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12-05-2010, 04:26 PM #1
Orioles FanFest...Anyone going???
im going to the fanfest for the first time with 3 of my friends....im hoping to get as many autos as i can, so does ne one have any suggestions on how to succeed at doing this? I really want adam jones, roberts, and markakis, so do they sign individually at a table or is there a line for about 5 or so guys? thanks for all the info!
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12-05-2010, 04:38 PM #2
when is it? I'm going to be in BMore soon.
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12-05-2010, 04:43 PM #3
january 29th, at the convention center
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12-05-2010, 04:49 PM #4
sadly wont be in bmore then...
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12-05-2010, 05:22 PM #5
The biggest question to how well you will do that day is will you have help to help you get autos?
They set up 10-12 tables all over the convention center normally with 1 star and 2-3 lower level current and former players. Each group of players sign for an hour. A few minutes before the end of the hour, they will put the next hours groupings up on the big screens. Then you have to try and hurry to that line before it fills up with the alloted numbers of people allowed, and that's even if you aren't still in line from the previous hour.
If you don't have help to send to another line while you are in a current line, it will be hard to get a large quantity and quality of autographs. Last year I ended up with Jim Palmer, Brian Roberts, and Adam Jones. I missed out on Markakis and Weiters.
Its VERY VERY VERY crowded and their will be a ton of people there. It's very
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12-05-2010, 05:23 PM #6
is it free?
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12-05-2010, 05:38 PM #7
no its 10$, def worth it!!
and i am going with 3 of my friends, so 4 of us all together so do you think we would be ok?
and how many autos can you get from a player at one time. like can i stand in line for roberts with a ball for me and a picture for my friend while hes in line for markakis with a picture for me and a card for him... etc.
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12-05-2010, 05:47 PM #8
1 auto per person per player AND very strictly enfaorced especially for stars (nick, weiters, roberts, jones).
What I meant by having help was if you took your g/f or brother. You get in Adam Jones line at 9 o clock and at 9:55 when they announce Brian Roberts is at Station A at 10, your g/f or brother or help runs to Station A. You get Jones in your line, your help gets you Roberts. Then you would be out of your line by 10, and ready to get in line for the 11 o clock when they announce.
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12-05-2010, 05:57 PM #9
oh ok, dang, cuz the people im going with all want the autos too lol
do you think it would be possible, if say, me and my friend were in line for roberts, they then announce jones and my friend runs to the jones line and puts a chair down to save our spots and then comes back to my line and wen were done that we go back to jones??
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12-05-2010, 07:12 PM #10
Honestly, if you are going to the fanfast to get an autograph from every Oriole, it isn't going to be the event to have that happen. I went last year and was there from 9 AM til 5 PM and only came away with 16 autographs, half of which were older Orioles. The way the event is set up, it makes it difficult to obtain a large quantity of autos from the big name players.
What you described, I doubt it and here's why. If you are close to the beginning of the line for Roberts, you would have to try and crawl / climb / walk through 3 or 4 aisles of other people waiting in line. So I doubt that you would be able to make it out without hitting somebody in the head in your line in time to make it to the other. It's not just 1 big line, the lines snake around so if you want to get out you have to get around a lot of people.
I just go and get a few autos and have a good time. They have a TON of awesome stuff already signed for sale, game used stuff for cheap, and other Oriole's stuff.
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