Lizard-JD's 2011 Spring Trng IP

[REDANDGOLDPRIDE]

Jeez man, you make a haul. I'm envious!

[lizard-jd]

Jeez man, you make a haul. I'm envious!

Thanks, it's been pretty good on the Cards side this year so far. The Marlins are always a breeze because all their players sign if you catch them somehwere in between their fields. I'm just happy I caught Jim Kaat today. He stayed there and talked for a while.

[lizard-jd]

Today, 2/26/11 at RDS

Cards special fan signing for spring season ticket holders (should have started at 12pm but didn't start until 1:30pm!). They only sign for 1 hour! I got there at 7:00am & was like 180th in line. By the time they started letting people in, there were over 700 people in line. Guess who everyone wanted, yeah, Albert. I could have gotten him but would have missed many of the ones I did get. I think my strategic plan paid off. Got the following:

Station #2
Chris Carpenter - ROMLB with "NL 05 CY"
Lance Berkman - custom 8x10 in throwback Astros tri-color uni (his comment was, "another strike out!"); it's a very cool pic.
Mark McGwire - ROMLB
Dave Duncan - CROLB
Fernando Salas - CROLB
Cards logo page
Jamie Garcia, Blake King, David Knopp, Tony Cruz, Tony La Russa,Dave McKay, Jose Oquendo, Mike Matheny, David Freese & Tyler Greene

Station #3 (Colby Rasmus got up & left before signing anything)
Kyle Loshe - custom 8x10
Kyle McClellan - CROLB
Yadier Molina - custom 8x10
Matt Holliday - custom 8x10 (of him getting ejected - he said he was safe when I asked him)
Cards logo page
Trever Miller, Shelby Miller, Gerald Laird, Jon Jay & Brian Tallet

*The majority of the guys with Pujols at Station #1 are much more easy to get during games and/or practices. The only biggie I missed was him & I already got him to sign a ROMLB last year. I'm very happy with my haul vs. what I saw from others who waited to get Pujols...

[chrisborene]

sounds like your efforts definitely paid off, congrats!!

[lizard-jd]

sounds like your efforts definitely paid off, congrats!!

Thanks - it was a long day with the wait to get in but it was worth it.

[the305]

any luck this week in jupiter? I'm heading up tomorrow for the cards/ astros game, do you know if they're still practicing in the backfields prior to the games?

thanks... Jules

[lizard-jd]

any luck this week in jupiter? I'm heading up tomorrow for the cards/ astros game, do you know if they're still practicing in the backfields prior to the games?

thanks... Jules

I have been spending most of this week watching the golf at the Honda Classic. The back fields at both the Marlins & Cards are closed because the games have started. The only way to snag graphs now is to either go to the games and/or hang out by the parking lot exits.

[lizard-jd]

Today, 3/7/11 RDS; Marlins vs. Braves (Marlins won 4-3 in 10th)

Braves:
Freddie Freeman - signed my SI cover of him & Jason Heyward
Tim Hudson - custom 8x10
Brian McCann - custom 8x10
Eric Hiske - CROLB
Terry Pendleton - ROMLB

Marlins (I pretty much have all of them):
Anibal Sanchez - custom 8x10

Marlins Clubhouse:
John Kruk - CROLB
Benito Santiago - personalized pic of him & me

[go_deacs14]

Today, 3/7/11 RDS; Marlins vs. Braves (Marlins won 4-3 in 10th)

Braves:
Freddie Freeman - signed my SI cover of him & Jason Heyward
Tim Hudson - custom 8x10
Brian McCann - custom 8x10
Eric Hiske - CROLB
Terry Pendleton - ROMLB

Marlins (I pretty much have all of them):
Anibal Sanchez - custom 8x10

Marlins Clubhouse:
John Kruk - CROLB
Benito Santiago - personalized pic of him & me

Sorry, this is probably a really stupid question but what is a CROLB?

[laf7uc1]

Very nice success. I am truly jealous. Are you willing to trade anything?