Autofreak's 2011 IP thread

[Autofreak2842]

Well my hope of getting more cards signed came through. At the walkthrough when you walked in they gave you an Adrian Peterson pre print photo. It was a 5X7. Afterwards by the fences by the lockeroom I got:
EJ Henderson 1/1 Large "DAV Veterans" Card
Bernard Berrian 1/4 Card

Kluwe also signed, but I didn't need him.

Then after the team meeting I got:
Devin Aromashodu 1/1 Hat
Seth Olsen 1/1 hat
Antoine Winfield 1/1 card
Joe Webb 1/2 card (My favorite player;got a pic together too, but it is blurry. never let old people take pics for you. I have made this mistake twice now.)
Missed on:
Cedric Griffin 0/1 card, stopped signing once I realized it was him and got up to him
Donovan McNabb 0/2 card(s) signed for a bunch of people but missed me again
Cristian Ponder 0/3 card(s) He signed while I was getting Webb
Visanthe Shiancoe 0/2 card(s) Signed for a bit, but was getting eaten up by mosquitos so he left before he got to me.
Everson Griffen 0/1 Signed, but stopped before he got to me.


A few guys also signed like Ryan D'Imperio, Tremaine Johnson, Jasper Brinkley,Erin and EJ Henderson and others signed but I was focused on Webb.

Coach singeltary, Jared Allen, Jim Kleinsasser Kevin Williams all said no to me.

[cyberer]

C'mon man, you gotta start throwing some elbows when McNabb is around! Hate to see you keep missing him...

[loki1230]

Man it's gotta be awesome knowing you're going to get some autographs, evidently that's not as guaranteed when going to the Eagles TC so hopefully I'll fare well. Hopefully you'll get the ever-elusive McNabb soon man, you definitely deserve it at this point!

[autocollectr79]

Went to cincy for Tech n9ne cd signing.got him to sign a cd and the book inside then went downtown thinkn he would come down there.while i was waiting for him a buddy asked if i wanted to try for Sir Paul McCartney.i told him no cuz i didnt think he'd get him.bout an hour later i was still waiting for tech and my buddy came back with 2 rare vinyl albums signed by McCartney!! tech never came to a hotel so i went to the venue and found him. heres what i ended up with for the day.

Tech n9ne - cd,cd book,one side of kc chiefs mini helmet,pic with
Krizz Kaliko - other side of kc chiefs mini,pic with

[TTMcardMaster]

Went to cincy for Tech n9ne cd signing.got him to sign a cd and the book inside then went downtown thinkn he would come down there.while i was waiting for him a buddy asked if i wanted to try for Sir Paul McCartney.i told him no cuz i didnt think he'd get him.bout an hour later i was still waiting for tech and my buddy came back with 2 rare vinyl albums signed by McCartney!! tech never came to a hotel so i went to the venue and found him. heres what i ended up with for the day.

Tech n9ne - cd,cd book,one side of kc chiefs mini helmet,pic with
Krizz Kaliko - other side of kc chiefs mini,pic with

Wrong thread? Don't worry though, we still love you.

[cyberer]

Lol

[Autofreak2842]

Day 3 (final day for me):

Heath Farwell 1/1 Hat
Jared Allen 1/4 Card
Toby Gerhart 1/1 card
Mistral Raymond 1/1 hat
Bernard Berrian 1/3 card
Visanthe Shiancoe 1/2 card
Greg camarillo 1/1 card
Cristian Ponder 1/3 card
Kyle Rudolph 1/3 card (pre rookie/HS)
Chris Adingupu 1/1 Hat
Missed:
Donovan McNabb (lol) 0/2 card(s) He signed, but only for some little kids, like I said I am not too upset/concerned about getting Mcabb.

A few others signed while I was getting some guys, but no one important.

Coach Frazier, Kliensasser, Webb, Kevin Williams and Phil Loadholt all said no.

I got 38 signatures (only like 30 different players, but 38 total on 2 hats, an "autograph card", and cards) bringing me up to 49 (IP and TTM) for the summer bringing me almost half way to my goal of 100 (60 IP have 40; and 40 TTM have 9). I ave some more IP's coming up. A St.Cloud River Bats (College All-Star Summer League team) on the 8th and I am hoping to catch a few more Lynx games, especially since they are doing so good and have a stacked roster.

[Autofreak2842]

Tonight I hit up a St.Cloud River Bats game. The River Bats play in the Northwoods League, which is a collegiate all star (wood bat) summer league. The league website says about 75% of the players (that are draft eligable) get drafted a year and that about 15% make it to the majors. Some notable Alumni are Andre Either, Juan Pierre, Casey McGee, Pat Neshek, Curtis Granderson, and Ben Zorbist.

The tix are cheap and the attendance is poor for the most part...The graphing sure isn't. It was my first time going to a NWL game and to the stadium (Joe Faber Field), so I wasn't expectations were kind of low...I GOT THE WHOLE TEAM!! It was "trading card day" so they gave away a team set (opening day roster so some players were missing and others were in it, but no longer on the team) of cards. I did a little graphing before the game, but they had a post game autograph session, so here's what I got:
Jordan Alexander (UC Irvine) 1/2 card(s)
Jeremy Banks (Youngstown St.) 1/2 card(s)
Ronnie Sucre (Pitt) 1/2 card(s)
Derek Campbell (Cal) 1/2 card(s)
Alex Caravella (Pitt) 2/2 cards
Tim Verthein (UW-Lacrosse) 1/2 card(s)
Kyle Stiner (New Mexico) 2/2 cards
Andy Henkemeyer (Minnesota) 2/2 cards
Jon Richard (Xavier) 1/2 card(s)
Augie Rodriguez (pitching coach) 1/2 card(s)
Keenan Kolinsky (Vanderbilt) 1/2 card(s)
Austen Wisroth (Wayne St.;Neb.) 1/2 cards
C.J. Gillman (Dayton) 2/2 cards
Matt Iannazzo (Pitt) 1/2 card(s)
Keegan Dale (Cal State Fullerton) 1/2 card(s)
J.R. Reynolds (Ohio) 1/2 card(s)
Mike Fagan (Princeton) 1/2 card(s)
Jon Hansen (Manager) 1/2 card(s)
Carlos Lopez (Cal St. Fullerton) 1/2 card(s)
Bryan Haar (San Diego) 1/2 card(s)
Anthony Espitia (Base/Assistant Coach) 1/2 card(s)
Andy Urban (Hutchinson Community College) 1/2 card(s)
Mike Lorenzen (Cal St. Fullerton) 1/1 index card
Dan Harder (Madonna College) 1/1 index card
Andy Fagley (Concordia-St.Paul) 1/1 index card
Early Batty Jr (mascot) 1/1 index card

All players I got on index cards were recent acquisitions...from my understanding, although the players can not be payed (or they'd lose their college eligability) they can be released, picked up and traded among teams in the league...Going back on wednesday. My friend from HS pitches for Mankato, so Imma go watch him, he got me a couple of tix.

[Autofreak2842]

Also today, a semi IP success...I bought a box of Press Pass Legends and Rookies cards and drew a Rahim Moore auto'd "Saturday Signatures" card.

[Autofreak2842]

I went to another River Bats game last night...My friend plays for Mankato and was starting, so I decided to go watch him and he hooked me up with tix. I really didn't do too much graphing (was more there to watch and cheer him on) and had planned on maybe doing a little after the game since the players park in the same lot as the fans, but the game ended up going 12 innings and lasting 4 hours and 51 minutes (announced game time, seemed a little long to me and was probably closer to for 4-4 1/2 hours) So I just went out and waited by Mankato's bus to talk to my friend after the game.

We talked for about 5-10 minutes, just catching up then I had him signed a custom for me. He was an All-American last year and was pitcher of the year for his conference. He also started the NWL all-star game and got the win. He is currently 6-1 on the season and was 10-2 for his school last year. If he has as good of a year as last year (which I think he will) he will more than likely get drafted next June in the MLB draft.

Recap:
Blake Schwartz (MSU-Mankato) 1/1; custom 8X10