Getting a Baseball signed

[zjlwolves3]

Tomorrow I will be going to a Milwaukee Brewers Block Party and will be getting a baseball signed. I have an ROMLB and BIC clear barreled blue pen, but besides that is there any advice you could give me so I don't screw this up (this is the first time I'm getting a baseball signed). Thanks

Also, how long does it take for the ink to dry, and how should i store it?

[jake]

ask for Sweet Spot...say please
they dry within seconds
buy a ball cube...they are pretty cheap 1-5 dollars

[tigsfan]

Bring multiple baseballs so you can have "star players" sign individual ones (Braun, Greinke, Fielder, etc.) and then put the "scrub players" on the team ball (not to be mean but Loe, Mitre, Wilson, Nieves, etc).

In the long run, you will be glad I told you to do this.

[zjlwolves3]

Guys- thanks for your advice

Unfortunately, you can only get one auto at the block party, and you don't know who it will be until like 30 minutes before they start signing. 6-10 random players show up, and there are six lines formed and you go in a random line and hope a good player signs in it.

[laf7uc1]

I would try to research some personal achievements of the players such as Prince Fielder 09 HR derby winner and ask them to put it on the ball. They may say no but it would be worth a try. Every time I have asked for an inscription I haven't been denied.

[Beckster24]

I have had a couple of ROMLB signed with a Bic clear cristal brand pen and one was signed two years ago and its still as good as the day I got it signed, I store mine in BCW Ball Cubes

[whodeyalltheway]

I reccomend getting an inscription other than your name and i would use UV ultra pro ball cubes.

[zjlwolves3]

Thanks for all your help so far. I got Nyjer Morgan to side panel one baseball for me that I will probably have other Brewers players sign in years to come and then I had Zach Braddock sweet spot another baseball for me.

I just have two more questions. First, I bought my ROMLB's for 16 dollars a piece from a store in Milwaukee, and they each came with a case. It is ideal to keep the baseballs in there, or should I purchase one of those UV Ultrapro ball cubes? Also, the bottom of my baseball cubes with the baseballs inside them say "Assembled in Costa Rica". Should I avoid using these baseballs again, or is "assembled" different from "made"? Thanks a lot.