Phillykid15 Spring Training Successes: Day 1

[phillykid15]

Nice man. Sandberg's a real nice guy and signs a lot at Spring Training as well.

Day 5: Philadelphia Phillies vs Toronto Blue Jays in Dunedin

On my final day of graphing, I went to Dunedin to get mainly Blue Jays since I had already gotten most of the guys on the Phillies that I wanted. Here's how I did before the game:

Omar Vizquel 1/1: OMLB SS
Colby Rasmus 2/2: 2 Cards
Kyle Drabek 2/2: 2 cards
Henderson Alvarez 1/1: 1 card
Ben Francisco 1/1: 1 card
Eric Thames 1/1: 1 card

I then went over to the Phillies minor league camp before I had to catch my flight back and Jim Thome was playing 1B at one of the fields. When he was done, he signed:

Jim Thome 1/1: Signed OMLB w/ Mike Schmidt.

Then I got these minor leaguers:

Mitch Walding 1/1: 1 card
Roman Quinn 2/2: 2 cards
Darin Ruf 1/1: 1 card
Jonathan Pettibone 3/5: 3 cards

And that's my whole Spring. Thanks for reading.

[lambeauleap87]

Very nice...jealous of the Omar and Thome successes being an Indians fan. Did you see Luis Valbuena?

[druce26]

Congrats man, that's one great spring. I'm really jealous of the Thome/Schmidt ball.

[phillykid15]

lambeauleap- Thanks man, they were both class acts and were very nice with the fans.

I don't think I noticed Valbuena, but he was still probably there. Did you meet him at any Clippers games?

druce- Thanks man, I was really stoked to get it.

[lambeauleap87]

lambeauleap- Thanks man, they were both class acts and were very nice with the fans.

I don't think I noticed Valbuena, but he was still probably there. Did you meet him at any Clippers games?

Yeah, Valbuena signed for me a couple times, but I still have a couple photos I'd like to get signed...hoping to run to Cleveland when the Jays are here in two weeks to get him and Vizquel!

[cyberer]

hey, it's been pretty cool comparing notes with you about spring training. Hopefully next year we can meet up or something if our times cross and join forces.

I don't know who from my haul you are jealous of, but I'm especially jealous that I missed Schmidt in camp, I didn't see him. Also wish I was able to get Vizquel, he didn't do it the day I went to dunedin. Also, Chipper had that knee surgery diagnosis the day I saw the braves so he wasn't there.

We both did absolutely awesome, but like I said I'm sure there's some tiny jealousy about guys that each of us couldn't get. Let's keep the momentum rolling.

[phillykid15]

Yeah man, absolutely. From my experience, players are a little more gracious about signing earlier in the season rather than later because they may get a little more focused on the regular season as March progresses.

Schmidt usually only stays for Spring Training for the first 3 weeks, so that's probably why you didn't see him at camp.

You have a really nice collection of SIs now with the Kobe, 4 aces, Pedroia, Hamels, etc. That Pedroia SI looks really sweet. You should try to get Nnamdi on his SI from last year if you go to Eagles Training camp again.

[cyberer]

Yeah I have that Nnamdi SI, actually I have 2 copies of it ready to go. I have Blake Griffin, dirk and a few others on SI covers as well. I have the Carlos Ruiz "ace receiver" one unsigned as well. I really like them a lot, they make cool collectables IMO.

My uncle has a house down in clearwater and it is only available very specific weeks since he rents it out when he's not using it so unfortunately I can't really plan to go early in spring I am kind of at the mercy of that situation.

But for a free place to stay I can't exactly be upset about it...

[phillykid15]

That's cool man, I hope you get those SIs done.

Haha, I guess you can't really complain about a free place to stay. Being down at Spring Training in Florida is really nice enough.

Are you planning on going to any Phillies games this season?