I got a few others:

Trevor May- 1/1.
Alex Meyer- 1/1.
Tom Filer- 2/2.
Vin Mazzaro- 1/1.
Andrew Lambo- 1/1.

Next up the Nascar boys roll into town Aug 8-10. Hoping to snag some good ones.

[CubsFan38]

Hey, it seems like you've got frontier field down pretty well in terms of knowing how to get graphs, at least according to the first page of this thread. I live in rochester and was wondering if you could give any tips, especially post game. Thanks

[yanks39]

Post game is as easy as it gets at Frontier Field. All you do is wait by the ticket window in front of the stadium. Both teams exit the door just to the right of the ticket window. The Red Wings parking lot is straight ahead, and the visiting players either walk to the bus in the same parking lot, or around the corner back to the hotel.

Good Luck!

[CubsFan38]

Thanks really appreciate it! Good luck to you as well

[yanks39]

Did my first ever NY-Penn league game in Auburn last night, with former MLBer Ed Romero serving as manager for visiting Tri-Valley. Got to catch up with him post game and chatted for a couple minutes and he signed some cards for me...

Ed Romero- 5/5. (79T, 83T, 84T, 86T, 87T)

[howiek]

NY-PENN League games are the best for autographs and now more and more players have cards. In the past not so many had cards

[yanks39]

Results from the Cheez-It 355 at the Glen Aug.7-10...Pretty crazy weekend:

Thursday- these were all driver appearances at Walmart:

Kevin Harvick- 1/1
Ryan Newman- 2/2
Brad Kesolowski- 1/1 (1:24 diecast)

Friday- 15 hours at the track:

Casey Mears- 1/1
Clint Bowyer- 1/1 (1:24 diecast)
Matt Kenseth- 1/1
Jeff Gordon- 1/1
Austin Dillon- 1/1
Greg Biffle- 1/1, 1/1
Dale Earnhardt Jr- 1/1 (1:24 diecast)
Kurt Busch- 1/1
Justin Allgeier- 1/1
Martin Truex Jr- 1/1, 1/1
Kyle Larson- 1/1
Danica Patrick- 1/1
Larry MacReynolds- 3/3
AJ Allmendinger- 1/1
Aric Almirola- 1/1, 1/1
Ricky Stenhouse- 1/1
Carl Edwards- 1/1, 1/1
Richard Childress- 1/1
Dale Jarrett- 1/1

Just as we were getting ready to leave, Dale Jr. went by us and into the rear exit of the media center. Security said he was going to be there for an hour, so we left and came back. When we did, we were informed that a few other drivers showed up and were inside doing their Fantasy Football draft. Another hour goes by and one by one they emerge:

Bonus Round:

Dale Earnhardt Jr- 1/1
Matt Kenseth- 1/1
Kasey Kahne- 1/1
Kevin Harvick- 1/1
Austin Dillon- 1/1
Jamie MacMurray- 1/1

The guys were all cool and signed for the 5 of us there and talked with us about some of their picks.

Saturday:

Jack Roush- 1/1
Rusty Wallace- 2/2
Carl Edwards- 1/1
Brian Vickers- 1/1
Kyle Larson- 1/1
David Regan- 1/1

Sunday:

Pretty burned out by now and honestly didn't care if I saw a driver or sharpie all day long...and I didn't. By far my best weekend at the track.

[yanks39]

Did the Fergie Jenkins signing at Frontier Field where the Red Wings were wrapping up their series with Durham. Wil Myers was also there rehabbing, but he was spotted leaving just before the gates opened. I didn't do any pre game or post game myself, but one of my friends there got some stuff done for me...

Pre game-

Mikie Mahtook- 1/1. (help)

Fergie Jenkins- 1/1. 1/1. 1/1. Made it through his line 3x and got some cards done. (78T) (79T) (83T)

Post game-

A buddy got these done for me:

Aaron Hicks- 1/1.
Josmil Pinto- 1/1.
Hak-Ju Lee- 1/1.
Neil Allen- 1/2.